Division of Water Resources officials are going to try resurrecting a trio of restrictions on hog, chicken and cattle growers that state appellate judges struck down because they hadn’t gone through a formal rulemaking process. This time around, they’ll try to convince the Environmental Management Commission — and perhaps the General Assembly — to formally […]
Will Atwater/NC Health News In North Carolina, debates over how to regulate emerging water contaminants are moving from the lab to the policy arena — and this week, those debates could translate into binding policy. The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, which sets statewide water quality standards, is scheduled to meet Jan. 7-8 and is […]
James Farrell/WFAE Radio Hundreds of teachers called out of work to hold protests across North Carolina on Wednesday in support of better teacher pay. They also called out the lack of a state budget, which has stymied potential raises for state employees like educators. More than 50 schools were slated to participate, and while most […]
Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline The NC Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the General Assembly over Governor Josh Stein in a challenge involving judicial appointments and a restructuring of the state’s Utilities Commission. Senate Bill 382 was passed at the end of the 2024 session, with the Republican majority overriding then-Governor Roy Cooper’s veto. […]
Graham Lee Brewer/The Associated Press An important cultural site is close to being returned to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians after a city council in North Carolina voted unanimously Monday to return the land. The Noquisiyi Mound in Franklin, North Carolina, was part of a Cherokee mother town hundreds of years before the founding […]
David Beasley/The Center Square North Carolina Secreatry of Secretary of State Elaine Marshall said Tuesday that stagnant funding for her office by the Legislature threatens the progress the state is making in attracting new businesses. The workload of the office has doubled since 2017 as the number of new businesses in the state has increased, […]
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Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio At a community discussion Tuesday afternoon, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Superintendent Don Phipps shared a wide range of priorities for the district, including a new goal for paying off debt. Phipps has only been on the job for about a month. But he identified quite a few challenges in the district: declining enrollment, […]
Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog Barry Bialik showed off the basic recipe for more affordable housing – small homes on small lots – last month at his cottage development on a 1.1-acre parcel in West Asheville. The eight 1,280-square-foot, partly prefabricated dwellings he is building on lots averaging less than 3,500 square feet will bring the development’s […]
Liz McLaughlin/WRAL News On this warm winter afternoon, a skater drops into a bowl that didn’t exist three months ago. A small crowd instinctively pauses, all watching the same run unfold. He pumps higher with each pass until a miscalculation sends the board flying and running feet scrambling to a stop. “You got He climbs […]
Brian Burns/WUNC Radio Last month Raleigh’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park announced that in 2026 parking will no longer be free for attendees. The amphitheater, which is operated by Live Nation, stated on Facebook and Instagram that anyone who parks at the venue will need to purchase a parking pass either in advance or on […]
The Local Government Commission has given Roxboro’s government permission to borrow $922,542 to buy five police cars, a fire truck, a garbage truck and an asphalt roller for street repair. Now, this would ordinarily be newsworthy only in Roxboro, but the LGC sign-off comes amid House Speaker Destin Hall’s push to crack down in some […]
The year just past saw the second-highest number of new-business creations on record for North Carolina, Secretary of State Elaine Marshall says. In 2025, Marshall’s office registered 171,244 new incorporations, which the state bettered only in 2021, she said. The numbers continue a post-pandemic spike in new-business filings that’s bemused officials not just in Marshall’s […]
State Auditor Dave Boliek has promised legislators they’ll have his office’s full report on state-agency lapsed salaries next week, after his aides incorporate the responses from each of the departments and programs it covers. Appearing before a joint oversight panel on Tuesday, Boliek also urged them to use the data in some cases to “true […]
Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Water used by hundreds of thousands of residents in southeastern North Carolina could soon be affected by a decision made far upstream, as state regulators consider a request to divert millions of gallons a day from the Cape Fear River. The Town of Fuquay-Varina, a rapidly growing municipality 150 miles upstream […]
