Kaitlyn Aguiles/WECT Pender County Manager Colby Sawyer on Monday proposed a $137.4 million budget for fiscal year 2026-27 that would raise the county property tax rate by about 2 cents and fund employee pay increases and major county projects. Sawyer presented his recommended budget to the Pender County Board of Commissioners on June 1. The […]
Emily Weaver/The Dunn Daily Record Several, minor design revisions pushed the projected finish date for the Interstate 95 widening project through Harnett County into the spring of 2028. The seven-year project to turn the four-lane divided expressway into an eight-lane divided freeway between exits 55 (Eastover) and 81 (the Interstate 40 connector) was initially estimated […]
The Associated Press A former North Carolina police officer caught on a doorbell camera repeatedly punching a woman in the face was charged Monday with assault. The video of Shelby Officer Karson Hyder pummeling Cherrie Moore on Friday has circulated widely on social media. Hyder, 22, turned himself in to the Cleveland County Detention Center […]
Mark Bergin/WRAL News Another Raleigh brewery has announced its closure. On Tuesday, Mordecai Beverage Co. announced it would close in an Instagram post. “It has been an incredible honor and privilege to serve this community for the past six-plus years,” the post reads in part. “When we first opened our doors, we could never have […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square Making use of one of the seven deadly sins, three North Carolina senators are pushing a bill that includes a tax on pornography. Four members of the House of Representatives also have a proposal adding state revenue from lust, theirs targeting sexually oriented businesses. Eventually, it could be known as a […]
Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline NC House and Senate members are back in Raleigh this week voting on a flurry of bills, but whether they will have a budget deal by mid-June remains to be seen. House budget chair Rep. Donny Lambeth (R-Forsyth) announced last month that a year-long impasse between the two chambers had been resolved, […]
Mary Alice Boliek/WRAL News Raleigh water customers used about two million gallons of water more last week amid an ongoing drought and citywide restrictions. Last week Raleigh water customers on average used about 61.9 gallons of water per day, which is up from 59.7 million gallons of water used the week before. Falls Lake water […]
Nora O’Neill/The Charlotte Observer Customers packed hearings, signed petitions and pleaded for relief. This week, regulators approved Carolina Water Service’s rate hike anyway. The North Carolina Utilities Commission on May 26 approved a settlement that sets the uniform water rate at $19.23 per 1,000 gallons, according to case documents. That’s nearly 40% higher than the […]
Andy Jiang/The Duke Chronicle Duke recently began construction on a small graphics processing unit data center, adjacent to Central Campus, that top administrators say will boost the University’s computing capacity while adhering to its Climate Commitment. The center — which is expected to open by the 2027-28 academic year — will be around 13,000 square […]
Rebecca Sitzes/Shelby Star As new neighborhoods, subdivisions and housing developments continue to pop up all around Cleveland County, a small developer is bringing a brand-new housing concept to the city of Kings Mountain that is centered around convenience, community, affordability and walkability. Stacy Label, a broker and Realtor based in the greater Charlotte area, said […]
Frank Daniels IV/The Southern Pines Pilot Recently released county unemployment statistics show a shrinking labor force in Moore County. The number of employed and unemployed individuals both fell over the year, with 163 fewer people reported as employed between March 2025 and 2026 and 72 fewer reported as unemployed, meaning 235 people left the county’s […]
Sean Coffey/WTVD Plans for Raleigh’s long-discussed Downtown South development took another step forward after new filings outlined a residential and commercial project on the site, even as plans for a proposed stadium remain unresolved. The Downtown South project was first proposed in 2019 and was originally envisioned as a mixed-use entertainment district anchored by a […]
Trevon McGlone/The Sampson Independent More than 10 Sampson County fire departments recently received matching grants from the North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM), allowing departments to purchase needed equipment while receiving reimbursement assistance from the state. The grants help departments across the county offset the rising costs of equipment, protective gear and communication […]
Greater Fayetteville Business Journal A portion of the All American Freeway and its Fort Bragg gate will close starting this summer for up to two years for a major restoration project. The closure is needed for an N.C. Department of Transportation contractor to replace the 50-year-old Gruber Road bridge over the All American Freeway and […]
Shea Carver/Port City Daily A north-south corridor that has been discussed by area leaders and transportation organizations locally and at the state level for five decades will no longer move forward. The Wilmington Transportation Metropolitan Planning Organization voted 12-1, to remove the Independence Boulevard Extension from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s 2026-2035 State Transportation […]
