Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView The Fayetteville City Council narrowly voted Monday to pause its work on a proposed data center ordinance and instead seek more information about a possible data center moratorium—a decision reached after a heated debate and amid loud, organized public opposition. The move places Fayetteville squarely inside a fast‑growing statewide, national and global […]
Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh After hitting the doldrums in the years after the pandemic, demand for office space in the Triangle and Charlotte appears to be picking up momentum. Why it matters: Vacancy rates at office towers from downtowns to suburban office parks spiked after the pandemic as companies downsized and offered workers greater flexibility for […]
WWAY News Lower Cape Fear LifeCare has named Karen Brubaker Miller as its next president and chief executive officer following a national search. According to LifeCare, Brubaker Miller will become only the fourth CEO in the organization’s 46-year history, succeeding Gwen Whitley. The organization said its board of directors partnered with a national search firm […]
Kimberly King/WLOS News Asheville leaders, business owners and community partners gathered at The Orange Peel on Tuesday, April 14, for the annual State of Downtown, as the area faces ongoing challenges following Helene and a $30 million budget shortfall. Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer addressed the crowd of nearly 300 people at this year’s event, highlighting […]
Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Nearly half of all people detained by federal immigration agents during “Operation Charlotte’s Web” last November had no criminal record, according to new data obtained by the Deportation Data Project. The records show that 402 people were arrested in North Carolina during the first week of the operation, from Nov. 15 to […]
Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press A review of the state’s juvenile detention centers by a state advocacy group, which concluded with a report in February, revealed excessive use of solitary confinement at multiple facilities, even though the practice is banned in North Carolina. One mountain county juvenile facility was forced to close during the course of […]
Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer The town of Canton hopes to use a $2.7 million windfall from a lawsuit against Pactiv Evergreen to do what the former paper mill owner failed to do: provide jobs in the manufacturing sector. The state sued Pactiv Evergreen after the mill closure for not living up to the terms of […]
A state law that allows Duke Energy to file rate plans lasting less than three years is anti-consumer, according to two members of the N.C. Utilities Commission. It allows Duke to reap the benefit “of performance-based regulation” while avoiding a third-year cap on rate increases, commissioners Donald van der Vaart and John Gajda say. Moreover, nothing […]
North Carolina’s primary rainy-day fund had $3.6 billion as of last summer, which would fund about 42 days’ worth of state spending, a drop-off in reserves that parallels national trends, the Pew Charitable Trusts say. The state is two years — and a devastating hurricane — down the road from a mid-2023 peak that saw […]
Republican leaders in Jackson, Swain and Transylvania counties have picked Anna Ferguson to fill out the balance of the late Rep. Mike Clampitt’s term in office. Ferguson will also replace Clampitt on the November general election ballot, the Smoky Mountain News reported. She will face Democratic nominee Mark Burrows. The decision came a bit less […]
Lumbee leaders are preparing an amendment to the tribal constitution that would give the tribe’s enrolled members the promised chance to decide whether or not to have casino gaming. The amendment cleared the Lumbees’ constitution and ordinance committee earlier this week and could get voted on by the Tribal Council as soon as Thursday. If […]
A coastal hospital has joined the groups advocating for a relaxation of the state’s restrictions on advanced-practice nurses. Washington Regional Medical Center has joined a coalition that favors passage of either Senate Bill 537 or House Bill 514. Either would give advanced-practice nurses more latitude to practice outside a physician’s supervision. The move remains a […]
Rep. Monika Johnson-Hostler is in her first term in the state House but is no stranger to public service. The Fayetteville State and N.C. Central grad was a longtime Wake County school board member before seeking the Democratic nomination for the District 33 House seat in 2024. She took 60% of the vote in a […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square Four counts against a North Carolinian accused of communicating and disclosing national defense information could be punishable for 10 years each. U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Meyers on Monday released Courtney Williams to home detention and location monitoring. She awaits a potential trial at a date to be determined in the U.S. […]
Dan Kane/The Raleigh News & Observer Nearly every month since Terry Sult’s hiring as Cary’s police chief, he’s logged hundreds of miles driving an assigned “take-home” vehicle — a black 2022 Ford F-150 hybrid pickup. At least some of those trips, a town official confirmed, are to his home in Lincoln County, 180 miles away. […]
