WWAY News North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has scheduled a public hearing to review a proposed 68.3% increase in dwelling insurance rates across the state. The hearing is set for May 4, 2026, and will begin at 10 a.m. in the second-floor hearing room at the Department of Insurance, located at 3200 Beechleaf Court […]
Annette Weston/Public Radio East Late last week, the judges overseeing the Camp Lejeune Justice Act cases rejected the government’s attempt to block evidence from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). This evidence uses computer models to reconstruct how and when drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, especially during the 1950s to […]
Brianna Atkinson/WUNC Radio The UNC System has officially adopted a policy to force all state university professors to publicly post their syllabi. System President Peter Hans approved the policy measure Friday evening, which didn’t require a vote from the UNC Board of Governors. The new regulation was posted on the System’s website without a public […]
Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online Faced with devastating destruction across a significant segment of its beachfront, this small Outer Banks village is seeking help for coastal solutions, including measures that could require potentially controversial legislative action by the state and federal governments. Since September, 15 houses have collapsed on a stretch of beach in Buxton just […]
WRAL News North Carolinians are breathing the cleanest air in decades, according to new state data from the Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ). The NCDEQ released its updated Air Quality Trends in North Carolina report on Friday. The report attributes the decline in air pollution emissions to efforts by state leaders, regulatory agencies, electric utilities, […]
Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer Was N.C. Rep. Mark Pless going to run again? The question loomed over the final week of candidate signups, as the general public — and would-be opponents — waited and wondered why Pless had been mum the first two weeks of filing, and whether he was bowing out or intentionally keeping […]
Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise The Guilford County Board of Commissioners approved incentives Thursday night for the local expansion of a company in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning field that will create 131 new jobs and provide $40 million in investment. The incentives of up to $196,500 are for Hoffman & Hoffman Inc., […]
Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News The decision to secure over $10 million to build two new landfill cells was, in a sense, an easy one for Macon County commissioners to make, but what lies ahead is less certain. The issue has come before commissioners each of the last few months. The board had chewed on the […]
The Southern Pines Pilot A Pinehurst man who was the president of a construction company pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in connection with a bid rigging scam that federal officials say defrauded the Defense Department by as much as $6 million. Brett Sanborn was the president of a construction company that provided goods and […]
Jack Evans/Asheville Watchdog The inaugural cohort of the University of North Carolina Asheville’s new master’s program in environmental resilience arrived on campus at a fraught and fortuitous moment. The university’s announcement of the program last April came amid growing uproar over its plan to develop 45 acres of wooded campus. By the time classes began […]
Federal regulators gave the green light to the MVP Southgate gas pipeline from southern Virginia into Rockingham County. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday approved an amended “certificate of public convenience and necessity” for the 31.1-mile-long pipeline. The commission rejected calls from environmental groups to force the project’s sponsors back to the drawing board […]
Duke Energy’s long-range development plans are underselling solar power and overselling the prospects of building more nuclear reactors, critics of the utility say. The argument comes from Sam Grote and Jim Warren, who lead the N.C. Business Impact Forum and NC WARN, respectively. Grote contends that Duke’s proposed Carolinas Resource Plan artificially capped the maximum amount […]
Jim Hunt, the state’s longest-serving governor, died on Thursday at 88. “It is with deep sadness that I share the passing of my beloved daddy and hero, former Gov. Jim Hunt. He devoted his life to serving the people of North Carolina, guided by a belief that public service should expand opportunity, strengthen communities, and […]
Rob Christensen & Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan/The (Raleigh) News & Observer James B. Hunt Jr., a one-time Wilson County farm boy who rose to become one of the dominant figures in 20th-century North Carolina politics, has died, Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt, his daughter, announced on Dec. 18. “It is with deep sadness that I share the […]
Emily Mikkelsen, Chris Weaver & Brayden Stamps/WGHP News NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee Greg Biffle was reportedly killed in a plane crash Thursday morning, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Around 10:15 a.m., an aircraft crashed at Statesville Regional Airport, they confirmed in a post on their Facebook page. Biffle and members of […]
