Jah’I Selassie/WFMY News Three men are facing felony charges after Alamance County deputies say they submitted fake documents to bond out one of them out of jail. Deputies say 43-year-old Christopher Lee Fogelman gave digitally altered documents to the Magistrate’s Office within the last month to bond out 23-year-old Brian Austin Copeland — who was […]
Here at the Trib and Business North Carolina, we’ve been curious about why Senate Rules chair Bill Rabon, R-New Hanover, is sponsoring Senate Bill 145, which would authorize a new Mecklenburg County transit tax referendum. Rabon says he’s lending a hand because he thinks the bill might need the help of someone who’s “been through […]
UNC system sources say the Board of Governors will meet early next week to ratify the selection of NC State University’s next chancellor. A report from Pack Pride editor Cory Smith published on Wednesday indicates that system President Peter Hans is set to hire UNC Health Chief External Affairs Officer Kevin Howell for the job. […]
The Senate has passed and sent to the House its proposal to eliminate the 70% interim carbon-reduction goal legislators handed down to regulators and Duke Energy just four years ago. Senate Bill 261 cleared the chamber on Thursday, just three days after its introduction, reflecting its status as a leadership priority. The second-reading vote was […]
Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A massive windfall has come Canton’s way to fix its ailing water lines, water plant, water tanks and water system — and hopefully end the source of incessant boil water advisories. But that’s not all. The nearly $41 million in federal funding will also be tapped for everything from improving storm […]
Jay Price/WUNC Radio This story has been updated to reflect a U.S. District Court ruling Thursday that the federal government must reinstate thousands of fired workers. The federal government’s chaotic efforts to fire tens of thousands of workers are taking an outsized toll on military veterans, who comprise nearly a third of the government’s more […]
Grace Vitaglione/NC Health News Sherrie Wood and her husband, Kenneth, were newly married when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003. He experienced extreme back pain and problems with urinating for over a year, but his general practitioner only treated the symptoms. After all, he was only in his early 40s. They were finally […]
Laura Leslie/WRAL News The air filter humming away on her desk is a new addition to North Carolina Rep. Maria Cervania’s office. It’s been there ever since she came around the corner from her office late one night to find a warning sign and tape blocking off the hallway. The danger: asbestos. “I saw plastic […]
Richard Stradling/The (Raleigh) News & Observer Raleigh-Durham International Airport says the Federal Aviation Administration requires that it now receive fair-market rent for park land that for decades it has leased to Wake County for $1 a year. But Triangle Off-Road Cyclists, a group that has invested time and money building and maintaining trails at the […]
Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online The cleanup of more than 7,000 tons of litter in North Carolina cost state agencies, local governments and nonprofits more than $56 million in 2023, according to a new report. Those figures highlighted in “The Cost of Litter in North Carolina,” a 14-page report created through a collaboration of nonprofits and […]
Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News A small group of property owners in Maggie Valley are taking advantage of Rep. Mark Pless’ offer to de-annex them from the town, with at least one citing development restrictions and others saying they’re not getting what they’re paying for. “I think that’s what drives most of this is the fact […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Parker Poe Law Firm has concluded its review of the New Hanover County Board of Elections, finding the board was aware of the 2024 election’s statutory requirements but set internal deadlines that conflicted with state law. The results of the audit, which New Hanover County requested and allocated $30,000 to, […]
April Laissle/WFDD Radio In our new series Echoes of the Pandemic, North Carolina’s health care, government, and education leaders reflect on the early days of the COVID-19 crisis and the lessons that continue to shape their work five years after the lockdowns began. Dr. JJ Hoff is now an emergency medicine specialist at Duke University […]
Emily Thomas/EducationNC The North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS), State Board of Community Colleges, and the North Carolina Community College Foundation recently announced nine statewide winners of the system’s 2025 excellence awards. The annual awards recognize community college excellence among students, staff, faculty, presidents, and workforce development partners. “These award winners represent the heart of […]
A House spending bill looks to claw back and reallocate $20 million the budget for the 2023-25 biennium earmarked for “Project Breakpoint,” an abortive effort to build a pro tennis stadium complex in Charlotte. House Bill 74 passed the chamber on March 5, and for now is parked in the Senate Rules committee. It’s an […]
