Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Much of the economic attention in post-Helene Western North Carolina is focused on small businesses — but they are not the only sector struggling across the region. For nonprofit organizations in the mountains, the past 12 months have been heavy, complex and transformative. Yesica Miranda runs El Centro, a community […]
Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio A new state law prevents local governments from restricting American and North Carolina flags on private property, ending a legal despite between the city of Greenville and an R/V dealership that flies an enormous American flag. The provision was one of several limiting the powers of local government in a “regulatory reform” […]
Sarah Krueger/WRAL News A WRAL investigation into Raleigh firefighters’ overtime spurred a call to action by Mayor Pro Tempore Stormie Forte at this week’s city council meeting. The WRAL report, which aired last week and again over the weekend, showed Raleigh firefighters worked more than 117,000 hours of overtime in one year, which was more […]
The Associated Press The leader of a southeastern North Carolina tribe is about to join the state legislature to succeed his brother, as the Lumbee’s efforts to attain full U.S. government recognition have gained recent momentum but still face obstacles. Members of a Robeson County Republican Party committee voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend John Lowery […]
Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView Fayetteville officials said Monday they will begin strictly enforcing a clear bag policy for Festival Park events, after several city council members criticized staff for taking months to act on public safety directives issued following a shooting at the spring Dogwood Festival. During an Oct. 6 work session, what began as a […]
Elvis Menayese/WFAE Radio A new street outreach program in Mecklenburg County is up and running with the goal of breaking barriers to mental health care. The new street psychiatry program has been running for about a month with two psychiatrists and a nurse. The team currently goes out two days a week to places like […]
Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online A development company proposing to build a neighborhood on land in New Hanover County that includes a forest of centuries-old trees will “continue to fight” to see its plans through, the company’s founder said. Copper Builders founder Wade Miller earlier this week called out what he referred to as misconceptions about […]
North Carolina’s credit-union regulators are asleep at the wheel when it comes to keeping the leadership of the state’s biggest such financial institution in line, one of its critics says. Jim Blaine, former CEO of the State Employees Credit Union, told members of the state Credit Union Commission that they can and should force SECU […]
The GOP side of the race for North Carolina’s First District U.S. House seat is beginning to get a little crowded. Lenoir County Commissioner Eric Rouse announced this week that he’s joining a field that already includes state Sen. Bobby Hanig and Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson. Rouse indicated via a news release that he’s […]
I’m laying down a marker here, but bear with me: On a percentage basis, the UNC System’s flagship schools take fewer transfers from North Carolina’s private universities than do their counterparts in the system. In the fall of 2024, NC State and UNC Chapel Hill enrolled 54 and 31 transfer students who’d arrived from one […]
Robeson County Republicans are keeping it all in the family when it comes to who will represent them in the state House. County GOP leaders have picked John Lowery, brother of former Rep. Jarrod Lowery, to fill the District 47 seat Jarrod vacated this week to take a job in the Trump administration. The county […]
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 […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Tuesday, voters in 18 counties trickled to the polls in the second of three sets of elections this fall to elect the leaders of North Carolina’s cities and towns. The first round of elections in September decided which candidates would move forward to the general election in partisan contests, including Charlotte’s […]
Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh The Raleigh City Council voted Tuesday evening to give the green light to Raleigh Development Co.’s plans for building up to a 30-story mixed-use apartment tower at the intersection of Peace and West streets. Why it matters: The rezoning application from Raleigh Development was one of the more controversial development plans coming […]
Mary Smith/CBS 17 News While we still have more than a month left in hurricane season, October historically is the third busiest month for the storms. On top of that, the federal government shutdown is making it difficult for some homeowners looking to add or renew their flood insurance policies. North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike […]
