Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Six weeks after a week-long civil court trial between Shining Rock charter school and a former parent, a verdict is finally in. And the school lost. Former parent and board member Rebecca Fitzgibbon alleged that Shining Rock Classical Academy charged excessive fees for public record requests to intentionally thwart her fact-finding […]
Evey Weisblat/City View When Starbucks barista Elijah Wittmeyer-Balthazar decided to start a union campaign at his Fayetteville store for the third time, he knew it wouldn’t be easy. The barista would have to contend with the usual challenges of union organizing: a fear of being retaliated against and the stigma around speaking out about labor […]
Federal prosecutors based in North Carolina have charged 13 people as part of a nationwide crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid fraud. What U.S. Department of Justice officials are calling the “2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown” is yielding criminal charges against 324 people across the country. Among them are 96 doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and other medical professionals, the […]
Legislators ought to peg child-care subsidies to a statewide benchmark instead of letting them vary from county to county, a bipartisan task force appointed by Gov. Josh Stein says. The current approach sets child care reimbursements at 75% of a county’s market rate, but the problem is that it winds up shortchanging rural and low-income counties, the […]
Wolfspeed has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to reduce its debt load by $4.6 billion amid continued uncertainty about whether it will ever receive CHIPS Act subsidies from the federal government. The widely-expected move came late Monday afternoon, with an announcement coming directly from the Durham-based chipmaker even as its lawyers were filing the case in a […]
Aaron Beard/The Associated Press North Carolina has taken an unusual route to establishing a succession plan for athletic director Bubba Cunningham, fittingly coming amid a new landscape of revenue sharing in college athletics. Cunningham will complete a 15th sports season as UNC’s AD before moving next summer into a new advisory role, while the school […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed cities and states to ban camping and sleeping in public. Since the landmark City of Grants Pass v. Johnson decision, over a hundred localities have passed ordinances banning homeless people from camping or sleeping in public, according to the National Homeless Law […]
Rose Hoban/NC Health News On June 9, word started to spread that the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had unilaterally ended the terms of all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (known commonly as ACIP), the committee within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that […]
Paul Specht & Laura Leslie/WRAL News Political parties typically benefit from having an incumbent candidate on the ballot, but U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis didn’t bring that advantage to the campaign trail in 2026, Republican insiders and political scientists say. Tillis, first elected in 2014 over former Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, won a second term […]
Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Significant state legislation is poised to reshape North Carolina’s hemp industry, directly impacting businesses and consumers. North Carolina’s largely unregulated hemp market, characterized by a proliferation of psychoactive products and inconsistent quality control, is at a turning point as state lawmakers debate House Bill 328. The measure — despite aiming for […]
Chris Burritt/Business North Carolina Guilford College averted the potential loss of its academic accreditation after raising more than $5 million in unrestricted cash by June 30. Next, supporters of the 188-year-old private Quaker College in Greensboro will learn about long-term planning aimed at ending years of financial struggles. “We are closing one fiscal year and […]
Savanna Tenenoff/Wilmington StarNews With more residents moving in and debris and waste constantly being dumped, the Brunswick County Landfill is slowly maxing out. The county’s construction and demolition material landfill at 172 Landfill Road NE, Bolivia, is nearing capacity and the county is preparing for eventual closure of the facility, Brunswick County Communications Director Meagan […]
Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro A celebrated local recording studio is on the market, seeking new ownership who aims to maintain its status as a back-to-nature haven for artists. Manifold Recording off Seaforth Road in Chatham County is for sale, as owners Michael and Amy Tiemann are moving to New Zealand. The 5,617-square-foot facility — alongside a […]
Symone Graham/Charlotte Business Journal Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) is preparing to close two branches in the Charlotte region as part of ongoing efforts to streamline its branch network. The San Francisco-based banking giant plans to close a location at 1018 Dallas-Cherryville Highway in Dallas, west of Charlotte. It is also shuttering a branch […]
Ashley Anderson/CBS 17 News With the end of a three-year agreement approaching at the end of November, UNC Health issued a statement Tuesday warning that coverage could be lost for Cigna members come December 1st. Cigna may be out of network later this year for any patients of UNC Health if a “new and fair […]
