WRAL News The federal government granted another $116 million in disaster relief funding to North Carolina intended to support the state’s recovery from Hurricane Helene and to prevent future disaster damage across the state. Some of the money is for public assistance programs, and some is for what’s called disaster mitigation, which will go toward […]
Caroline Vakil/The Hill Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) is touting a more than $9.5 million haul in the fourth quarter of fundraising of 2025, easily outpacing former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Michael Whatley’s haul in the North Carolina Senate race, according to figures first shared with The Hill. Cooper’s campaign noted that […]
Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio North Carolina is facing a looming deadline to find more funding to cover new federal work requirements for Medicaid. President Trump’s megabill that became law last summer requires most Medicaid recipients to work, volunteer or receive job training at least 20 hours a week. But it will be up to state and […]
Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh A pair of Raleigh’s newest office towers has been sold for $210 million — a significant decrease from the record sum of $330 million the two towers fetched in 2022. Why it matters: The new owner is a partnership between Raleigh’s largest landlord, Highwoods Properties, and the North Carolina Investment Authority, an […]
Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio Randolph County Commissioners could be voting on new bylaws for the recently dissolved public library board of trustees in the coming weeks. Back in December, the commissioners dismissed all of the trustees after they voted to keep a book about a transgender boy in the children’s section of the library. The commission […]
Joshua Bay/Inside Higher Ed What was once an underused mobile app at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been rebuilt to serve as a central hub for student information and services. The app, Hello Heels, was relaunched during first-year orientation last fall after undergoing a redesign following input from students through advisory […]
Taylor Ford & Nixon Norman/WFMY News A longtime Greensboro civil rights activist and housing advocate whose work helped shape the city for generations has died. Willena R. Cannon, a tireless advocate for justice and community change, died Saturday at her home in Greensboro after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to Woodard Broadnax Funeral Home. […]
Janet Briggs/The Salisbury Post The Ford City Motor Lofts project at 419 South Main Street recently received a $500,000 grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta. This grant will cover some of the unexpected increased construction costs since the project started. The Ford City Motor Lofts are a collaboration between Osceola Council on […]
Julian Berger/WFAE Radio A group of Buddhist monks is walking through the Charlotte area this week as part of a 2,300-mile peace walk from Texas to Washington, D.C. The monks began their journey in October and arrived Tuesday night at Catawba Baptist Church in Rock Hill, where thousands of people gathered to welcome them. Brandy […]
Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online Restoring land as close to how it was more than two centuries ago is by no means a cheap venture. Just ask Louis Moore Bacon. Since 2012, Bacon has invested more than $100 million in the property on which his ancestor, Roger Moore, founded Orton Plantation in 1725 off the lower […]
Food stamps are about the only thing keeping some groceries in rural North Carolina afloat, the head of the N.C. Retail Merchants Association told legislators this week. “SNAP is not supplemental in many counties,” said Andy Ellen, the group’s president and general counsel. “It’s what stabilizes your local food economy. It’s what makes that grocery […]
UNC Chapel Hill officials announced on Tuesday that North Carolina’s state-owned hospital system will “lead and administer” the university’s Campus Health service in the not-too-district future. The move comes amid a campus-wide cost-cutting initiative and targets a service the university’s “all-funds” budget for fiscal 2024-25 said was running at a $6.3 million deficit of expenses […]
Chris Burritt/Business North Carolina Stokes County commissioners approved a request for the rezoning of nearly 1,850 acres along the Dan River at the Virginia border for a data center, despite residents’ concerns about noise and other threats to the environment and quality of life. The 3-2 vote Monday rebuffed an earlier recommendation by the county […]
Carly Haynes/WRAL News Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has consulted with the state auditor’s office and the State Bureau of Investigation in examining the town of Cary’s financial mismanagement. On Monday, North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek said a preliminary look into the town’s finances showed there was potential criminal activity committed by former […]
Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline An investigation by the North Carolina State Board of Elections found that two contributions by lobbyists to Rep. Sarah Stevens’ state Supreme Court campaign were illegal, but said they did not represent an “intentional violation.” The board issued warning letters to the Stevens campaign as well as registered lobbyists Harold Brubaker and […]
