Kirstyn Clark/WRAL News Support is pouring in for a Raleigh teacher who was murdered on Saturday. From the flowers that people have placed outside of her home and the memories former students and friends shared, it is clear that Zoe Welsh led with love and kindness. “She really cared for her students,” said Calysa Sauls, […]
Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily A campground in a Brunswick County beach town is vying for more spaces to bring in more nude travelers in 2026. Whispering Pines Nudist Resort hosts 57 recreational vehicle sites on its 35 acres but wants to add 12 more to total 69. For ease of access, the resort will create […]
Elena Marsh/The Southern Pines Pilot As the Moore County Airport Authority and local tourism officials continue efforts to bring back commercial air service, the next step to secure an airline will involve raising $3 million as an incentive to that airline. That fund would be designed to ensure that the airline meets its minimum revenue […]
The Watauga Democrat After a 30-year effort, Blue Ridge Conservancy has announced the purchase of 74 acres on Howard Knob, securing the property for hiking, rock climbing, and other public recreation, and protecting it from future development. The property adjoins Watauga County’s existing 5-acre park and the Boone United Methodist Church property, increasing the contiguous […]
Addy Bink/CBS 17 News If you purchased select beef products in one of 26 states (plus the District of Columbia) during a specific timeline, you may be eligible to receive part of an $87.5 million settlement reached with the nation’s biggest beef processors. According to a website established for the settlement, the antitrust class action […]
Bradley George/WUNC Radio The rise of artificial intelligence is changing the physical environment in North Carolina and across the South. Companies are building data centers all over the region. AI-driven applications are creating demand for more conduits to carry internet traffic, like undersea cables that snake along the ocean floor. For decades, most of these […]
Aarik Long/The Waynesville Mountaineer Students taking agriculture classes at Waynesville Middle will soon have a new and improved greenhouse to work in, thanks to grant funding and a lot of legwork from their teacher. The nearly 3,000-square-foot greenhouse will join one such structure already on campus, providing students with fresh learning opportunities. The previous greenhouse […]
There’s more — and less — than meets the eye when it comes to State Auditor Dave Boliek’s claim that there’s a bit more than $1 billion in lapsed salary on the books of various state agencies associated with job vacancies. The numbers in the dashboard Boliek’s office rolled out late in the afternoon of […]
Another of Senate leader Phil Berger’s top aides is moving over to the private sector. The Raleigh Group, the lobbying firm led by John Hardin, says Madison Alligood has joined the firm as general counsel. Alligood has been a policy adviser to Berger since the spring of 2022, and since February 2024 had been his […]
Clare Fieseler/Canary Media David Stevenson stood in a circle of friends and colleagues in an Orlando, Florida, hotel lobby. Everyone but him wore a lapel pin that read “I ♥ Fossil Fuels.” “You want one?” asked a conference attendee, offering me the pin with a smirk. “It can be a souvenir.” Stevenson, with a soft […]
Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Next week, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission is scheduled to vote on new regulations for chemicals PFAS and 1,4-dioxane. The proposed “monitoring and minimization” rule would require industrial facilities to sample their wastewater and, if the compounds are detected, submit a plan to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality […]
Kelsey Coffey/WRAL News In a climate where child care is already fraught with challenges, a new hurdle emerges as allegations of fraud in Minnesota threaten to put federal funding on hold nationwide. The announcement earlier this week by the Trump administration that it would freeze child care funds to Minnesota and the rest of the […]
Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Tangie Morgan is the mayor of the small town of Saluda in Polk County. She’s also the owner and manager of the M. A. Pace General Store, which she says is one of the oldest stores in North Carolina. “See, this is my family’s business,” Morgan told BPR on a […]
Kenneth Lee Jr., James Farrell & Palmer Magri/WFAE Radio A Mint Hill man has been arrested after allegedly planning a deadly New Year’s Eve attack in support of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Russ Ferguson, U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, said 18-year-old Christian Sturdivant planned to use knives […]
Paul Nielsen/The Waynesville Mountaineer Waynesville has received a timely Christmas present of sorts — funds to reimburse $350,000 in repair costs on the Depot Street bridge after FEMA reneged on a promise to do the same. Waynesville officials earlier this month announced that the state has agreed to repay the town the $355,000 it cost […]
