DJ Simmons/WFDD Radio Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough called for better funding to support his staff during a press conference on Wednesday. The press conference follows a county commission meeting, where it was revealed that his office could be over budget by more than a million dollars. Sheriff Kimbrough says more than $600,000 of the […]
Kara Fohner/Gaston Gazette Gastonia has a baseball stadium, but its parking lot is off-limits. The now defunct Gastonia Honey Hunters baseball team owns it, according to the city. The owners, N.C. Gas House Gang, have been embroiled in a lawsuit with the city of Gastonia for years. The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball terminated the […]
Cierra Noffke/WilmingtonBiz Wilmington-based Off the Hook Yachts has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Bellhart Marine Group LLC, a Wilmington-based boat dealer, according to a press release. “This is an infrastructure-driven acquisition,” said Jason Ruegg, founder and president of Off the Hook Yachts, in the release. “We are building what we believe will be one […]
One of the key backers of Rockingham County Sheriff’s successful bid to unseat Senate leader Phil Berger has a message for the rest of the Senate: No more casinos. “Voter have already made it clear to leadership: They do no want casino gambling in North Carolina,” say Bob Luddy, who wrote Page a $6,400 check […]
One of Japan’s largest financial companies, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., or SMBC, plans to establish a second U.S. headquarters in Charlotte by investing $50.5 million and adding 2,000 jobs over the next six years. State and local officials used a $78.8 million incentives package to land the project, which adds to a streak of large […]
North Carolina’s four managed care organizations say state legislators have to change the law if they want to get a handle on the exploding Medicaid costs associated with a leading type of autism care. Specifically, they’re urging legislators to allow them to return to a “closed network” that allows them to pick and choose the […]
As we’ve all heard, North Carolina runs from Manteo to Murphy, and since the start of 2021, Rep. Karl Gillespie, R-Macon, has been the voice in the state House for the Murphy portion of that. Gillespie’s district, House 120, covers the state’s four westernmost counties. Since Hurricane Helene ravaged the west in the fall of […]
Executives from Pinehurst-based FirstHealth say the federal government’s One Big Beautiful Bill has put the hospital system on a course that could lead to operating losses by fiscal 2031-32. “We can’t let that happen, we’re not going to let that happen,” FirstHealth CFO Autumn McFann told the members of a General Assembly oversight committee on […]
The UNC System says its universities are on track to produce 707 more nurses a year by the 2029-30 school year. Trouble is, that doesn’t fill the 12,459-nurse gap in supply versus demand that UNC Chapel Hill’s Sheps Center for Health Services Research sees coming by 2033. Members of a House-Senate oversight committee say it’s […]
Gov. Josh Stein wants legislators to consider modifying or repealing a 20-year-old tax break North Carolina gives the operators of some data centers. Existing law gives them an exemption from state and local sales taxes on their power purchases and equipment. State Commerce Department officials estimate that it’s already costing North Carolina governments $45 million […]
Charlie Kingree/Wilmington StarNews Pender County residents showed up in full force at the April 7 Board of Commissioners meeting. With more than 200 people in attendance, they couldn’t even all fit in the room. They spilled out into the adjacent hallway, straining to see and hear the proceedings. Eventually, they would get what they came […]
Will Atwater/NC Health News Within months of becoming chief of Double Creek Volunteer Fire and Rescue in November 2025, Jimmy Brown received sobering news: His station’s well water was contaminated with PFAS at levels that exceeded federal limits. The station in Pinnacle, northwest of Winston‑Salem near Pilot Mountain, is one of 392 rural fire departments […]
Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog Lucero Sierra was in high spirits at Mission Hospital on Sept. 25, 2025, despite the newly inserted metal rod holding her femur together. The 88-year-old Miami resident had fractured her left hip just hours earlier when she fell while visiting a daughter living in Asheville. The surgery went quickly, and as she […]
The Associated Press A judge on Tuesday ordered that a Marine veteran charged with three counts of first-degree murder in a mass shooting at a North Carolina waterfront bar last year undergo psychiatric treatment after it was determined he is unable to understand his legal proceedings enough to help his lawyers. The case of Nigel […]
Bill Moss/The Hendersonville Lightning Since 2012, the 11th Congressional District in the southwestern corner of North Carolina has not blipped on anyone’s radar as a competitive seat. After taking control of the state Legislature in 2010, Republican lawmakers made sure it would be a safe haven for the GOP. That safety hasn’t been challenged, even […]
