Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise Rep. Cecil Brockman, D-Guilford, met the 15-year-old he’s accused of having sex with through a dating app five months ago while the teenager was in the Atlanta area, the Guilford County district attorney said during a court hearing Friday. During the hearing in Guilford County District Court, the first […]
Liz Carey/NC Health News A new program touted to give $50 billion in federal funding to rural hospitals won’t necessarily keep rural hospitals from closing, according to several experts in rural health. The funding is part of a compromise made in Congress to help rural communities after H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” now […]
Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News North Carolina public schools aren’t evaluating students for special education in a timely manner, they’re not resolving complaints quickly enough, and they’re not properly helping most disabled students 16 and older prepare for adulthood. Those are among the findings of a new federal report that found the state has continued to fall […]
Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News Most people likely know pertussis by its more common name — whooping cough, which comes from the “whoop” sound made as the person tries to catch their breath in between violent coughing spells. The Corbin family in Chapel Hill is well acquainted with the other nickname for pertussis — the “100-day […]
Katie Dukes/Education NC At the Oct. 6 meeting of the North Carolina Task Force on Child Care and Early Education, two child care providers were asked what advice they would give to their younger selves or to someone else thinking of opening a child care program in North Carolina. “Don’t do it,” said Cassandra Brooks, […]
Ashley Fredde/NC Health News For some North Carolinians, the road to retirement is anything but even. While some workers can count on employer-backed savings plans, nearly half of North Carolinians will be left navigating the path to their golden years without a map, according to an AARP analysis. The AARP Policy Institute found that in […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily More details have emerged on a Southport alleyway dispute since Monday, when the Southport Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to request its former mayor, Joe Pat Hatem, withdraw his claim of ownership. Now, Hatem and other aldermen are alleging the vote was influenced by incorrect information and political motives pushed by […]
Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News When Amazon drivers in Franklin showed up for work Oct. 8, they were met not with their usual routine but instead with news that the facility will close on Dec. 10 — right around the time a new one opens 31 miles west in Hayesville. For some, like learning ambassador Nate […]
Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro Ever since this summer’s decision by Orange County to reject parts of Union Grove Farm’s agritourism expansion and the farm’s decision to appeal for its proposed music stage, Oct. 8 was circled on the calendar for a high-profile Board of Adjustment hearing. But the date came and went this past week without […]
Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Global Nuclear Fuel, a GE Vernova-led alliance with Hitachi Ltd., plans to fabricate a new nuclear fuel product at its Wilmington facility, starting early next year. Development of the new product, called GNF4, began in 2023 and is a “significant investment” for the company, according to spokesperson Jon Allen. The product aims to […]
No matter what the N.C. Utilities Commission or state legislators may want, moves by Congress and the Trump administration against solar and wind power are making utilities reconsider their plans for using those sources, Duke Energy says. Duke officials detailed their take on the situation in an appendix to the latest edition of their Carolinas […]
State Rep. Cecil Brockman, D-Guilford, is under pressure to resign after being charged with committing sex acts on a 15-year-old juvenile. Brockman was arrested Wednesday and held without bond. Calls for his resignation came Thursday from Gov. Josh Stein on down. “These charges are extremely serious and deeply troubling,” Stein said. “While the legal process […]
Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News Before he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2009, Job Gilliam paved roads in the winding mountains of western North Carolina. Today, the 49-year-old can barely move around his home in rural Catawba County without assistance. His autoimmune disease caused lesions to develop on his spinal cord in 2016, which left […]
Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline Gov. Josh Stein said he will soon have a “comprehensive mental health plan” to send to the legislature, following several recent violent deaths charged to people with mental illnesses. Some elements of his plan will require funding, Stein said, but some won’t. “We’ll have it all laid out for the General Assembly’s […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square Recipients in North Carolina of benefits through the food stamps and WIC programs will continue to receive them in October, the state Health Department says. More than 1.4 million people rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and roughly 262,000 women, infants and children rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program […]
