Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press The North Carolina Supreme Court has delivered a key ruling against HCA in the ongoing Certificate of Need battle in Weaverville, according to AdventHealth’s lawyers. The development may mean that AdventHealth can begin construction on a new Asheville-area hospital immediately, despite opposition from HCA. Over the years, the state has […]
April Laissle/WFDD Radio Over the past few years, craft breweries across North Carolina have increasingly turned to hemp-infused drinks to make up for slowing alcohol sales. But a recent move by the federal government has brewers grappling for answers. The bill that reopened the federal government last month included language outlawing intoxicating hemp products starting […]
John Boyle, Sally Kestin & Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog Asheville Vice Mayor Antanette Mosley has received primary-residence tax benefits on a home in Atlanta throughout her time on the City Council while also submitting election documents showing she lives in Asheville, a requirement of the office, property and campaign records show. Mosley has received homestead exemptions […]
Aaron Sánchez-Guerra & Jason DeBruyn/WUNC Radio Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, had already nearly doubled 2024’s total of immigration arrests in North Carolina well before Border Patrol launched its November operation targeting Charlotte and the Triangle. Data obtained and recently released by the Deportation Data Project show immigration arrests skyrocketed in the state and […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The New Hanover Community Endowment hosted a listening session with the public Wednesday night. Questions on how the $1.6-billion entity will address recent government funding retreats and publicize data on its grants’ requests remain unclear, however. “The Endowment and our bylaws prohibit us from being a backstop for what the government […]
Caroline Parker/Education NC After two years in limbo, the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (SRS) was reauthorized for Fiscal Years 2024-26 with bipartisan support on Dec. 9. In North Carolina, 26 out of the state’s 100 counties receive this federal funding — impacting some of our most rural school districts. Nineteen of those […]
Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio A report from the watchdog group Environmental Integrity Project found that the North Carolina agency responsible for protecting the environment has shrunk rapidly over the last 15 years. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, or DEQ, lost the highest percentage of staff positions “of any state environmental agency in the U.S.” […]
Judith Retana/CBS 17 News Noisy neighbors are always a nuisance, and many municipalities like Harnett County have ordinances in place to try to control that noise. Since CBS 17’s initial reporting on this issue in October, we have continued to hear from residents in Harnett County who are growing frustrated with the lack of enforcement […]
Elena Marsh/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Officials with the Moore County Airport may be exploring a new direction for hangar ownership in the new year following a discussion with local defense contractor Titan Echelon. The company, led by former Air Force pilot Gregg Brock, is looking to continue integrating itself in the Moore County community. In […]
North Carolina’s new eCourts system remains a pain point for courthouse staff in many counties, not to mention the state legislators who represent them. But Administrative Office of the Courts Director Ryan Boyce told a joint legislative oversight committee on Thursday that there’s hope on the horizon for those waiting for improvements. “Kind of like […]
Chimney Rock is getting nearly $11.9 million in aid for water and sewer infrastructure as it continues to recover from Hurricane Helene, Gov. Josh Stein’s office says. The awards — federal disaster relief money channeled through the state government — are part of a broader package totaling about $280 million. The money for Chimney Rock […]
Multiple reports indicate that Congress has dropped the idea of adopting subjecting military contractors to a “right to repair” law via an upcoming defense-spending bill. Star & Stripes, the Federal News Network, Wired and The Intercept all reported that language implementing the concept got stripped from the National Defense Authorization Act of 2026 before a […]
Wednesday’s House Oversight hearing also allowed legislators to sound off about a perennial issue within the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, namely the large “achievement gap” between white and black students. This is quickly summarized via Department of Public Instruction student-proficiency statistics. For 2025, these show that 70.3% of the Chapel Hill system’s students tested on […]
Members of a House committee have warned the leaders of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools to expect legislative retaliation over their defiance of the 2023 session’s “Parents’ Bill of Rights.” “You’re going to need state funds, aren’t you?” said Rep. Jeff McNeely, R-Iredell, alluding to the subsidies the General Assembly provides every public K-12 school […]
State Senate Phil Berger on Wednesday picked up an endorsement he very possibly needed if he’s to come back for a 14th term: President Donald Trump’s. Trump took to Truth Social at 7:40 p.m. to endorse Berger’s District 26 re-election bid, which first has to overcome a GOP primary challenge from Rockingham County Sheriff Sam […]
