Julian Berger/WFAE Radio U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says an undocumented man charged in a deadly hit-and-run was released from Mecklenburg County’s jail before agents could file an immigration detainer. However, officials with the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office say he was in custody for over a week — and that they notified ICE. Julio Xocop-Vicente […]
Reuters Honeywell said on Wednesday it had reached an agreement with private aviation company Flexjet to resolve their litigation and aims to rebuild their commercial partnership. The industrial conglomerate said it agreed to extend its aircraft engine maintenance deal with Flexjet through 2035 as part of the settlement. Flexjet had sued Honeywell in March 2023, […]
Jenna Fryer/The Associated Press Pacific Life Insurance Company on Thursday asked a federal court to dismiss the $8.5 million lawsuit filed by NASCAR champion Kyle Busch and his wife over policies the Buschs claim were sold to them under false and negligent representations as tax-free income for retirement. The filing in the Western District of […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Absentee voting has begun, primary election day is in less than six weeks, and still, some North Carolina candidates’ place on the ballot remains in limbo. In recent days, the State Board of Elections and various county election boards have considered challenges to candidates, mostly relating to their residence and party […]
Bailey Striepling/Queen City News The historic Paula Theater building, which opened in 1948 as a movie theater and has sat vacant for decades, has been donated to Mt. Pleasant Theatre, Inc. by a group of local business leaders. The 13,000 square-foot building will be renovated into The Avett Theater, a live music venue and performing […]
Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is honoring astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair’s legacy 40 years after the alumnus was killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The observance is called “40 Years of Inspiration, Innovation and Impact: Beyond the Horizon — Continuing McNair’s Mission.” Events include a symposium and graduate […]
Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online The Army Corps of Engineers wants more time to mull over concerns that have been brought up on the proposed project to deepen and widen portions of the Wilmington Harbor channel. The North Carolina Division of Coastal Management announced late Tuesday afternoon it had granted the Corps’ request, indefinitely pausing the […]
UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts says he and his team “haven’t made any decisions” about the future of the university’s basketball arena, and remain open to advice on the subject. He told trustees he intends to set up two stakeholder committees, “one of basketball folks and one made up of students,” to weigh in. […]
Florida-based lobbying firm The Southern Group has hired two former Charlotte city councilmen to start a Charlotte office. Tariq Bokhari and Larken Egleston will head the branch for the firm, which opened a Raleigh office in 2024 led by Kevin Wilkinson, a lobbyist and one-time aide to former U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger. Later that year, […]
UNC Chapel Hill will finally break ground on its Carolina North satellite campus in 2027, Chancellor Lee Roberts and his aides say. Briefing trustees Wednesday morning, Roberts said the plan for the first phase of development on the site will include housing for 2,200 students, plus classroom, lab and research space. The mixed-use project will […]
Emily Walkenhorst and Sarah Krueger/WRAL News Three Durham Public Schools administrators have been indicted after an investigation into the handling of an incident in which a child was tied to a chair. A grand jury indicted Tounya Clayton Wright, principal at Eno Valley Elementary School; Tanya Janique Giovanni, a deputy superintendent; and Ayesha Hunter, senior […]
Port City Daily The harbor deepening project in the Cape Fear River has been put on hold until further notice, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers takes stock of public and state concerns. The project has raised issues by municipalities and the public, including further exacerbating already existing PFAS contamination in the Cape Fear, […]
Alex Olgin/WUNC News After a routine trip to her mailbox, Dawn Daly-Mack almost threw away an important letter that she thought was junk mail. “I opened it up and it said, ‘Your medical bill has been paid,’” says Daly-Mack, 60, who lives in Gaston, in northeastern North Carolina. “I didn’t believe it.” The letter turned […]
Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press The Environmental Management Commission, North Carolina’s foremost authority on water quality regulations, trudged closer to adopting statewide rules on PFAS and 1,4 dioxane at its January meeting. But years of debate over these forms of pollution have stripped back the proposed regulations so far from their original forms that environmental groups […]
Anne Blythe/NC Health News No matter which side of the political aisle you find most comfortable, you’re probably hearing a lot these days about the high cost of health care. North Carolinians have voiced their frustration with the existing health care system in poll after poll — as in late 2024 when a survey of […]
