Thérèse Boudreaux/The Center Square Only 10 U.S. senators voted against the bipartisan housing bill that restricts large institutional investors from buying up single family homes and requires investors to sell build-to-rent homes within seven years. Those lawmakers also each received tens or sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars in 2024 election-cycle campaign donations from groups […]
Paul Woolverton/CityView The Fayetteville Public Works Commission voted on Wednesday to hire Harper General Contractors for $133.7 million to build “forever chemical” filtration systems at the utility’s two water treatment plants. The action is to comply with anti-pollution regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The filtering systems, which will be building-sized, will use granular […]
Brian Murphy/WRAL News The University of North Carolina has suspended discussions about the future of the Smith Center until the Tar Heels hire their next men’s basketball coach and that coach has had time to develop his program, potentially pushing any decision on a basketball arena decision into the future. That suspension will “allow Bubba […]
Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press In the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Tim Hall, a K-12 Social Studies Instructional Specialist at Vance County Schools and former president of the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies, learned in real time that he didn’t know how to teach his students about religion. “I […]
Andrew Marshall/The Waynesville Mountaineer A tear-jerker of a video extolling the virtues of Haywood County has won two major national awards, and if you watch it, you’ll see why. The video, produced by the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority as part of its 2025 rebranding, took home Gold and Best in Show at the American […]
Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro Orange County’s Board of Commissioners recently met with Mebane to discuss ways to plan for the future of the city and how to accommodate its growing population. Although currently the county’s smallest municipality, it is also its fastest growing one. In Dec. the city’s council adopted “Mebane 2045,” a comprehensive plan outlining […]
Laura Hackett/Blue Ridge Public Radio An estimated 130 people in Buncombe County are still homeless as a result of Hurricane Helene. And the total number of unhoused people has increased to 824, a 9% uptick from last year. That’s according to the Point-in-Time Count, an annual, HUD-mandated survey that relies on volunteers to collect data […]
Lydia Winstead/The Daily Tar Heel Even before UNC junior Eloise Herdegen began to learn Russian at UNC, she had experience speaking the language and studying abroad in Kyrgyzstan. In the summer before her first year at UNC, she participated in the National Security Language Initiative for Youth, a weekslong program funded by the U.S. Department […]
North Carolinians aren’t happy about the cost of healthcare, with 17% telling pollsters that they’ve skipped needed care because they can’t afford it. But the consultants who orchestrated the poll, Paul Shumaker and Morgan Jackson, say that’s in line with broader concerns about the affordability of, well, almost everything. “If we were doing a poll […]
.S. Rep. Addison McDowell, R-6th, is claiming partial credit for a Federal Housing Finance Agency decision he says will help keep homeowners-insurance costs down. The FHFA recently announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will allow owners with federally backed mortgages to have only actual-cash-value coverage for roof replacements. That comes with the caveat that […]
Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News The Central Prison Healthcare Complex bustles with activity. Inside the 600,000-square-foot Raleigh facility, incarcerated men from across North Carolina shuffle through the five-story building for medical care, ranging from dental procedures, imaging, specialty care or even surgery in one of two on-site operating rooms. Some arrive for routine appointments. Others stay […]
Mary Helen Moore/Axios Raleigh NIL money is allowing some Duke basketball players to live in downtown Durham’s most high-end apartment building. Why it matters: In the NCAA’s new era, Division I athletes have gained access to a lifestyle that just five years ago would have risked sanctions or been reserved for the independently wealthy. Case […]
Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio A board member for the North Carolina Department of Transportation said Wednesday night that if Charlotte rejects a plan to build toll lanes on Interstate 77, he would question whether the state should fund other transportation projects in the city. Opponents of the I-77 project said DOT board member Stephen Rosenburgh’s comments […]
Rian Stockett/WLOS News After receiving federal approval, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will move forward with its newest plans for the Interstate 26 Connector project. It affects the northern section of the project, from the Haywood Road/I-240 interchange to the north end. “We can begin construction, which is what you’ll see in some […]
Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News UNC-Chapel Hill is set to spend $4.79 billion next fiscal year, according to a new all-funds budget approved by the Board of Trustees. Chief Financial Officer Nathan Knuffman presented the plan to the trustees this week. He said UNC-Chapel Hill is still facing multiple funding uncertainties, both from the state and federal […]
