Jay Price/WUNC News For years, the U.S. military has been fielding small drones equipped with cameras that let troops see, for instance, over nearby hills or inside treelines. Now, though, the U.S. is trying to catch up to geopolitical adversaries such as Russia and China, which are using drones as weapons. The Pentagon has begun […]
Ken Sweet/The Associated Press The market volatility of the last three months, caused partly by the war in Iran, has been a boon to Wall Street, as another set of banks reported strong profits helped by wild swings in markets and companies looking to make deals while the economy remains resilient. Bank of America said […]
Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press What’s the point of college? Is the goal to obtain a degree and enter the workforce as quickly as possible? A budding initiative at the UNC System seems to say so, and it could soon offer a chance to do that 25% faster. UNC System Vice President for Academic Affairs Dan […]
Lilly Knoepp/The Waynesville Mountaineer North Carolina’s legislature is about to go back into session in April. When the doors on Jones Street open, state legislators face big issues like the budget, tax rates and funding for the state’s Medicaid program. In advance of the session, here are three takeaways from N.C. Senator Kevin Corbin, R-Macon […]
Amber Rupinta/WTVD News In Granville County, Carolina Coops is crafting high-end chicken coops shipped around the world, but it all started with scrap metal. Founder Matt DuBois built his first coop in Durham in 2009 during the economic downturn. “We were just in survival mode… one of my happiest moments was finding what I needed […]
The Mecklenburg Times Construction employment rose in 38 states from January 2025 to January 2026, while 40 states and the District of Columbia added jobs between December and January, according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials called on policymakers in Washington to provide […]
Cierra Noffke/WilmingtonBiz The N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher’s over $70 million renovation project will begin next month. The aquarium will undergo a substantial 30-month renovation, according to a press release issued Friday. Plans include adding a 400,000-gallon sand shark habitat, a 10,000-gallon Pacific coral habitat, an interactive shark and ray touch pool featuring benthic sharks, […]
Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News Thousands of high-school sophomores apply to North Carolina’s most prestigious high school annually. One of the most influential factors on whether a student will get into the NC School of Science and Mathematics, however, is determined before admissions professionals even look at their applications. NCSSM opened in 1980 as the country’s first […]
Liz McLaughlin/WRAL News North Carolina’s drought is pushing water levels lower and putting a sharper focus on whether the state’s water supply can keep pace with growth and a changing climate. The city of Raleigh has announced stage 1 water-use restrictions effective Monday, April 20, which limit when residents can use sprinklers and water their […]
Rachel Crumpler & Taylor Knopf/NC Health News After spending six months examining the state’s involuntary commitment process, a special North Carolina House committee released a list of recommendations on Tuesday aimed at improving the state’s intertwined mental health and criminal justice systems. The House Select Committee on Involuntary Commitment and Public Safety formed after the […]
Sophia Luna/Education NC As the name suggests, community colleges are designed to meet the unique needs of their local community, operating as open door institutions that serve a wide range of students. “Community colleges across the country really play a critical role, and a truly unique role, in the workforce pipeline,” said Stephanie Norris, a […]
Virginia Bridges/The (Raleigh) News & Observer Two weeks after Cumberland County Sheriff’s Capt. Adam Bean was found shot to death at a Hope Mills home, officials will only say it involved a domestic dispute between two off-duty law enforcement officers. For Cumberland County and most others, this is out of the ordinary. Authorities typically […]
Mike Catalini & Jonathan J. Cooper/The Associated Press Democrats are boasting of eye-popping fundraising hauls in some of this year’s top Senate contests, a potential sign of voter enthusiasm in what remains an uphill quest to win the Senate majority. In the first three months of the year, Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico’s campaign […]
Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News Brad Hoxit made history last month, but not in a way he’d ever have hoped. Hoxit appeared in Graham County Superior Court from March 24-27 for a hearing to determine whether he would be permanently removed as sheriff of the small Western North Carolina county. Last week, Superior Court Judge William […]
Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily Bald Head Island is on its way to gaining the village’s very first arcade, but not everyone is stoked about the proposal. In a special meeting on April 13, the Bald Head Island Planning Board held a quasi-judicial hearing for a special use permit granting Stoked Village Arcade to be at […]
