Julian Berger/WFAE Radio The Latin American Chamber of Commerce has named a new head for Spark Centro, a hub for Latino entrepreneurs under construction on Albemarle Road in east Charlotte. Manuel Rey is the new president and CEO for Spark Centro. The hub will serve as an incubator and co-working space for small businesses, and […]
North Carolina’s sufficiently disaster-prone that it needs to install some permanent oversight mechanisms to monitor the deployment and uses of recovery aid, State Auditor Dave Boliek says. “We spend millions of dollars and thousands of dollars training first responders on swift-water rescue,” Boliek told members of a new House committee on Tuesday. “We don’t spend […]
House Republicans want to claw back all the money legislators have already appropriated for the proposed children’s hospital UNC Health and Duke Health want to build in Apex, House Speaker Destin Hall says. “Duke and UNC have a lot of money,” Hall said Tuesday during his post-session gaggle with the Capitol press corps. “Our members […]
Keaton Eberly/CBS 17 News A new lawsuit accuses the UNC Board of Trustees of “systematically hiding matters of grave public concern,” which includes approving the hire of new football coach Bill Belichick in an illegal closed session in December. Former UNC Provost Chris Clemens filed the suit on Monday, claiming that university leadership forced him […]
Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The Charlotte City Council on Monday approved a new agreement with the Charlotte Area Transit System’s private security firm to patrol more areas in and near transit property. The vote came a month after 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was killed on the Lynx Blue Line. Professional Police Services, a private company, currently provides […]
Kathy Hanrahan/WRAL News A lawsuit filed on behalf of a Wake County teen alleges that popular apps Roblox and Discord created an environment that allowed a Louisiana man to exploit her online. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday, Sept. 17 in the Northern District of California. It alleges that the girl was as young as 13 […]
Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press North Carolina Republican legislators are poised this week to approve criminal justice measures designed to toughen bail rules, restrict magistrates’ powers and evaluate offenders’ mental health after the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train. The bill also could help get the death penalty carried out […]
Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Buncombe County Schools Superintendent Rob Jackson and Mars Hill University President Tony Floyd both used the same phrase to describe their corners of the state in the early days after Tropical Storm Helene tore through — an island. Whether Helene kept college students inside the bounds of campus or K-12 students […]
Trey Nemec/CityView The Town of Hope Mills is under an investigation by the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor, according to public records obtained by CityView. Hope Mills Town Manager Chancer McLaughlin confirmed to CityView on Friday that an audit investigation is being carried out by the state. According to McLaughlin, the investigation is […]
Port City Daily UNCW is pausing the painting of its two spirit rocks and “freedom of expression events” after confrontations arose last week following a vigil for Charlie Kirk and alleged threats that eventually led to a campus lockdown. “Given the tensions that emerged on campus last week related to the spirit rock located outside […]
David Ford/WFDD Radio The University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem is marking its 60th anniversary. It was the nation’s first public arts conservatory. The school first opened its doors for classes on September 21, 1965. Faculty there prepared young artists for professional careers in music, dance, and drama. Design & production […]
Mark Jurkowitz/Outer Banks Voice According to Logen Hodges, spokesperson for the NC Turnpike Authority, the next step in the Currituck Bridge project is a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, expected in late October, on the third permit required before applying for a Coast Guard permit. “The permits are necessary before any major […]
Taylor Knopf/NC Health News Adam, who has a history of childhood trauma and treatment-resistant depression, had never felt understood by any of his mental health providers. “Appointments were 15 to 30 minutes tops, and I felt that I was just part of an assembly line … like one in, one out,” he said. “I felt […]
A series of Senate “mini-budget” bills includes money for several economic development deals, some announced, some not. House Bill 358 includes $51 million for a project in Hertford County that would pay for the construction of a “publicly owned dock” and a road to service it that can accommodate “industrial loads.” The money’s only getting […]
Senators have tried a move to forestall impending Medicaid reimbursement-rate cuts to the funding of the proposed children’s hospital that UNC Health and Duke Health want to build in Apex. Their revision of House Bill 562 passed 47-0 and includes appropriations and spending cuts to free up money for the so-called “Medicaid rebase.” It would […]
