Sarah Jane Tribble/KFF Health News Two years after her brother’s death, Debra Pierce still wonders whether the 50-year-old would have survived his heart attack if her local hospital hadn’t closed. “The sad thing is we’ll never know if he could have been saved that night or not, because we don’t have a higher level of […]
T. Keung Hui/The Raleigh News & Observer State Auditor Dave Boliek plans to audit the Opportunity Scholarship program that’s providing taxpayer funding to help cover the cost for more than 100,000 students to attend private schools. The audit comes as the private school voucher program has tripled in both funding and the number of students […]
Dylan Halper /The Duke Chronicle The National Science Foundation reportedly froze all new grant funding to Duke for nearly two months. According to an exclusive report in Nature, the NSF’s Office of Award Management — which oversees the foundation’s grants and finances — placed a hold on new funding April 9 to Duke, Harvard University, […]
Chase Jordan/The Charlotte Observer Uptown Charlotte construction crews turning Duke Energy’s former headquarters into a $250 million housing and retail project celebrated the end of demolition work Thursday. The event for the upcoming Brooklyn & Church development featured remarks from project officials. It was hosted by construction company Balfour Beatty’s project leadership team. MRP Realty, […]
Annie Dance/The Carolina Journal North Carolina’s Gang Violence Task Force is confronting an increasingly uncomfortable reality: the criminal networks emerging across the state no longer resemble the traditional gang structures many public institutions were designed to combat. At a May 26 public meeting, the task force heard updates from its enforcement, intervention, and prevention subcommittees […]
Caroline Yaffa/WRAL News A bipartisan group of North Carolina lawmakers is proposing an array of laws aimed at deterring gang recruitment and keeping firearms out of the hands of gang members, among other anti-gang changes. It’s an effort to give prosecutors and law enforcement stronger tools to investigate, prosecute and deter gang activity across the […]
WWAY News A popular convenience store chain based in the Philadelphia area has opened its first location in the Cape Fear region, marking the company’s latest step in its expansion into North Carolina. Wawa held a VIP celebration Thursday at its new store in the 6800 block of Carolina Beach Road ahead of its official […]
Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Elevation Church is a multi-site megachurch with campuses across the state, including this one in Raleigh. The church is launching its own college, to be based in Matthews, this fall. Kate Denning / Carolina Public Press “Where calling meets college.” That’s the pitch of Elevation College, an offshoot of Matthews-based Elevation […]
Frank Daniels IV/The Southern Pines Pilot North Carolina lacks an established prime military industry, such as Virginia’s shipyards or Texas’ F-35 manufacturing base, despite the presence of large bases like Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune. However, drone manufacturer Delta Black sees the state’s growth in unmanned systems, defense manufacturing and innovation as an opportunity for […]
WTVD News Tourism in Wake County is off to a strong start in 2026, with steady growth in key indicators despite a slower national travel economy, according to a new report from Visit Raleigh. The Wake County Tourism Industry Report for the first quarter shows gains in hospitality tax collections, hotel occupancy and future bookings, […]
Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom North Carolina state employees won’t be able to jump on Kalshi or Polymarket and bet using information they gained at work, thanks to an executive order Gov. Josh Stein signed Wednesday. “Public employees with insider information must not participate in these prediction markets. People need to have faith that their public servants […]
Cierra Noffke/Wilmington Biz The New Hanover Community Endowment plans to grant $116 million over 10 years to New Hanover County to improve school facilities, which would boost county officials’ plan for a more than $320 million school bond, according to an announcement Thursday. The endowment grant is contingent upon the bond proposal moving forward and […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Witlee Ethan may finally get some semblance of justice. Next week, the state Senate may take up a bill that includes certain rights for sexual assault survivors. It’s taken Ethan years to get this far. Ethan reported in 2021 that she had been raped in 2020, according to the Cornelius Police […]
Robert Faturechi/Pro Publica When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a small North Carolina startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism. The president’s eldest son said through a spokesperson that he wasn’t involved. The Pentagon said Trump Jr. played no […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square Rising nearly 24% since June 2022, North Carolina’s pension assets are poised for greater growth with 71% expansion of the operational budget in the second year of the North Carolina Investment Authority, says the state treasurer. “Price is what you pay, and value is what you get,” said first-term Republican Brad […]
