House leaders are in the process of putting together a select committee to ponder the legislative future of Rep. Cecil Brockman, D-Guilford, who faces criminal charges accusing him of statutory sexual assault. Brockman, 41, has faced calls for his resignation from both sides of the aisle since the allegations against him surfaced on Oct. 8. […]
State Supreme Court justices have tried to resolve a dispute about the control of a Kinston-based fuel supplier in a way that keeps its doors open. Their 6-0 decision found that a 1998 shareholder buyout agreement between the owners of Cherry Oil — now Cherry Energy — offers a way out that should satisfy everyone’s […]
N.C. House members have begun preparing for a future round of legislation they hope will make North Carolina an even bigger center than it already is for blockchain and “stablecoin” enterprises. The chamber’s new Select Committee on Blockchain and Digital Assets held its first meeting on Monday, hearing from a pair of industry advocates who […]
Brady Dennis, Brianna Sacks & Kevin Crowe/The Washington Post Lynn Austin keeps running the numbers, and they don’t look good. Since Hurricane Helene devastated her community in western North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the county government has spent nearly $50 million on cleanup and recovery — while getting reimbursed only $4 million from the Federal […]
Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online Chemours’ air permit application to expand production at its Fayetteville Works plant excludes emissions data that should be disclosed to the public, environmental lawyers say. The company “improperly withheld vital emission data from the public” in its Aug. 14 application to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air […]
Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News Wake County school leaders are forming a plan for how to use laptops and educational technology in student learning in future years — one that could prompt laptop use to look different than it has for the past five years. A plan would go into effect next year, and leaders hope to […]
Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & The Charlotte Ledger City and county leaders in Charlotte said they are pressing for answers after a Charlotte Ledger/NC Health News article last week highlighted slow progress on affordable housing tied to the city’s new medical innovation district, The Pearl. Some are also asking why the city’s contract with Atrium […]
Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Gov. Josh Stein says wait times at the Division of Motor Vehicles are improving thanks to additional staffing and a new state law that moves more DMV transactions online. The governor announced Monday that DMV has already filled 64 new driver’s license examiner positions funded earlier this year. He says 95% of […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press You’ve heard of Texas and California’s mid-decade redistricting efforts. You may know of North Carolina’s plans to redraw its Congressional map to give Republicans one more seat in the US House of Representatives. But one redistricting battle has likely escaped your attention. It’s in Watauga County, a bellwether county where Democratic-leaning […]
Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios The number of U.S. states with adult obesity rates at or above 35% dropped slightly in 2024 compared to a year prior, a new report finds, yet remains far higher than just a decade ago. Why it matters: Obesity is tied to several health problems, including diabetes, heart disease, COVID-19 complications and more. […]
Jane Porter/IndyWeek At the heart of the debate over whether Apex should annex and rezone a parcel of land located in New Hill just south of Old U.S. Highway 1 for a proposed data storage facility is a central question: Do town leaders envision that property as a corridor for future industrial growth, or do […]
Hendersonville Lightning Jamie Ager, a Democratic candidate for the 11th Congressional District seat held by U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, outraised the incumbent by a 3-to-1 margin in the third quarter, Ager’s campaign announced. And another Democratic candidate, former Blue Ridge Health CEO Richard Hudspeth, got off to a fast start, raising $88,000 in the quarter […]
Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Frontier Scientific Solutions, a Wilmington-based temperature-controlled storage and transportation company, announced its partnership with Air Transport Services Group Inc. (ATSG) on Wednesday. The partnership will introduce a “dedicated air corridor designed specifically for the life sciences, ensuring continuous temperature control and full shipment integrity from origin to delivery,” according to a news release. […]
Morgan Casey/CityView Hopeful students can soon apply to the Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine, North Carolina’s fifth and newest medical school. After six years of planning, the Fayetteville school on Thursday received preliminary accreditation from the Liaison Commission on Medical Education, the accrediting body for American and Canadian medical schools. The […]
Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily As the federal government goes into day 17 of a shutdown due to Washington politicians disputing the expiration of Obamacare provisions, Medicaid providers in North Carolina are grappling with less funding already from the state and planning ahead for what could come down the pike. “We’re having more patients calling us […]
