Jasmine Gallup/INDY Week Natalie Christley, a lifelong resident of North Carolina, originally intended to send her two children to traditional public school. Herbert Akins Road Elementary School, near her home in Holly Springs, had small classes and above-average test scores—exactly what she was looking for. Then, a few years before Christley’s son was due to […]
Abraham Kenmore/CityView Fort Bragg has $3 billion in maintenance backlogs. That’s according to information shared by leaders at the installation during the “State of Fort Bragg” presentation on May 5. “We’ve got an endless—roads, roofs, HVACs, you name it—list of projects to get after,” Garrison Commander Col. Chad Mixon said during the event. That eye-popping […]
Claire Harutunian/The Charlotte Observer NoDa’s popular Neighborhood Theatre music venue said Tuesday it is closing for eight weeks this summer to upgrade its space. The Neighborhood Theatre renovations, which are set to start Tuesday, June 16, will include new lighting and sound systems for both stages, upgraded artist dressing rooms, improved acoustics, a draft bar, […]
Matt Lamb/The Southern Pines Pilot Pinehurst is making progress on a plan to renovate the Tufts Archives, but a final vision for the project isn’t quite set. The Village Council met recently to continue hashing out details surrounding floor plans designed by Oakley Collier Architects. Among several sticking points, the council will need to decide […]
Kelsey Coffey/WRAL News Residents will learn new details about the future name of the Raleigh Convention Center on Tuesday and have a chance to share their opinions. The city is considering selling the naming rights to Atlantic Union Bank, which means the home of Wake County high school graduations, concerts and conferences could soon become […]
Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online While state lawmakers consider two bills that would eliminate the state’s longstanding ban on hardened structures along the ocean shoreline, a report providing details about the effects and effectiveness of coastal erosion-control structures is expected to be presented this week during the regular meeting of the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission. […]
Liz McLaughlin/WRAL News More than two dozen North Carolina communities have adopted moratoriums or zoning restrictions on data centers as concerns grow over noise, electricity demand and water use. The pushback comes as tech companies plan billions of dollars in new investment across the state and lawmakers debate how tightly the industry should be regulated. […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Nothing’s ever truly dead in the legislature. Jacksonville residents are learning that the hard way as a previously abandoned bill changing their city election structure returned with a vengeance this week. House Bill 1038 would shift the city’s elections from a hybrid system with two at-large seats and four ward-based seats […]
Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC News A shortage of immigrant labor is challenging the economies of North Carolina’s urban metros. A new report by the Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill explores how a drop in international net migration is cutting into the labor supply for essential labor-intensive industries, and […]
The Washington Post Just three days after artificial intelligence company Anthropic released its latest and most powerful AI model, Fable, the Trump administration called with an unusual demand: take it offline. Officials offered scant details on the reasons, according to two people familiar with the discussions who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of […]
Michelle Crouch/Charlotte Ledger & NC Health News After months of scrutiny, Atrium Health announced this week that it has finalized a deal to fulfill one of the affordable housing promises it made in 2021 while seeking public support for The Pearl, its medical innovation district. The agreement calls for the hospital to transfer nearly 14 […]
Shea Carver/Port City Daily The Southport Historic Preservation Committee has completed its three-and-a-half-year effort drafting regulations for a potential historic overlay district in the city, but one group of residents have considered legal action should it pass an aldermen vote. However, this week the mayor suggested the commission revert from quasi-judicial to a voluntary committee […]
Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer An unexpected bump in motor vehicle property taxes has meant more money for local governments, and higher taxes for vehicle owners. That’s because the value of used vehicles has soared. Vehicle taxes are based on the value of the vehicle, so as the price of used vehicles has gone up, so […]
WCHL Chapelboro As the college sports landscape continues to experience big changes in recent years, the UNC athletics department has tried to adapt while limiting monumental changes itself. But it will begin a new era this summer as athletic director Bubba Cunningham transitions to the new role and makes way for Steve Newmark, who was […]
Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning Henderson County is expected to join the city of Hendersonville in offering tax incentives to attract a $124 million manufacturing plant employing 148 workers making an average wage exceeding $62,776, raising the total potential property tax refund to $6½ million over seven years. The Hendersonville City Council on June 4 agreed to […]
