Peter Castagno/Port City Daily The Rules Review Commission is challenging a judge’s recent decision to uphold regulations meant to safeguard the state’s coastal habitats. Lawmakers recently approved additional funds for the lead attorney behind the appeal, who is also representing the NC GOP in ongoing election policy lawsuits. Wake County Superior Court Judge William Pittman […]
Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Should hikers pay for the privilege of walking on North Carolina’s game lands? Hunters, anglers, and trappers think so. That’s the question at the heart of a series of public forums conducted by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The most recent was held at Haywood Community College last week, where […]
Ashley Mahoney/Axios Charlotte Distro Beer Hub, a new beer hall, is expected to open in South End this spring, a spokesperson confirmed to Axios. Why it matters: The project brings together four North Carolina breweries in a unique collaboration. What to expect: Distro Beer Hub will feature Charlotte-based Heist Brewery and Divine Barrel Brewing, plus […]
Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio On a warm, dry day last week, prescribed burn coordinator Zachary O’Donnell ignited his drip torch and passed it to the landowner. They stood on the edge of a forest, somewhere between Marion and Old Fort, North Carolina. The woods sloped downward, and prickly hollies hugged the feet of naked oaks. The […]
Officials are hoping to destroy about 60,000 gallons of PFAS-containing firefighting foam that fire departments around the state no longer want, N.C. Collaboratory Executive Director Jeffrey Warren says. The Collaboratory’s running a take-back program and has stored about 6,000 gallons of the stuff in a Charlotte warehouse on loan from the city’s fire department, Warren […]
Senators on Tuesday rolled out their version of the latest Hurricane Helene relief package for western North Carolina, positioning it as an Appropriations committee substitute to House Bill 47. According to Deputy President Pro Tem Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell, the hope is that the revised bill can gain approval in both chambers by Thursday so they […]
One of House Speaker Destin Hall’s flagship pieces of legislation hit a speed bump in the chamber’s Commerce and Economic Development committee after two of the panel’s Republicans voiced qualms. House Bill 92 would allow the state treasurer to invest up to 10% of the excess cash in some of the state’s key accounts in […]
Josh Boak, Paul Wiseman & Rob Gillies/The Associated Press President Donald Trump launched a trade war Tuesday against America’s three biggest trading partners, drawing immediate retaliation from Mexico, Canada and China and sending financial markets into a tailspin as the U.S. faced the threat of rekindled inflation and paralyzing uncertainty for business. Just after midnight, […]
Shane Shoemaker/Sporting News On Tuesday, four ongoing lawsuits involving Florida State and Clemson battling their own conference, the ACC, were put to rest as a settlement was reached, according to ESPN’s Andrea Adelson. All three parties agreed to terms that focused on two major objectives. The first involves a new revenue-distribution model based on viewership, […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily A federal grant that is set to cover half of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge’s 135-foot replacement is now on pause, an NCDOT representative said — one day after agency workers told the Wilmington City Council the grant could be in peril if the council takes a stance on the bridge […]
Catherine Muccigrosso/The (Raleigh) News & Observer The chief executive officer and board chair of The Kroger Co., parent company of grocer Harris Teeter, abruptly resigned Monday following an internal investigation into his “personal conduct.” The investigation began Feb. 21 into Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen’s conduct, and it was not related to Kroger’s “financial performance, operations […]
Paul Garber/WFDD Radio The union representing the faculty musicians of the Eastern Music Festival is filing an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. Last week EMF’s board announced the cancelation of this summer’s event. The long-running classical music festival and education program was put on hiatus after failing to reach a […]
Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC Radio Ricardo Rossi — originally of Caracas, Venezuela — is the owner of BB’s Grill, a full-service food truck on Highway 70 in southeast Durham near the northwestern edge of Raleigh. As the Friday night rush begins in the Triangle’s unofficial Venezuelan street food corner, BB’s Grill owner Ricardo Rossi grins as he […]
John Staton/Wilmington StarNews These days, George Taylor answers to the inmate number 31663-511 at the Federal Correctional Institution, Williamsburg, a medium-security prison with an adjacent minimum-security facility in Salters, South Carolina, about halfway between Georgetown and Columbia. A Wilmington-based entrepreneur, Taylor is known for launching such successful start-ups as the UnTappd and Next Glass beer-and-wine-rating […]
Coastal Review Online Topsail Beach Mayor Morton Blanchard, a longtime resident and public servant of the Pender County town, died Sunday afternoon, according to a town release. “Mayor Blanchard leaves a huge voice in the Town of Topsail Beach,” the release states. “His leadership, wisdom, and compassion will be greatly missed by all who knew […]
