Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio Most land in North Carolina is privately owned, making conservation work more challenging for nonprofits and environmental advocates. A new agreement is designed to help conserve a unique stretch of privately owned land: the state’s electric highway system. Duke Energy natural resources manager Scott Fletcher signed an agreement with the North Carolina […]
Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer Canton leaders backtracked on their plan to use funds from a lawsuit against Pactiv Evergreen to bring economic development to town through an old mill warehouse. Instead, the town will use that money to fill in the funding gaps for crucial flood renovation projects. Two weeks ago, aldermen set a public […]
Ben Bokun/WNCN News Applications close this week for the City of Durham’s pilot program dedicated to increasing housing affordability. As part of the effort, little homes will pop up all over the Bull City. “Cost of living has increased significantly over the last several years, so things have become a lot more unaffordable to the […]
Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro A discussion by the Chapel Hill Town Council about downsizing by two members and extending the length of mayoral term was met with swift, vocal opposition during a public hearing last week. The community comments, in the span of just a few days, led the elected officials to stop considering any changes. […]
Dan Kane & Kyle Ingram/The Raleigh News & Observer Former state Rep. Cecil Brockman won $2 million in state funding for a nonprofit in High Point that provides services for people with autism and other disabilities in 2023. Since then, nearly a fifth of that money went to his predecessor and former boss, Marcus Brandon. […]
Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog In 2022, Chuck Edwards campaigned on his image as the responsible adult in the room. As a prosperous businessman with a chain of McDonalds, Edwards was a hardline if unflashy conservative who had risen through the ranks of the state Senate. He successfully offered western North Carolina a change of pace from […]
Rodney Overton & Michael Ramsey/WNCN & NewsNation The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is calling a newly identified lithium deposit in the Appalachian Mountains — concentrated in the Carolinas — a “great find,” saying it could help the United States reduce its reliance on China for critical minerals essential to modern technology. Federal officials […]
Colin Campbell/WUNC News More than a month after the primary, the biggest spender opposing Senate leader Phil Berger finally filed a disclosure report listing its donors. But the report leaves more questions than answers about who funded the Guilford-Rockingham Alliance’s $453,000 campaign to help Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page. More than a month after the […]
Emily Moosbrugger/The Waynesville Mountaineer The long-held vision of bringing passenger rail to WNC would generate an economic impact of $59 million annually to the region, according to a comprehensive economic impact study released earlier this year. The proposed passenger rail corridor would span approximately 139 miles from Salisbury to Asheville, not only connecting the region […]
Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press Five years behind on financial audits, the town of Littleton faces a potential takeover by the North Carolina Local Government Commission if the town fails to complete its fiscal year 2021 audit by Monday. Littleton town officials attended the Local Government Commission’s meeting on April 1 to discuss the town’s current […]
Port City Daily The elections director for New Hanover County has formally opposed her removal to the state board of elections. New Hanover County Board of Elections filed a petition to terminate DeNay Harris’ earlier this spring. Her attorney, Gary Shipman with Shipman Wright & Moore, LLP, filed a response against the move and said […]
Liz Bell/Education NC Business leaders and owners advocated on Thursday for legislative funding this session for the child care subsidy program, which helps low-income working and student parents afford care. “Without enough affordable, high-quality child care, employers across the state are missing out on what they need; that’s talent and people,” said Gary Salamido, president […]
Lily Levin/Smoky Mountain News Haywood Community College President Shelley White got little pushback for the additional $268,000 she has asked for from county commissioners in HCC’s 2026-27 budget proposal, but Haywood County Schools Superintendent Trevor Putnam’s request for an extra $3 million encountered some resistance. Both school leaders presented their final 2026-27 budget proposals […]
Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise Supporters of a longtime local nonprofit worry that they face cutting back on food donations and meals to families and individuals in need because of the lingering effects of a reduction in a national program. West End Ministries is considering options to reduce the amount of food it gives […]
Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh Raleigh’s most prolific developer, Kane Realty, is betting big on Cary. Why it matters: Kane Realty, known for its work in North Hills and downtown Raleigh, is proposing two significant projects in Cary, one that would add to the growth of downtown Cary and another that seeks to transform an aging office […]
