Jane Porter/IndyWeek The City of Raleigh has been struggling with regulating noise since you could buy a cup of coffee for a dollar at the Morning Times—or even before. And last week, a Wake County Superior Court judge ruled that parts of the city’s nightlife permit ordinance—a separate but related regulation from Raleigh’s noise ordinance—are […]
Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Small businesses in Western North Carolina are still feeling the impact of the tourism downturn caused by Hurricane Helene, according to the latest regional survey by the nonprofit Mountain BizWorks. Among the roughly 700 small business owners surveyed across 23 counties, more than four-fifths said their revenue remains below or […]
Will Atwater/NC Health News & WUNC As the Trump administration keeps pushing to change the focus of scientific research and roll back environmental regulations — moves that critics say favor industry over public health — members of North Carolina’s scientific and environmental communities are speaking out. They’re raising alarms about the effect of the EPA’s […]
Elena Marsh/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Moore County is still in the process of developing a partnership with Southern Pines for the county’s future water source, but details of that partnership might take time to fully form. At a Wednesday meeting of the county’s Water and Sewer Task Force, County Public Works Director Brian Patnode and […]
Justin Smith/The (Whiteville) News Reporter Southeastern Community College has seen steady enrollment increases in each of the last five years, with much of the growth coming from high school students and workforce programs, according to a recent report. “I’d like to congratulate everybody on our enrollment growth. That’s a big deal,” Chair Joe Hooks said […]
Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Durham Public Schools’ network of Montessori schools is more than 20 years in the making, and its newest project — Lucas Montessori, formerly known as Lucas Middle School — is preparing to welcome students back this fall for the first time since its transition. Lucas joins Little River, George Watts, Morehead […]
Dee-Ann Durbin/The Associated Press Delivery drones are so fast they can zip a pint of ice cream to a customer’s driveway before it melts. Yet the long-promised technology has been slow to take off in the United States. More than six years after the Federal Aviation Administration approved commercial home deliveries with drones, the service […]
Bradley George/WUNC Radio Psychiatric residential treatment centers in North Carolina will test a new de-escalation method for dealing with youth in crisis, the state Department of Health and Human Services announced last week. Commonly known as PRTFs, these facilities offer inpatient treatment for children with complex behavioral health needs. When one of these patients gets […]
Nick Fogleman/Watauga Democrat The Town of Boone has listed approximately 20 acres of the Bolick Property for sale after determining that previously proposed municipal development plans were no longer financially viable. The sale was approved by a 4–1 vote during the June Town Council meeting. The parcel was subdivided from a larger 54-acre property the […]
Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times In Guilford County government these days, the top job comes with the top paycheck: Brand new County Manager Victor Isler now makes $315,000 a year – the highest salary on the list of managers, assistant managers and department and division directors in our local county government. That $315,000 annually puts Isler […]
Heidi Perez-Moreno/Border Belt Independent Sonya Hillburn used three decades of retirement and personal savings to open Above & Beyond Wellness & Medical Spa in Elizabethtown in 2021. Local banks refused to give her a business loan, she said, since she could not prove the business would make money. It took two years for Hillburn, a […]
Will Atwater/NC Health News As the Trump administration keeps pushing to change the focus of scientific research and roll back environmental regulations — moves that critics say favor industry over public health — members of North Carolina’s scientific and environmental communities are speaking out. They’re raising alarms about the effect of the EPA’s stated goal […]
Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press Later this year, the first of 18 flash flood warning sirens will be installed at the Cruso Fire and Rescue department in southern Haywood County. One of just three siren systems in Western North Carolina, local leaders hope the devices will save lives in a region vulnerable to flash floods from […]
Sergio Osnaya-Prieto/Education NC More than 62,000 North Carolina public high school seniors are set to receive direct admission to select colleges and universities across the state this fall thanks to the NC College Connect program, according to a press release from the UNC System Office. During the State Board of Education’s meeting last week, the […]
Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Prominent civil rights leader William Barber II spoke against Charlotte’s proposed 1-cent tax for roads and transit from the pulpit Sunday, saying it would hurt low-income residents who have been negatively impacted by recent property tax increases. Barber became famous last decade leading the Moral Monday movement in Raleigh after Republicans took […]
