State Commerce Department officials say they can finish the federally post-Helene replacement or repair of storm-damaged single family homes by the late spring of 2028. That time includes an estimate that Renew NC’s flagship housing effort will ultimately complete 2,740 projects, out of an initial pool of 7,000 applications. Officials will winnow the pool at […]
State Rep. Matthew Winslow, R-Franklin, isn’t going to run for re-election to the District 7 seat representing Franklin and southern Vance counties. Winslow, a custom-home builder and East Carolina grad, said he’s passing up a potential fourth term so he can “focus on my family and my future endeavors as a small business owner.” “I […]
North Carolina’s juvenile justice system is full up, at least when it comes to housing teens as they await court proceedings or afterward. It has a capacity for 196 people in its “youth development centers,” where it sends teens after the adjudication of their cases. Current projections for the end of June 2026 are that […]
State Supreme Court justices have ordered Durham officials to rescind a land-use violation notice that targeted a flea market in an industrial area near the city’s downtown. Writing for a unanimous court, Justice Trey Allen said the city government hadn’t given the market’s owners fair notice of what they needed to do to bring the […]
Sergio Osnaya-Prieto/Education NC North Carolina ranks 48th in the nation for K-12 public school teacher salaries and growth in public school funding per student, according to a new analysis from the Reason Foundation think tank, which promotes libertarian principles. The analysis looks at data from the U.S. Census Bureau and National Center for Education Statistics […]
Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio North Carolina nonprofits that serve victims of domestic violence and child abuse are facing funding cuts. For decades, the federal Crime Victims Fund has provided grants to domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers and children’s advocacy centers. But North Carolina’s share has dropped from $100 million in 2018 to just $40 million […]
Anna Roman/The Raleigh News & Observer Cary Town Manager Sean Stegall has resigned, three weeks after he was placed on paid administrative leave and questions were raised about the town’s spending. His resignation was announced Monday at an emergency Cary Town Council meeting called by Mayor Harold Weinbrecht. Speaking for the first time since Stegall […]
Jonathan Shorman/NC Newsline Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act, a new analysis finds. The bulk of the gains would be concentrated in 10 GOP-controlled state legislatures in Southern states, according to the analysis, produced by […]
Rose Hoban/NC Health News North Carolina Treasurer Brad Briner has made waves during his first year in office among state employees, who will see a sharp uptick in their health insurance premiums starting next month. Briner says the increase is necessary to address a shortfall in the North Carolina State Health Plan he found when […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square To help generate a Republican winner in the northeastern part of the state for the first time since 1882, the General Assembly redrew the congressional map for two of the 14 seats North Carolina sends to the U.S. House of Representatives. Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson, one of the first names […]
Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press A challenge of the constitutionality of North Carolina’s Certificate of Need law may be heading back to the state Supreme Court. On Friday, a three-judge panel of superior court judges ruled unanimously against New Bern optometrist Jay Singleton, who alleged that Certificate of Need law restricts the right to earn […]
Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer Down the hill from Waynesville’s Main Street lies an embattled intersection of the town’s history. For 150 years, Frog Level has played host to tourists, blue collar workers, merchants, and more recently, craft coffee and beer drinkers. But now a giant question mark looms over Frog Level in the form of […]
Elvis Menayese/WFAE Radio Volunteers gather to revamp the 12th Step Services’ site on 709 East Boulevard near South End that support people impacted by substance use. A group that’s been helping people overcome addiction for over 70 years is undergoing a revamp to its site that supports people impacted by substance use. Volunteers at 12th […]
Lily Levin/Smoky Mountain News Swain County’s standing animal services ordinance dates back to late 2019, pending the establishment of an animal services center and adequate funding for its operation and staff. As Swain’s first county-operated animal shelter prepared to open its doors — with staff to include Jerry Bryan, who has served for two years […]
The High Point Enterprise Enrollment fell in nearly every North Carolina school district this year — including in the Guilford County, Davidson County, Thomasville and Randolph County districts — continuing a trend of fewer students attending traditional public schools. Newly released data from the state Department of Public Instruction shows that 105 of the state’s […]
