Kani’ya Davis/WUNC Radio When the Trump administration terminated the nearly $2 billion EPA Community Change Grant Program earlier this year, organizations across the nation lost millions of dollars in environmental justice grants. In North Carolina, the birthplace of the environmental justice movement, three organizations have lost more than $41 million in grants combined, due to […]
The Trump administration has ordered a suspension of work on five offshore wind energy projects, including Dominion Energy’s $11.2 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind development. U.S. Department of the Interior officials announced Monday morning that they’d “paused” federal leases for the projects. They cited as the reason “emerging national security risks, including the rapid evolution […]
Continuing our filing wrap-up, it’s time to start looking at the Congressional races involved in the upcoming March primary. The headliner here is the U.S. Senate race, particularly on the Republican side. There, Trump-endorsed candidate Michael Whatley is facing six other contestants. One of these is Michele Morrow, the party’s 2024 nominee for state superintendent […]
Over in the Senate, the just-concluded filing period set up 11 Republican and six Democratic primaries. Obviously, the most high-profile of these remains the District 26 battle between Republicans Phil Berger and Sam Page. A Page win would shatter the Senate GOP caucus leadership team that Berger’s headed since 2005. There’s only one both-sides primary, […]
Filing is complete, and with it, so is the primary picture on both sides of the aisle. For the House, there are 29 GOP primaries coming up in March and 16 Democratic primaries. Three districts are seeing contested primaries in both parties, notably District 32, where incumbent Rep. Bryan Cohn, D-Granville, was a late scratch. […]
Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News A law that took effect this month tightens North Carolina’s pretrial release rules, making it more difficult for people accused of violent offenses to be released before going to trial. The changes are expected to keep more people in jail for longer, which would add pressure on county jails across the […]
Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online Genetic testing of purportedly wild-caught shrimp served earlier this month at dozens of Outer Banks restaurants found that 64% of the shrimp was actually imported. On behalf of the Southern Shrimp Alliance, SeaD Consulting collected and analyzed shrimp samples from randomly selected seafood restaurants in Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill […]
Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice After several years of wrangling over language, the Area of Environmental Concern (AEC) protections for Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Nags Head were reinstated by the North Carolina Rules Review Commission (RRC) at its Dec. 18 meeting. That RRC decision came about a month after the Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) amended […]
Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Brian Clark, executive director of N.C. Ports, led the port system through what he called a challenging 2025. Clark said he’s focused on diversifying the port’s operations. (Photo by Logan Burke) It’s been a challenging year for North Carolina’s ports in Wilmington and Morehead City, according to N.C. Ports Executive Director Brian Clark. […]
Lily Levin/Smoky Mountain News Six months after the North Carolina General Assembly’s deadline to produce an annual budget, Western Carolina University in Cullowhee is left weathering the effects of this stalemate — and preparing for an uncertain future. At the Dec. 11 academic and student affairs subcommittee meeting, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs […]
Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer Candidate signups have ended, and the race for county commission is packed. Three seats are up for grabs with only two incumbents running, so at least one new face will join the county board. Six Republican candidates, including the two incumbents, have thrown their hats in the ring for the March […]
Guy Lucas/The High Point Enterprise Two controversial proposals to expand natural gas pipelines, including one crossing the Triad, have received clearance from state and federal officials. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources announced Friday that it has issued air and water permits for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC’s proposed […]
Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning While the developer hoping to build a Bojangles on Brevard Road in Etowah cleared a hurdle to win a zoning permit, the lack of sewer may mean it’s not Bo Time yet. Property owner Cold Steel & Sunshine LLC of Brevard wants to build a drive-thru only restaurant on a commercial parcel […]
Allen G. Breed/The Associated Press With the blast of a shotgun, the Raleigh Moose Family Center Turkey Shoot is under way. But fear not: No gobblers were harmed in the making of this holiday fun. “The main misconception is, they think we shoot live turkeys out here,” says Glen Coplen, a past governor and current […]
The Salisbury Post Real estate developer Jackson-Shaw recently announced the delivery of the first phase of Landis Ridge, described in a press release as “a modern, Class A industrial park” located on 150 acres off Old Beatty Ford Road in Landis. It is the first of two planned phases, which will total up to 1.25 […]
