Akilah Davis/WTVD News Fort Bragg serves as a major economic engine for the Fayetteville area, but when soldiers deploy, small businesses often feel the strain. Now, with new deployments on the horizon, some owners say they are already bracing for the impact. “I know it is tax time right now. People do have money, and […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press After the State Board of Elections conducted the statewide canvass Wednesday, nearly all primary election results are official. That may not be the case in Yancey County, where there is at least one pending election protest that may be considered by the state elections board. Each election cycle, candidates who lose […]
Morgan Casey/Border Belt Independent Ben Bahr, an internationally recognized researcher of neurodegenerative disorders, had two job offers in 2009: one from the University of Hawaii and another from The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. When he picked the latter, a lot of people asked why. “I get more work done at this type of […]
Martha Quillin/The Raleigh News & Observer Tessa and Leo Sharp figured things couldn’t get much worse than Hurricane Helene, which dropped up to 2 feet of rain across mountainous Mitchell County in September 2024. The storm and resulting record flooding sent so much debris down the Nolichucky River, which runs near the Sharps’ home in […]
Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz The Wilmington metro area population grew by more than 12,000 between July 2024 and July 2025, an increase of 2.6%, according to data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. Among all U.S. metro areas with a population of 20,000 or more, the Wilmington metropolitan statistical area, which includes New Hanover, Brunswick […]
Dr. David Zaas takes over as CEO of Duke Health on May 1, putting him in charge of an $11 billion enterprise and one of the state’s largest employers. The move comes less than three months after Zaas became CEO of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem. He had joined Wake Forest as executive […]
Wednesday’s trustee meetings featured the first appearance in that venue of UNC Chapel Hill’s new provost, Magnus Egerstedt. The native of Sweden is an expert in what he calls “swarm robotics,” which focuses on how to control dozens or hundreds of drones at a time. It’s a field that these days has some fairly obvious […]
A campus trustee is warning UNC Chapel Hill officials to keep an eye on political considerations as they pick developers to help them get the planned Carolina North satellite campus off the ground. “It’s easier to get support from some of the institutions that we will need support from in the state if, you know, […]
Greg Childress/NC Newsline State lawmakers should focus on fixing existing state programs to provide property tax relief for seniors and disabled homeowners, says Hudson Vaughan, director of the Community Justice Collaborative at the N.C. Housing Coalition. Vaughan’s comments come as lawmakers weigh a constitutional amendment that would give them authority to restrict property tax increases. […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square Refunds to families and businesses in North Carolina totaling $3.5 billion are being sought by the first-term Democratic attorney general from the Republican majority chambers of Congress. Jeff Jackson, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, said a U.S. Supreme Court ruling the Republican Trump administration’s tariffs were unlawful provides […]
Elena Marsh/The Southern Pines Pilot The Moore County Airport is one more than one-third of the way toward reaching its funding goal to bring commercial air service back to the area after 20 years. Through efforts with the Moore County Economic Development Partnership, the airport has thus far raised more than $1.3 million by local […]
Thomas Lester/Furniture Today Gordon Brothers‘ plans to reintroduce and revitalize the Broyhill brand will be on full display at the April High Point Market. The Boston-based global asset firm announced three new licensees that will produce Broyhill-branded products: Living Style, Bedding Inds. of America and Town & Country Living. “Over the past year, it has […]
Mike Schneider/The Associated Press Growth rates in U.S. metro areas dropped the steepest last year in communities along the border with Mexico because of declines in immigrants, while counties along Florida’s Gulf Coast lost residents due to a series of hurricanes, according to population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The estimates showed […]
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 […]
DJ Simmons/WFDD Radio A new study shows firearm homicides and nonfatal shootings in North Carolina are trending downward. The N.C. Criminal Justice Analysis Center released the report, “Firearm Violence Across North Carolina,” this month. It shows trends in rural, urban and suburban communities to help officials improve safety policies. Rose Werth, a program analyst with […]
