Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times Wow. Just wow. If you thought Guilford County had its hands full overseeing and funding $2 billion in school bond projects, a new Sheriff’s Office headquarters and lots of other ongoing projects – well, at a Thursday, Jan. 15 work session, county staff unveiled plans for another huge undertaking: Demolishing the […]
The Lumbee tribe has bought land in Robeson County that could someday host eastern North Carolina’s first casino. State Rep. John Lowery, the tribe’s chairman, recently announced that Lumbee Tribe Holdings has acquired 241 acres that “can be utilized for long-term economic development initiatives that benefit our people for generations to come.” These can include a […]
North Carolina’s utility-scale solar farms are using only 0.31% of the state’s farmland, the N.C. Sustainable Energy Association says. All told, 733 solar arrays capable of generating more than 1 megawatt of power are using 40,284 acres, the group says, basing the assessment on a review of aerial photography and other data. For comparison, the […]
Trustees at UNC Chapel Hill have given Chancellor Lee Roberts and his team orders to find $25 million in administrative spending cuts and a green light to start laying off people if necessary to meet that. The move comes at the urging of the board’s Budget committee and its chairman, Greensboro developer Marty Kotis. His […]
Federal immigration crackdowns are politicizing and energizing Americans in ways that haven’t happened in decades, a group of Black politicians and political activists say. But both political parties are behind the curve in dealing with the ramifications, said former state Rep. Chaz Beasley and other participants in a Thursday media organized by the folks at […]
N.C. Electric Cooperatives has hired a new CEO who will take the helm early in April. Amadou Fall has been the COO of the N.C. Electric Membership Corp. since early 2021. NCEMC is one of three groups under the Electric Cooperatives umbrella and handles its power generation and transmission work. When he moves up, Fall […]
State Auditor Dave Boliek defends the validity of his office’s lapsed-salary report even though it counted unfunded, placeholder job slots towards its $1.04 billion total. “I actually think we have added a layer of true transparency and context that did not previously exist,” he said during a Friday interview with the Tribune. “How many people, […]
Ashley Fredde/NC Health News The number of family caregivers is rising across North Carolina, and so are the financial and health costs borne by the people providing that care, according to the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP in a joint report. Advocates say new Medicaid work requirements could intensify those pressures unless the state […]
Nick de la Canal/WFAE Radio Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is calling for a “thorough and impartial investigation” into the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal U.S. Border Patrol agents this weekend, putting him among a small number of Republican lawmakers publicly questioning the Trump administration’s response. The administration […]
WRAL News Much of North Carolina endured power outages and dangerous road conditions during the Jan. 24-25, 2026, ice storm. There were hundreds of crashes reported across the state but few reports of serious injuries. Now that the wintry precipitation is over, the focus turns to lingering ice on roads and a deep freeze set […]
Colin Campbell/WUNC News For more than two years, Williamston’s local hospital has sat empty, with a faded banner blocking the entrance that tells people with emergencies to call 911. The closure of Martin General Hospital has meant much longer ambulance rides and big concerns about the state of healthcare in this rural county. But local […]
Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Officials with India-based graphite manufacturer Epsilon Advanced Materials recently said the company is re-evaluating the timeline for its proposed Brunswick County facility, which was once slated to break ground early this year. Epsilon CEO Sunit Kapur wrote in an emailed statement that the proposed 1.5-million-square-foot facility is fully permitted and the company, which […]
John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog What an absolute mess Black Mountain has on its hands. I’m not talking about the recent ice storm, or even Tropical Storm Helene recovery. Or the recent strange collapse of an old ticket booth wall at White Horse Black Mountain, an entertainment venue. (Hey, when it rains it pours!) I’m talking about […]
David Beasley/The Center Square Managing a state university system comes with many challenges – educating thousands of students while also providing security while they are on campus. That requires many universities to operate large police departments, sometimes as big or bigger than the cities where the campuses are located. Recruitment includes the university system competing […]
Coastal Review Online Millions of dollars have been marked for coastal freight rail upgrades and improvements to include tracks, trestles, culverts and port infrastructure. The projects are part of a total $16.3 million to go toward freight rail infrastructure improvements to a dozen short-line railroads and at the state Port of Morehead City, North Carolina […]
