Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer The massive operation to rebuild sections of Interstate 40 washed away by Helene is ramping up — one that will employ up to 500 workers at its peak, cost $1.36 billion and take three years to complete. Engineers have seized on a novel approach to build back the mountainside that once […]
Cierra Noffke/WilmingtonBiz Health care experts and politicians addressed changes to Medicaid at a summit in Wilmington on Tuesday, saying they fear those changes will limit access to care, strain hospitals and nursing homes and affect the state’s most at-risk populations. The Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce and South East Area Health Education Center (SEAHEC) hosted […]
Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Four years ago, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles launched the Mayor’s Racial Equity Initiative, an effort to raise $150 million from the private sector to help the city in four different areas, including bolstering Johnson C. Smith University and bridging the digital divide. The program is now winding down, and hasn’t received much […]
Adam Wagner/WUNC Radio North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is joining other Democratic officials across the country to sue the federal government and try to make it use reserve funds to keep funding food benefits amid the ongoing federal shutdown. Congress gave the U.S. Department of Agriculture a $6 billion contingency reserve for the SNAP […]
Andrew Dys & Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan/The Charlotte Observer Jason Saine, a Raleigh lobbyist and former North Carolina lawmaker, was charged with driving under the influence in South Carolina on Sept. 8, according to online sheriff’s office records and a Charleston Police Department incident report. The Lincolnton Republican, who was a powerful lawmaker and remains influential […]
Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise A former industrial site in southwest High Point is on the market after the owner paused his redevelopment plans for the property. Terry Seitz said he recently listed 1673 W. English Road for sale because he hopes to purchase a larger warehouse at another location for his home furnishings company, […]
David Lance & Rodney Overton/CBS 17 News Five houses collapsed at the Outer Banks on Tuesday, now totalling 13 houses that have fallen into the ocean in the Buxton community since Sept. 30 and 15 along Cape Hatteras National Seashore since that day — just four weeks ago. Four weeks ago — September 30 — […]
Chloe Collins/Gaston Gazette Gastonia-based philanthropists Don and Mary Doctor donated a $2 million property to Gaston County Schools, which will become a multi-use space, according to the district. Work is currently underway at the former Armstrong Athletic Club property, located at 3372 Robinwood Road in Gastonia, to transform the building into a place “where teachers, […]
Kristin Kharrat/The Daily Tar Heel Local entrepreneurs bring their ideas to Franklin Street in hopes of becoming restauranteurs. Restaurants in Chapel Hill are constantly opening and closing their doors, as setting up shop takes a specific set of structural processes. Owner of The Purple Bowl,Taylor Gilland, said he was warned against opening a restaurant on […]
Leena Mirchandani/The (Duke) Chronicle Incumbent Mayor Leonardo Williams and mayoral candidate Anjanee Bell took the stage Tuesday evening for their lone debate ahead of the Nov. 4 general election. Williams has been running his campaign on the slogan, “Durham is Dope,” championing issues of affordable living, culture, innovation and public safety. He was first elected […]
The latest N.C. FreeEnterprise Foundation legislative scorecard is out, and if you’ve seen Republicans tweeting this week about their showing on it, well, there’s a reason. In the Senate, the chamber’s 30 Republicans held down the top 30 slots in the ranking, with Senate leader Phil Berger appearing in the top slot. The highest-ranked Democrat […]
Recruiters have used a $6.1 million package of state and local incentives to convince a Michigan-based car-parts market to build a new factory in Henderson County. BorgWarner is pledging in return to invest $74.9 million in the project and create at least 193 new jobs by 2028. The 220,000-square-foot facility will enable BorgWarner to “launch […]
Advocates for the state’s credit unions are speaking up in favor of a new bill in Congress that would loosen some of the existing reporting rules that federal prosecutors use to fight money laundering. Sponsored among others by South Carolina U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, the proposed “STREAMLINE Act” would raise the threshold for financial institutions to […]
Ahmed Jallow/NC Newsline The North Carolina State Board of Education on Monday approved a contract with the accounting firm Mauldin & Jenkins LLC to review Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools’ financial practices, after the district reported a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall earlier this year. The contract, valued at $97,770, calls for Mauldin & Jenkins LLC to examine how […]
The (Southern Pines) Pilot U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson is calling upon U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to intervene and stop the proposed removal of the High Falls Dam by its property owner. Hudson, who lives in Southern Pines and whose district includes Moore County, announced Friday afternoon he […]
