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 […]
Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education tabled a vote on the local budget request Tuesday night as members consider how much to ask county commissioners for. Teachers and staff rallied outside the WS/FCS education building ahead of the board’s meeting. They held signs urging members to “just ask for what students […]
Cameron Blue/The High Point Enterprise A day after Thomasville City Schools Superintendent Quincy Williams announced his resignation, the board of education on Tuesday approved a resolution urging the N.C. General Assembly to pass a budget for the 2027 fiscal year. The school system receives roughly 55.9% of its funding from state appropriations and builds its […]
Will Atwater/NC Health News Tropical Storm Helene’s impact on western North Carolina was felt acutely in the days, weeks and months after the storm, including in the region’s hospitals and clinics. New research shows how pregnant patients and people with anxiety and other health issues turned to emergency departments for treatment when primary care practices […]
Will Doran & Caroline Yaffa/WRAL News State lawmakers voted Wednesday to advance a proposed constitutional amendment that would give the state more control over how much cities and counties can raise property taxes. “The question this committee is answering is whether North Carolinians should be protected from continual, unsustainable, unpredictable property tax increases or not,” […]
Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi/The Raleigh News & Observer The North Carolina State Health Plan has scrapped its initial search for a new health insurer to serve as its administrator after no bidders met minimum requirements, resetting the search process for a program covering over 500,000 state employees, retirees and dependents. The plan issued the request […]
