WCHL Chapelboro In the twelfth installment of “Excellence Unveiled,” Frank Leibfarth, Royce Murray Distinguished term Professor of Chemistry, speaking on the importance of making plastic waste easier to reuse and removing PFAS from drinking water — and the work UNC’s chemistry department does to advance our understanding of the world around us, and how we […]
Joy Crist/Coastal Review Online Cleanup efforts are continuing this week in Buxton and Rodanthe following the collapse of nine oceanfront homes last week — eight in Buxton and one in Rodanthe — as National Park Service crews, area organizations, and volunteers work to remove large volumes of debris scattered along the shoreline. In Buxton, cleanup […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily UNCW is extending its space reservation system to its spirit rocks next week after a conflict over the rock being painted with the late Charlie Kirk’s image last month. A new reservation system will go into affect on Monday, Oct. 6, at 8 a.m. At that time, the university will also […]
David Ford/WFDD Radio On Monday, the Eastern Music Festival Board of Directors announced its vote to dissolve the organization. The nationally recognized summer educational and musical performance program was founded in 1962. The board’s decision followed nearly two years of negotiations. In a statement, it called the musicians’ union demand for control over managerial, programmatic […]
Recent Tribs have been all energy (policy), all the time, but we haven’t quite exhausted the subject. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s environmental assessment for the proposed MVP Southgate gas pipeline in Virginia and Rockingham County, for instance, offered some estimates on the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the project. These look at emissions of […]
Gov. Josh Stein let this year’s regulatory reform omnibus, House Bill 926, become law without his signature. So its removal of UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Asheville and Appalachian State from local land-use controls is now in effect. But as the folks at the N.C. Association of County Commissioners have pointed out a couple of times […]
Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Two candidates have launched campaigns in the 2026 North Carolina House District 106 Democratic primary to oust seven-term incumbent Carla Cunningham, who’s become a lightning rod for her votes on immigration. Rev. Dr. Rodney Sadler and Vermanno Bowman both say Cunningham no longer represents the district. She has held the seat since […]
Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press A group of silent protesters lined the entrance of the Cherokee Justice Center on Sept. 29 as Curtis Cochran made a brief appearance in tribal court for his ongoing sexual assault case. Many held homemade signs inscribed with messages such as “Hold Predators Accountable” and “No More Silence.” Some wore a […]
Andrew Howard, Liz Crampton & Elena Schneider/Politico President Donald Trump is ratcheting up pressure on Republicans to redraw congressional maps across the country, going as far as weighing a primary challenge to New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte if she continues avoiding a remapping effort in her state. The warning — first divulged to POLITICO by […]
Nick Fogleman/The Watauga Democrat David Jackson, president and CEO of the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce, urged federal officials to broaden disaster aid and put more staff on the ground with small businesses during a U.S. Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing on Hurricane Helene’s fallout. U.S. Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) led the hearing, […]
Ashley Fredde/NC Health News A bill recently sent to Gov. Josh Stein by the North Carolina legislature could be a small step in addressing the state’s housing supply gap. An added benefit: Getting more housing built could improve the state’s fire safety. North Carolina is projected to gain 5 percent more households between 2024 and […]
Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online It started two weeks ago, when one small, unoccupied house here fell into the ocean, long before two powerful tropical storms were approaching Hatteras Island. But by mid-afternoon Tuesday, shortly before high tide, both hurricanes Humberto and Imelda, while well offshore, had supercharged the ocean off Cape Hatteras, where the Outer […]
Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice On September 19, Currituck County announced that it is developing a Beach Management Plan. The plan follows a five-year Shoreline Stability Assessment study by Coastal Protection Engineering (CPE), the company that will be the consultant for the Beach Management Plan. Currituck County Manager Rebecca Gay indicated that the county hopes to […]
Paul Woolverton/CityView Two campaign workers for Fayetteville mayoral candidate Mario Benavente filed complaints with the North Carolina State Board of Elections this week following a heated confrontation with an opposing campaign worker and another woman at the county’s early voting site on Monday morning. The complaints accuse Runae Montgomery, a campaign worker for Mayor Mitch […]
Matt Lamb/The (Southern Pines) Pilot With the Board of Education’s ongoing discussions regarding the viability of unarmed security guards and short-staffed school resource officers (SROs), it’s worth examining the history, composition and challenges in hiring officers to fill the ranks of the Moore County Schools Police Department. The board is expected soon to hire the […]
