WFAE Radio The North Carolina Turnpike Authority is adjusting toll rates on parts of the I-485 Express Lanes beginning Sunday. The changes affect five segments of the express lanes and are intended to keep traffic moving as demand grows. Some tolls will increase by up to 25 cents during peak travel times. Rates in lower-demand […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square Conservation tax credits are extended until 2031 in legislation signed into law Monday by North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein. The first-term Democrat signed NC Farm Act of 2025-2026, known also as Senate Bill 401, and five other bills. As of Tuesday morning, only one bill remains at his desk in the […]
Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline For many residents of western North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene, it’s been 20 long months of waiting and wondering — when will things get back to normal? And just how much more funding is coming from the government? Sen. Ralph Hise (R-Mitchell) told members of the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Western […]
Steve Wiseman/The Raleigh News & Observer After he watched 150,000 people pack downtown Raleigh for the Canes celebration parade and rally on Saturday, Tom Dundon said his hockey team’s success and support shows the region is ready for another professional team. Dundon has expressed interest in Raleigh’s bid to get a team should MLB decide […]
Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press While not out of the woods yet, the city of Rocky Mount has reported making “steady” progress on getting its finances back on track at a NC Local Government Commission meeting this month. The city has been in hot water since a scathing report from State Auditor Dave Boliek was released […]
Noor Nazir/WFAE Radio Inside Bojangles Coliseum on a Sunday afternoon, a few hundred fans erupt into cheers as players for the Charlotte Crown take the floor, their sneakers squeaking on hardwood in celebration, stopping to high-five supporters waiting courtside. It’s the team’s ninth game ever and its third win. And the fans sound less like […]
Travis Bland/WUNC News Peter Klopfer, a Duke biologist and founder of its Lemur Center as well as a civil rights activist and a man who left an indelible mark on U.S. law, died at the age of 95 on June 5. A Quaker and pacifist, Klopfer was no less a fighter for peace, equality and […]
Megan Cloherty/WRAL News A Fuquay-Varina man is stressed about the amount of money he lost in an elaborate scam. He reached out to WRAL Investigates after seeing his name in a federal court document related to an online investment scam. Wesley Marley learned after reporting his losses to the FBI that he was the victim […]
Elizabeth Ouzts/Canary Media In July 2022, a fierce summer storm rocked Wake Electric, a North Carolina cooperative serving nearly 60,000 households and other customers from the dense suburbs of Raleigh, the state capital, to rural areas along the Virginia border and in the coastal plain. Wind downed lines and knocked out power for thousands for […]
Michael Pardee/WXII News Trade workers, including electricians, plumbers, and HVAC specialists, are retiring faster than they can be replaced, and experts warn this could cost the state’s economy nearly $10 billion. In Greensboro, Go Green Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC is working to address the shortage through its apprenticeship program. Ike Decamps, a plumbing apprentice with […]
WSOCTV.com News Safe Harbor, a nonprofit in Hickory that provides resources for women and children in need, is growing its mission. The nonprofit recently broke ground on a new transitional housing facility called The Haven, the Hickory Daily Record reported. The Haven will have 11 temporary cottages for women working toward independence. It will also […]
N.C. Utilities Commission member Donald van der Vaart says his exclusion from its decision-making on Duke Energy’s Carolinas Resource Plan doesn’t square with state law. It’s based instead on an in-house “procedures manual” that doesn’t have the force of statute or of a fully approved, published regulation, van der Vaart says. State statute “does not […]
An AI-generated video that’s making the rounds on social media depicts a state Senate candidate and prominent Rocky Mount pastor, James Gailliard, as a literal tool of Satan. By contrast, it portrays the Republican incumbent in the District 11 Senate race, Lisa Barnes, in beatific terms as someone blessed and backed by Jesus. The surfaced […]
By this point, legislators take it as gospel that the N.C. Department of Transportation has sunk about $60 million or so into planning a toll-funded widening of Interstate 77 in downtown Charlotte that may not happen. But State Auditor Dave Boliek and staff say another big state road project has absorbed that much and more. […]
Gov. Josh Stein has signed into law a one-year moratorium on the use of the new-for-2026 valuation updates Guilford County and a few other counties were intending to use to assess property taxes. Stein says Senate Bill 889 “provides tax relief for North Carolinians who are feeling pain in their pocketbooks,” though it “is not our […]
