Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press “Where calling meets college.” That’s the pitch of Elevation College, an offshoot of Matthews-based Elevation Church opening for students this fall. The college will offer eight four-year bachelor’s degree programs in majors like pastoral care and counseling, production, biblical studies and digital media and design, as well as two-year associate degrees […]
Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise The site of a proposed pharmaceutical research park in north High Point that never went forward has a new owner. An affiliate of a New York finance company on May 15 acquired out of foreclosure two parcels at 737 Gallimore Dairy Road that total about 80 acres that the previous […]
Kip Tabb/Coastal Review Online Speaking before a standing-room-only audience at the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education in Corolla on Tuesday, Coastal Protection Engineering (CPE) Senior Project Manager Ken Wilson said that beach nourishment on the north end of Corolla “appears to be the preferred alternative of the ones that we’ve evaluated.” In his 45-minute […]
Cierra Noffke/WilmingtonBiz Wilmington-based nCino held an earnings call for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, reporting revenue growth above expectations set in March. According to Sean Desmond, nCino’s CEO and president, the company outperformed guidance across all key metrics, including subscription revenue growth and non-GAAP operating margin. The cloud banking software company reported total […]
The N.C. Department of Transportation isn’t going to treat a new Interstate 77 project in Charlotte differently from any other highway project local governments across the state ask it to take on. That means it’ll have to go through the prioritization process legislators and DOT formalized in the 2010s early in former Gov. Pat McCrory’s […]
It’s all well and good that the state House wants to legalize the sale of canned cocktails outside of ABC stores, but the Senate needs to get in the act too, the co-owner of a chain of beer and wine stores on the Outer Banks says. The Senate is advancing its own set of ABC […]
Legislators returning to Raleigh this week from their Memorial Day holiday will find a docket that includes an omnibus reform bill for the state’s K-12 schools. Senate Bill 1006 is scheduled to receive its first committee review on Wednesday. Its lead sponsor is Senate Majority Leader Michael Lee, R-New Hanover, who occupies a key swing […]
Inmate medical-care costs are busting the budgets of jails all around the state, thanks in no small part to low-bid service contracts, a new white paper for the N.C. Association of County Commissioners says. Surveys that boiled down to 35 of the state’s 100 counties found that many experienced cost overruns that in percentage terms […]
