Jenna Fryer/The Associated Press The fallout from NASCAR’s federal antitrust trial continued into the new year as NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps on Tuesday announced his resignation after more than 20 years with the top racing series in the United States. His resignation comes after last month’s trial in which inflammatory texts Phelps sent during contentious […]
Eric Miller/WRAL News As the man accused of killing a Raleigh teacher sits in jail, one past victim says more should have been done to keep the alleged murderer off the streets. 36-year-old Ryan Camacho is facing multiple charges in the killing of Zoe Welsh, a long-time science teacher at the private Ravenscroft School. Police […]
Will Norman/PV Tech Israeli renewable energy developer Nofar Energy will acquire an almost 1GW US utility-scale solar portfolio from bankrupt IPP Pine Gate Renewables. Under the terms of the deal, Nofar USA will purchase nine utility-scale solar projects across Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas for US$285 million, a part of the roughly 10GW […]
Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio A 20-mile-per-hour wind blew over the fields and through the timber stands of Chowan County’s wind farm one recent winter morning. Steel behemoths, nearly 600 feet tall, rose from the thousands of acres. Each of the 45 wind turbines in Apex Clean Energy’s Timbermill wind farm sits on an acre plot leased […]
Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView A Fayetteville nonprofit interested in building a tiny‑home village for veterans is asking the city for help clearing bureaucratic hurdles. During a City Council work session Monday afternoon, Redeploying American Veterans President Jimmy Plater outlined the group’s vision: clusters of 400‑square‑foot homes paired with wrap‑around services designed to help veterans move into […]
Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Looking to hit the slopes this winter in Western North Carolina? For the ski industry in the mountains, 2026 is about more than just powder. It’s about proving the mountains are back. Tropical Storm Helene hit less than two months before ski season started last winter. On Sugar Mountain in […]
Ed Cara/Gizmoda The specter of covid-19 continues to loom large over the United States. Research out today finds that the viral illness is still sickening and killing a substantial number of Americans every year. Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others examined surveillance data on covid-19 dating back to 2022. They […]
Kip Tabb/Coastal Review Online “We have had nine 100-year storms in the last 20 years,” said Dr. Reide Corbett during a conference in Wilmington back in November. “Somebody said that math doesn’t math.” Corbett is dean of the East Carolina University Coastal Studies Institute Campus in Wanchese and he was addressing the fourth annual Water […]
Christopher Long/The Wilson Times The Wilson County Board of Elections will hold a preliminary hearing Tuesday morning to hear challenges from Wilson County sheriff candidates Brandon Barbrey and Kevin Raper against fellow candidate Bobby Knight. According to their candidate challenge forms, both Barbrey, a Democrat, and Raper, a Republican, allege that Knight “provided the Board […]
The legal team that drafted Rep. Carla Cunningham’s petition to remove Mecklenburg County’s sheriff from office includes a former N.C. Republican Party operative. Philip Thomas, one of the two lawyers who worked on the petition, was the state GOP’s chief counsel from the spring of 2020 to the start of 2023. He also served as […]
Rep. Carla Cunningham has joined forces with a quartet of former Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office deputies to petition for a court-ordered removal of county Sheriff Garry McFadden. The petition accused McFadden of a variety of misconduct, including telling Cunningham the people of Mecklenburg County would “come after” her if she didn’t vote to sustain one […]
The petition seeking Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden’s removal from office contends that the two-term incumbent arbitrarily played favorites among deputies and jail inmates. Former Mecklenburg Sheriff’s Maj. Bryan Adams alleged McFadden promoted unqualified deputies because they were part of what he called “Team Sheriff.” In practice, that meant “going outside the chain of command […]
John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog If you didn’t know better, you might think being on Asheville City Council is one fantastic, sexy job. I mean, why else would 20 people be running for three seats on that venerable board? Clearly, I jest. The job pays a whopping 19 grand a year, almost enough money to make you […]
Analisa Sorrells Archer/Education NC Community college students face a variety of obstacles that may hinder their success, stemming from demands inside and outside of the classroom. Compared to students at four-year colleges, community colleges serve a larger proportion of students of color, first-generation students, low-income students, adult students, and first- or second-generation immigrants, who may […]
Anne Blythe/NC Health News More than 13 years have passed since a group of prominent state retirees filed a lawsuit challenging what was then a new state law that required them to start paying for health care benefits they had received free of charge for years as part of their benefits package. Now, attorneys for […]
