Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise About 75 Guilford County taxpayers came to a community town hall in Jamestown about the county budget Tuesday night to hear from their elected leaders and share their point of view on the county budget. People raised questions about how the county uses N.C. Education Lottery revenues and how […]
Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Tim Glance, owner of Old Grouch’s Military Surplus, was the first in Clyde to get back to business post-storm, thanks to a lucky combination of factors. His shop is on slightly higher ground at the top of the street, his electrical system was above the high water mark, and some — […]
Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online Two University of North Carolina Wilmington professors are collaborating this semester on a documentary celebrating community resilience, adding a new perspective to the overall effort of the Down East Resilience Network. The network, often referred to as DERN, evolved in the years after Hurricane Florence ravaged coastal North Carolina in September […]
The House is mounting a renewed effort to put some restrictions on the business practices of the pharmacy benefit managers that operate in North Carolina. House Bill 163 got a favorable report Tuesday from the House Health Committee. It needs further screenings by the chamber’s Regulatory Reform and Rules committees before it can reach the […]
The confirmation process for state Commerce Secretary Lee Lilley got underway on Tuesday, with questions from a Senate panel that focused mostly on the department’s role in hurricane recovery. Lilley’s department is in charge of orchestrating housing-reconstruction programs in western North Carolina, using about $1.2 billion in federal money the state expects to receive. Given […]
Matthew Sockol/CBS 17 News North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a lawsuit Tuesday to prevent the federal government’s termination of more than $230 million in health care funding for the state, his office said. The lawsuit was filed in United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island against the U.S. Department of […]
Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press North Carolina Senate Republicans chose a new majority leader on Tuesday, elevating a veteran lawmaker who’s won close swing-district races to a top position in the chamber’s GOP caucus. A news release said the caucus elected Sen. Michael Lee of New Hanover County to the post by acclamation. Lee succeeds […]
Brian Gordon/The (Raleigh) News & Observer Within an hour of trading Friday morning, the Durham semiconductor manufacturer Wolfspeed had lost half its value. Its shares dove below $2.80 before eventually plateauing around lunchtime. By percentage, it ended up being the biggest single-day decline in Wolfspeed’s 32 years as a public company. The reason for this […]
Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News As measles cases climb to 400 in Texas, the epicenter of an outbreak of the highly contagious illness, North Carolina is taking steps to prepare for an outbreak here. Though the state hasn’t recorded any cases this year, officials want to keep it that way. “We’ve been able to maintain pretty […]
WRAL News North Carolina lawmakers are scheduled to debate a bill Tuesday that would ban social media accounts for children under 14 and require parental permission for children who are 14 and 15 years old. The companies that own social media platforms such as TikTok, Facebook and Instagram say they already have a minimum age […]
The Carolina Journal Private law enforcement group Allied Universal Security Services is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to reject a petition from Charlotte television reporter Nick Ochsner. Ochsner wants state courts to forced Allied Universal to release the names and addresses of two security guards involved in the fatal 2023 shooting of a trespasser […]
Outer Banks Voice On April 1, the Dare County Tax Appraisal Department announced that 2025 revaluation notices containing the updated appraised value for 41,567 taxable properties have now been mailed to all Dare County property owners. The total value of those properties, according to the county, is $27,453,300,000 or about $27.5 billion, which represents a […]
Morty Gaskill/Coastal Review Online In 1976, a North Carolina Sea Grant newsletter sounded the alarm: large-scale land drainage was wiping out wetlands that protect our coastal fisheries. Fishermen saw their livelihoods at risk and 3,000 of them pleaded for action. “We, the undersigned, being commercial and sport fishermen who use the creeks, rivers, and bays […]
Kenneth Lee Jr./WFAE Radio As the number of cameras installed at homes and businesses continues to grow, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have launched a security camera registry program to allow residents and business owners to share information about potential crimes. CMPD launched Connect Charlotte earlier this year and says the program has been helpful for closing investigations […]
April Laissle/WFDD Radio The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is teaming up with federal wildlife officials to curb the spread of rabies. Starting this week, the United States Department of Agriculture will distribute oral rabies vaccines for raccoons across western North Carolina. Vaccine baits coated in fishmeal will be dropped by air […]
