The (Waynesville) Mountaineer One of two lanes along Interstate 40 eastbound between Waynesville and Canton will close next week from 9 p.m. Monday night until Thursday afternoon. A contractor for the N.C. Department of Transportation is closing a lane from mile marker 29 to Champion Drive (exit 31) to shift traffic to a temporary bridge […]
Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily More businesses are one step closer to setting up in Surf City in a recently approved conditional rezoning, though residents and council members alike shared concerns over the town’s sewage and traffic capacity. On Nov. 5, the Surf City Town Council approved the conditional rezoning of property at Dandelion Lane, located […]
Charlotte Business Journal One of the Charlotte region’s most prominent economic development figures is retiring. Mike Legg, Kannapolis’ longtime city manager, announced today he would retire on April 30. Legg has served as city manager since 2004. He worked for the city for nearly a decade before that. Legg was instrumental in many economic development […]
Outer Banks Voice/Kip Tabb Fourteen houses have fallen into the Atlantic Ocean on the north end of Buxton since the end of summer, and more will fall this winter said Brian Harris, President of the Buxton Civic Association. “I think we’re halfway there. It’s going to be upward of 30,” he told the Voice. The […]
Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog Brittany Ebert thinks federal lawmakers might reopen the government and resume food stamp funding if they knew what it was like to feed three children on a tight budget. Ebert, who filled a bag with free produce Monday at the nonprofit Bounty & Soul’s market in Swannanoa, is a part-time substitute teacher. […]
WFAE Radio Charlotte Douglas International Airport and American Airlines are warning travelers that flight cancelations have begun at CLT, as the airport implements the Federal Aviation Administration flight reduction order Friday. The FAA said air traffic controller shortages are worsening, as already overworked controllers are forced to keep working without pay amidst the federal government […]
Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio A newly formed political action committee plans to spend millions of dollars to attack Senate leader Phil Berger’s Republican opponent in next year’s primary. Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page is giving Berger his first-ever major election challenge in his district north of Greensboro. The powerful GOP senator often runs unopposed in his […]
Will Atwater/NC Health News At the Nov. 3 Northampton County Board of Commissioners meeting, Sylvia Vincent stood at the podium during the public comment period and voiced frustration over a newly approved community benefits agreement between the county and solar developer SunEnergy1. “You did not consider the Vultare community when you made that deal,” Vincent […]
Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline FEMA is sending $155 million in new aid to North Carolina, the agency announced Friday, in a bundle of federal money that will fund 130 projects for Hurricane Helene cleanup and other disaster recovery projects. The new round of funding is the most substantial FEMA aid North Carolina has received since the […]
Aaleah McConnell/WHQR & Port City Daily The former Surry County Board of Elections Chair, James Edwin Yokeley Jr., who was arrested in July for contaminating his 16-year-old step-granddaughter and her friend’s food with a schedule I controlled substance, was back in court on Tuesday for breaking the conditions of his secured bond agreement. Back in […]
Ben Bokun/CBS 17 News A significant development could replace an iconic mall near downtown Durham that’s been closed since the pandemic. The City of Durham recently received a site plan from a new developer for the former Northgate Mall at 1058 West Club Boulevard. Renamed “Ellerbe Square”, the project would demolish most of the existing […]
Bob Liepa/Wilmington StarNews Some changes in the leadership of the city of Wilmington have been made. Deputy City Manager Chad McEwen and Economic Development Director Aubrey Parsley have both resigned, effective Nov. 7, according to Amy Passaretti Willis, the city’s communications manager. “City leadership was already in the process of assessing our organizational structure, and […]
Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView The Fayetteville City Council will hold a public hearing Monday to consider a proposal from a Florida development company to revive long-stalled plans for a seven-story tower atop the Hay Street Parking Deck. Under the proposed contract, construction would break ground in June 2026 and finish by May 2028. If built as […]
Florida philanthropists Hal and Marjorie Roberts are giving a “once-in-a-generation” donation to Elon University to support elementary-school students with dyslexia. The total amount isn’t being disclosed. The Alamance County school plans to start offering classes for third- and fourth-grade dyslexic students at the new Roberts Academy next fall, then add a 30,000-square-foot permanent building in […]
Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians Principal Chief Michell Hicks’ arguments against giving North Carolina’s Lumbee full federal recognition ran into a chilly reception this week from a key U.S. Senate committee. Members of the Senate’s Indian Affairs committee signaled little patience with Hicks’ view that Congress should let the U.S. Department of the Interior […]
