Joseph Williams/The (Whiteville) News Reporter A U.S. District Court judge ordered a federal disaster-mitigation program reinstated last week after finding the Trump administration acted unlawfully in its attempts to shut it down earlier this year. The ruling could allow the City of Whiteville to recoup millions in grant funding for its Mollies Branch Canal Restoration […]
Sam Dietrich/News Argus Marcella Barbour, a Republican, filed as a candidate in the N.C. House District 4 race and will challenge incumbent Republican Jimmy Dixon in his reelection bid for a ninth consecutive term in 2026. Barbour and Dixon will face off in the March Republican primary, with the winner heading to the general election […]
Federal prosecutors say they’ve secured a guilty plea from a Navassa chemical company that discharged pollutants into the Cape Fear River. Court records indicate that American Distillation Inc. pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of knowingly discharging a pollutant into U.S. waters without or in violation of a permit. Sentencing is scheduled in March. Prosecutors […]
Through their trade group, North Carolina’s sheriffs say they don’t want legislators putting them on the hook for solving the mental health problems of criminal defendants. “Folks that have mental health or physical health issues should be treated by medical facilities,” said Eddie Caldwell, general counsel of the N.C. Sheriffs’ Association. “It’s unrealistic to expect […]
House Speaker Destin Hall’s marching orders to the legislators he’s assigned to review North Carolina’s property tax system raise the possibility of amending the state constitution to provide relief to taxpayers. That includes looking at the Constitution’s “uniformity requirement,” which is commonly read to mean that all types of property — land, homes, cars, business […]
Cindy Bae/WTVD News Devon Jenkins is a Durham native who shared how gun violence has taken a toll on his community. “It changed a lot,” Jenkins said. “I’m from the Braggtown area … we hear gunshots every day.” Jenkins was one of the dozens of community members who attended the Durham County Main Library on […]
Graham Lee Brewer/The Associated Press With the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act by the Senate on Wednesday, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is all but assured to become a federally recognized tribal nation. The state-recognized tribe, whose historic and genealogical claims have been a subject of controversy, has been seeking federal recognition […]
Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Gov. Josh Stein is wrapping up his first year in office. It’s been a year marked by hurricane recovery efforts in Western North Carolina, big jobs announcements and fights with the legislature over taxes, Medicaid and more. Stein joined WUNC’s Colin Campbell to discuss the big issues of 2025 and what’s ahead […]
David Ferry/Wired Amy Lindberg spent 26 years in the Navy and she still walked like it—with intention, like her chin had someplace to be. But around 2017, her right foot stopped following orders. Lindberg and her husband Brad were five years into their retirement. After moving 10 times for Uncle Sam, they’d bought their dream […]
Nikolette Miller/WSPA Harris Teeter announced plans to open several new store locations across the Southeast, including Clemson. The expansion aims to bring high-quality ingredients and exceptional customer service to more communities in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. Harris Teeter shared in a press release that it’s excited to introduce its first location in Clemson, […]
Kristyn Clark/WRAL News Nearly 150 new North Carolin Division of Motor Vehicles license examiners graduated on Wednesday to join the ranks of a state agency trying to lessen the load on an overworked and understaffed workforce. The graduation is good news for the up-and-coming employees and significant for DMV customers hoping for a better experience […]
Tom Fiedler/Asheville Watchdog Except for the possible addition of slow-moving longshots before noon Friday, the campaign filing deadline, the fields are set for March 3 party-primary elections that may shift the political balance of power from city halls to Donald Trump’s White House. Western North Carolina voters will play significant parts with their ballots on […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square Commissioners in a North Carolina county have agreed to take remedial actions and publicly acknowledge an incorrect position to settle a First Amendment lawsuit with a resident. The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners declined to admit liability or wrongdoing, a release from the Liberty Justice Center says. It did gain approval […]
Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline It’s unusual for the North Carolina Board of Elections to order a redo of an election. But Wednesday, they did it twice: once in a mayor’s race where one candidate now leads by a single vote, and again for a small Hertford County town where 7 of the 25 people who cast […]
Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Eight years in the making, a Wilmington native is releasing a documentary on the GenX contamination crisis and the fight for accountability. Documentary “GenX: The Saga of Forever Chemicals,” directed by Wilmingtonian Elijah Yetter-Bowman and produced by well-known actor and environmental activist Mark Ruffalo, takes a comprehensive look at the contamination […]
