Sally Kestin/Asheville Watchdog A real estate investor and prominent figure in Asheville Watchdog’s series, Equity Erased, has been criminally charged in a long-running state investigation. Robert Perry Tucker II of Asheville, who is also an attorney, faces two counts each of filing a false lien, a felony, and conspiracy to file a false lien, a […]
House leaders are going to have another stab at passing a bill that would greatly restrict the ability of Chinese state-owned businesses and other foreign adversaries to buy land in North Carolina. Filed Monday, House Bill 133’s lead sponsors include Rep. John Bell, R-Wayne, who’s chairman of the House Rules committee and whose district adjoins […]
A quartet of House members want to terminate the state’s involvement with NCInnovation and reclaim the $500 million the legislature endowed the group with back in 2023 and 2024. Rep. Harry Warren, R-Rowan, filed House Bill 154 on Tuesday. Warren is the House GOP’s designated liaison with Senate Republicans. His co-sponsors include Rep. Jake Johnson, […]
Senate leader Phil Berger says he’s going to run for another term as the senator for Rockingham and rural Guilford counties. “My intent has been, all along, to run again,” Berger said during a post-session gaggle with reporters on Tuesday. “I felt that the appropriate thing would be to make the announcement of that closer […]
N.C. Bankers Association President Peter Gwaltney says there “needs to be a healthy debate” on the question of the state’s strategy for helping small businesses in western North Carolina survive the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. “Small businesses have been assisted greatly by their banks in terms of loan deferrals, payment deferrals and extensions of new […]
Peter Castagno/Port City Daily An upstream wastewater facility released record levels of a toxic chemical into the drinking water supply of the tri-county region after a judge voided discharge limits. The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce is urging Congress to stop the EPA from requiring North Carolina to regulate the compound. The City of Asheboro’s […]
Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online A judge has ordered that more than two dozen longstanding rules used to guide coastal development and protect resources be placed back into the North Carolina Administrative Code. All 30 rules removed from the code in fall 2023, shortly after the N.C. Rules Review Commission kicked them back to the Coastal […]
Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio A nonprofit led by former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife is appealing a state agency’s order to repay more than $100,000 in federal funding following a scathing review. Until shutting it down amid a state probe last year, Yolanda Hill led a nonprofit called Balanced Nutrition that helps childcare facilities apply for […]
Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Canton leaders expressed relief that former mill owner Pactiv Evergreen is out of the picture once and for all following the settlement of a state lawsuit last week. Pactiv Evergreen agreed to pay back $6.25 million of a $12 million state incentive package after failing to uphold its end of the […]
Grace Vitaglione/NC Health News Michael Roberts went to treatment for substance use disorder 26 times. The Asheville native, who is now the director of outreach at Addiction Professionals of North Carolina, said he’s alive today because he eventually found “the right help.” Though there are good treatment recovery programs in the state, he said, there […]
Keely Arthur/WRAL News A western North Carolina couple that lost their home to Hurricane Helene in late September is navigating a complicated battle with their insurance provider over exactly what caused the destruction — wind or water? Bob and Edwina Tatum live in a small town of about 200 people in Avery County. The now-retired […]
Mark Jurkowitz/Outer Banks Voice By a 4-2 vote at its Feb. 12 meeting, the Manteo Board of Commissioners rejected a request by the owner of 1718 Brewing in Ocracoke for a zoning text amendment to allow “craft brewery” as a permitted use in the town’s B-2 General Business District. The vote against the request came […]
Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times After a decade of debate, and at times a lot of public outcry, a decision has finally been reached as to how a key spot in Greensboro – land on the northwest corner of Hobbs Road and Friendly Avenue – will be developed. The debate began in 2016 when an Atlanta-based […]
Elena Marsh/The (Southern Pines) Pilot After nearly seven months of discussion, meetings and public hearings on the topic, the Carthage Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to dissolve the town’s historic preservation commission (HPC). The town board decided it was best to uphold the property rights of residents in historic homes and rely on the town […]
Jackson Davenport/(NC State) Technician An outbreak of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has sent the price of eggs soaring and highlighted the need for precautions on farms and while working with animals. NC State’s Dairy Research and Teaching Farms — the source of Howling Cow ice cream — and the College of Veterinary […]
