Emilee Phillips/The Southern Pines Pilot A familiar face is behind the bespoke hat shop Rabbit Rabbit Hat Club now in Southern Pines. The shop evolved from Gwen’s Hat Club, which has moved around a handful of times. Elizabeth Walston bought out her partner late last year and rebranded it with a name that resonated with […]
Chris Stiles/The Robesonian Numerous Duke Energy customers made their voices heard Tuesday, March 31 in opposition to the company’s proposed rate increase in a public hearing held by the N.C. Utilities Commission (NCUC). Duke Energy has about 9,200 customers in Bladen County. Those who testified consistently said that bills have increased significantly in recent […]
Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News Craig Watts unlocked a small room made of plywood, flipped on the lights and tapped the photos he had taped to the fuse box. Tap, tap, tap. One for every child. Watts, a contract farmer for the poultry giant Perdue Farms, swung open a second door to the barn, where a […]
Anne Blythe/NC Health News It’s no longer futuristic or science fiction to think that your trip to the dentist might include robotics and artificial intelligence. Macon Singletary, a periodontist at North Raleigh Periodontics & Implant Center in Wake County, says it’s already here for him. Fear not, he says. Humans will still play a key […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press The seeds of the resistance that kicked several incumbent Democrats out of office in the primary election were sown two years ago, in a Roanoke Rapids hotel room. In the month leading up to the 2024 primary election, a loose partnership came together to oust then-State Rep. Michael Wray from the […]
Glenn Counts/WSOC News Cabarrus County Clerk of Courts Bill Baggs is facing a removal hearing scheduled for the 14th of this month. The proceedings follow a judge’s finding of probable cause to move forward with a competency case against Baggs, who was re-elected to his post last month. Baggs is in his 80s and currently […]
Jenna Lapp/Brunswick Beacon A state-wide referendum could appear on the ballot Nov. 3 asking voters to approve a constitutional amendment recently created and supported by the House Select Committee on Property Tax Reduction and Reform. If passed through both chambers of the General Assembly and approved by voters, the constitutional amendment would impose a duty […]
Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily The Eagle’s Dare, a business on Third Street, is one step closer to keeping its cargo container functional as a secondary bar to serve drinks from during large events. On April 1, the Wilmington Planning Commission voted 6-0, with Commissioner Thomas Cofer absent, in favor of approving a text amendment to […]
Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio Two funding problems regarding Hurricane Helene recovery were laid bare Thursday morning to a group of North Carolina lawmakers. First, the state program tasked with rebuilding thousands of homes damaged in the storm using money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development does not have enough funding. […]
Will Stone/WUNC News Responding to public health concerns about microplastics and pharmaceuticals in the nation’s drinking water, the Trump administration for the first time has placed them on a draft list of contaminants maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA announced the move Thursday, touting it as a “historic step” for the Make America […]
WECT News New Hanover County is soliciting qualifications from firms to provide design services for repurposing the old site of the Cape Fear Museum of History and Science. The project will transition the building from a primarily public-facing building to a collections and internal operations site, according to a request for qualifications posted on the […]
Chase Jordan/The Raleigh News & Observer Two years ago, a labor union trying to organize Wells Fargo workers made inroads in North Carolina, home to the bank’s largest employment hub in Charlotte. But that effort just faced a significant setback. After becoming the Carolinas’ first and only Wells Fargo location to join a union in […]
Will Atwater/Carolina Public Press Delivering safe, reliable drinking water to customers’ homes is getting more expensive for water utilities that face aging pipes, needed treatment plant upgrades and mounting new pollution threats. A recent national analysis from the American Water Works Association and a 2025 report from the NC Chamber Foundation warn that maintaining safe, […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Cumberland County election board member Brenda (Bree) Eldridge made a $25,000 donation to the county Republican Party in early 2022 to help pay for a featured speaker. The issue? Allegedly, the money wasn’t all hers. Under North Carolina campaign finance law, it is a felony to make a contribution in someone […]
Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC News The termination of Temporary Protected Status for Honduran nationals means the end of legal work authorizations for more than 50,000 people who have lived and work in the U.S. for decades. This includes two former Duke University campus employees originally from Honduras, who enjoyed two decades at their jobs as TPS recipients. […]
