Sunnya Hadavi/Niner Times In the weeks following the murder of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, news about the case was on everyone’s minds. For UNC Charlotte students, the murder had a much deeper impact, prompting the question: “Are other young people safe on the light rail?” Concerns about personal and campus safety related to the light rail […]
WFAE Radio The North Carolina Office of State Human Resources says the federal government shutdown means 200 state employees will be furloughed starting today. The employees would be placed on leave without pay until the shutdown ends, though health coverage will continue through October. Federal Court in the state will continue to operate. According to […]
Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News As Western North Carolina settles in for what could become a protracted federal government shutdown, a Federal Emergency Management Agency spokesperson tells The Smoky Mountain News the agency’s disaster response operations remain fully funded and active, with payments to survivors, debris removal and other essential recovery work continuing uninterrupted. “The Federal […]
Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online A new steel manufacturing company’s plans to open a factory in Hertford County will be “transformational” for the area, according to a state senator who worked behind the scenes to help land what is anticipated to be a nearly $1 billion investment project. Sen. Bobby Hanig, R-Currituck, said he expects an […]
Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog A year ago, Susan Embler sat trapped in the hills above Swannanoa after Tropical Storm Helene rendered the road to her roughly 20-person community inaccessible. Lacking cell service and WiFi, cut off from the rest of the world, Embler tried in vain to send text messages to her daughter in Utah, […]
Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press The University of North Carolina System reported record numbers of enrollment across 16 of its 17 institutions for the 2025-26 year, leading to an enrollment jump of 3.4% for the system as a whole. This includes significant growth at Historically Black Colleges and Universities like Fayetteville State University and North Carolina […]
WRAL News A Duke alumna prepares to make history as one of the first women to possibly set foot on the moon and soon Mars. Anna Menon, 39, is one of ten people selected as NASA’s new astronaut candidates. The Houston native holds a master’s degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University and previously worked […]
Curt Anderson/The Associated Press Former Republican U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who was defeated in 2022 in a North Carolina primary, is looking for a comeback by running for Congress again, this time from Florida. Cawthorn, 30, announced in an online video Wednesday that he would seek the southwest Florida seat currently held by Rep. Byron […]
Will Atwater/NC Health News Larry Baldwin stood before a crowd of about 60 people gathered in Northampton County for the screening of The Smell of Money, a documentary that follows rural North Carolinians standing up to the industrial hog industry, and he posed a question. “This is a beautiful room,” he said, “but there is […]
Duke Energy’s latest Carolinas Resource Plan posits retaining three of the utility’s coal-fired power plants for two to four years beyond the currently approved target for closing them. Filed Wednesday with the N.C. Utilities Commission, the updated plan also posits stretching out investments in solar, wind and hydro generation to varying degrees. On the other […]
