Chandler Inions/The Salisbury Post Local Government Commission (LGC) members voted to approve a financing requests from Kannapolis to obtain N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) repayable loans to conduct lead service line inspections and inventories. The surveys are required under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and DEQ regulations. The intent of the inventories is to identify […]
Evey Weisblat/CityView Walking around downtown Fayetteville, you’ll notice pockets of commercial activity, including bustling ground-floor shops and restaurants. But you’ll also see many empty storefronts and buildings with a lot of character but no one to occupy them, such as the vacant Prince Charles Hotel building. While downtown Fayetteville has benefited from revitalization efforts over […]
Business North Carolina’s Chris Burritt reports that developer David Couch selected nearly 80 acres near northwestern Greensboro’s watershed as the location for his first mixed-use project on nearly 1,000 acres de-annexed from the town of Summerfield. Christopher Village is the first of 11 neighborhoods the CEO of High Point-based Blue Ridge Cos. plans to build […]
State Treasurer Brad Briner and his aides are going to ask trustees of the State Health Plan today for permission to tie the plan’s insurance premiums to a member’s salary. The move is part of their nascent strategy for addressing the funding shortfalls that loom ahead for the plan, which are an expected $500 million […]
Sen. Jim Burgin’s attempt to cap the number of health-insurance mandates embedded in state law cleared its first two committee hurdles this week and remains on track to get to the Senate floor. Senate Bill 24 cleared the chamber’s Health Care and Pensions committees on Wednesday and now needs only an endorsement from the Rules […]
It’s not news that North Carolina has a housing shortage, but the NC Chamber, the N.C. Home Builders Association and the NC Realtors have a new study out that tries to put some numbers on just how deep the problem goes. Their report estimates that from 2024 to 2029, the state will fall short of […]
Kathy N. Ross/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer It seems Haywood’s Soil and Water and Resource Conservation agencies have figured out a way around a bureaucratic problem — how to use money to clean up from Tropical Storm Fred without using it to clean up Hurricane Helene. With the delays in permitting and environmental assessments — and some […]
John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog While nearly all the Helene-damaged bridges in Buncombe County have been temporarily repaired, along with hundreds of roadbed washouts, permanent repairs on many of these sites may take years, cost millions of dollars and cause inconveniences in some cases for drivers. The tropical storm, which hit the area Sept. 27, washed out […]
Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise High Point Market Authority leaders say they’re hopeful that potential new U.S. tariffs won’t have a major impact on the spring trade show. During its meeting Wednesday, the organization’s board briefly discussed the 25% tax on imports from Canada and Mexico that President Donald Trump recently announced and then put […]
Business North Carolina Charlotte-based Honeywell plans to separate into three publicly listed companies, the industrial conglomerate announced Thursday. It will spin off its Automation and Aerospace Technologies, along with the previously announced plan to spin Advanced Materials. The separation is intended to be completed in the second half of 2026 and in a manner that […]
Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News In 2022, North Carolina launched an experimental initiative to address the nonmedical health needs of low-income residents by using Medicaid dollars. This first-in-the-nation effort, known as the Healthy Opportunities Pilot, has provided assistance to nearly 30,000 people across three largely rural regions of the state. Beneficiaries get deliveries of food, rides […]
Aisha Baiocchi/The Daily Tar Heel Laura Saavedra Forero describes herself as an activist before anything else. Her work in disability advocacy, environmental justice and in support of Palestine is extensive, but the 21-year-old holds a lot of titles. She’s a senior, a neuroscience major and until recently, part of the prestigious Morehead-Cain Scholarship. On Jan. […]
Jennifer Ludden/WFAE Radio Scott Turner, who was tapped to promote investment in distressed neighborhoods during President Trump’s first term, has been confirmed as secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The Senate vote Wednesday was 55-44. Turner spent nine years as a professional football player before being elected twice as a Texas State Representative. He’s also […]
David Glenn/WCHL Chapelboro Just two days after Duke’s 87-70 annihilation of UNC in Durham last Saturday, embattled Carolina coach Hubert Davis took the extraordinary step of admitting publicly that the Tar Heels’ current approach to men’s basketball is obsolete. “The old model for Carolina basketball just doesn’t work,” Davis said. “It’s not sustainable.” Davis didn’t […]
DJ Simmons/WFDD Radio The Summerfield Town Council is hiring an auditor to review its IT system records. It was prompted by concerns about potential mismanagement of municipal data by former staff. The move marks the latest chapter in longstanding internal strife between Summerfield officials. Last year, then-Town Manager Scott Whitaker was informed his contract would […]
