Matt Lamb/The (Southern Pines) Pilot In what seemed like an all-but-done deal — the Board of Education contracting with BWP & Associates for superintendent search services — two board members sought to put the brakes on the process earlier this week, challenging the need for consulting services at this juncture. The school board ultimately approved […]
A new poll is claiming that Senate leader Phil Berger has about a four percentage point lead in his District 26 GOP primary battle against Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page. That effectively makes the race “a total tossup,” in a battle where “both sides are running horrible campaigns,” said Rick Shaftan, the Outer Banks-based media […]
State regulators have the green light to begin taking public comment on a rules package that would force some industrial businesses and sewer-plant operators to test for the three best-known types of PFAS. The proposed rules package also would require affected businesses that find the compounds in their samples to try to minimize any potential […]
Analisa Sorrells Archer/Education NC On Wednesday, new Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) were released by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS). Updated every five years, the guidelines help determine what food is served in schools and at child care centers, among other things. The DGAs for 2025-2030 mark a […]
Taylor Knopf/NC Health News Thanos first stepped into the peer cafe across from the bus station in downtown Raleigh looking for his friend — and the promise of a free coffee. What keeps him coming back months later is a community of people and group sessions that have supported his substance use recovery. “Everybody in […]
Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio City of Raleigh leaders were called before a state House committee Wednesday to discuss a video that claimed the city violated a federal ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The video was posted by the conservative group Accuracy in Media in October. It showed a city employee describing another city department […]
WSOC News Sycamore Brewing changed its LLC name to Club West, according to a filing with the Department of the Secretary of State. Sycamore was one of Charlotte’s most prominent local breweries had recently closed its South End taproom temporarily after co-founder Justin Brigham was arrested in December 2025 and charged with multiple felonies, including […]
Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer As 2025 property taxes came due, some Haywood County residents opened their mailboxes to find their payments returned. The mailing address for where to send property taxes changed after the bills were sent out in September. The change wasn’t the county’s doing. The county contracts with First Citizens Bank to collect […]
Kenneth Lee Jr./WFAE Radio Avelo Airlines said it will close three of its bases, including those in Raleigh and Wilmington, and expand operations at Concord. The airline said the Concord base will now have three aircraft stationed there. As part of the base consolidation, Avelo will make some schedule changes that could affect customers. The […]
Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView Methane detectors placed in homes near the Cliffdale Landfill have prompted renewed questions about the safety of living near the site, after one home reported three alarm activations tied to elevated gas levels. The concerns follow an October community meeting in which residents learned that hazardous gases detected near the landfill had […]
Janet Briggs/The Salisbury Post The Kannapolis History Associates hosted the annual state of the city address featuring for the last time City Manager Mike Legg. After 22 years, Legg is stepping down as city manager and has been doing that address for the association almost every year. He started the meeting with some statistics of […]
Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Haywood County Community and Economic Development Manager Hannah White used a Jan. 5 presentation to give commissioners a detailed accounting of where broadband access stands today, how far the county has come since the depths of the digital divide were exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic and what work remains before reliable […]
WRAL News The Durham Police Department announced Thursday that police chief Patrice Andrews will retire this year. In a press release, the department said after a combined 25 years of service, Andrews will retire May 1, 2026 after serving as police chief for a little over five years. The release did not list her replacement […]
N.C. Court of Appeals judges have rejected a Randolph County minister’s attempt to claim for schools the proceeds of the state’s 2000 hog-farm mitigation deal with Smithfield Foods. Wednesday’s decision, from a unanimous three-judge panel, is but the latest to go against opponents of former Attorney General Mike Easley Sr.’s move to set up a […]
Folks around the capitol will remember that back in 2023, the late Mecklenburg County state Rep. Kelly Alexander proposed a bill to counter the rise of Wall Street ownership of single-family homes. This quickly got pigeonholed by then-House Speaker Tim Moore, who told reporters the 100-home limit Alexander proposed was “pretty big government” and counter […]
