Jonathan Lowe/WSOC News The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education entered a closed session yesterday to discuss findings from an ongoing investigation into Superintendent Dr. Crystal Hill. Hill has been on leave and under investigation for five weeks. The special virtual meeting of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, held Wednesday, lasted just under 5 minutes before cutting […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press University of North Carolina-Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University students have never had an early voting site in a nonpresidential election year. They’ve been fighting for that to change. During the primary, they failed to convince county election board members to add early voting sites on NC A&T […]
Theresa Opeka/Carolina Journal On Tuesday, US Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC, testified at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing about how the need for additional disaster relief funding would benefit western North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Helene almost two years ago. Helene caused an estimated $60 billion in damage in the state. The hearing was held to […]
Lauren Rhodes/WUNC News When Clark Rinehart was a local church pastor, he realized two things. One: Churches own a lot of real estate. Two: Past Wednesday night and Sunday programming, a lot of that space went largely unused. “We have been facing a nationwide housing shortage for about two decades now that’s become more and […]
Joel Bryant/High School OT Brad Alford will lead the next era of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The association announced on Thursday morning that Alford has been chosen to fill the role of Commissioner, which opened with the retirement of Que Tucker. He will be the eighth head of the NCHSAA in history. […]
WWAY News One of North Carolina’s most recognizable offshore landmarks has received a major upgrade, thanks in part to a Wilmington business that took on a challenging project far from shore. A team from Tint World Automotive Styling Center recently completed a specialized window film installation at the historic Frying Pan Shoals Light Station, a […]
Marshall Terry/WFAE Radio Cases of the explosive diarrhea-causing cyclosporiasis parasite in North Carolina are on the rise because of a widespread outbreak linked to produce. The state health department is now reporting at least 561 cases since May 1. For context, that’s almost twice the total for North Carolina in all of last year. And […]
WCNC News The largest roller coaster at Carowinds is back in operation after repairs were made that shut it down for two weeks, WCNC Charlotte reports. Fury 325 was closed for a foundation issue on July 7. Carowinds officials said that a slight change in the foundation surrounding one of the ride’s support columns was […]
Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView A proposal to rezone 123 acres on Country Club Drive near Murchison Road drew sharp pushback from residents who live beside the wooded basin and said expanding industrial activity so close to their homes could permanently alter the character of the area. Fayetteville’s Zoning Commission, a five-member volunteer panel, considered a zoning […]
Martin Moya/The Robesonian UNC Health Southeastern will soon be at the forefront of a groundbreaking medical research project, one that began with a simple but remarkable observation made in the hospital’s Special Care Nursery. Nurses caring for newborns with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome noticed something striking; babies experiencing withdrawal cry differently than other infants. Their cries […]
Brian Gordon/The Raleigh News & Observer Durham energy firm American Efficient has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy three months after federal regulators accused the company of operating “a brazen fraud scheme.” In its bankruptcy filing Saturday in the Western District of North Carolina, the company valued its current assets at between $1 million and $10 million, […]
Christine Zhu/NC Newsline State Attorney General Jeff Jackson is continuing to oppose the Environmental Protection Agency loosening restrictions on toxic chemicals in drinking water. Jackson led the attorneys general of 17 other states and the District of Columbia in writing a 17-page letter to EPA administrator Lee Zeldin asking him to rescind the EPA’s proposed […]
Kayla Bradshaw/Asheville Watchdog Democratic congressional candidate Jamie Ager outraised U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards by a nearly 9-to-1 margin in the second quarter of this year, according to the latest federal campaign financial reports, threatening the incumbent Republican in a district that historically has favored Republicans. The reports filed with the Federal Elections Commission for the […]
Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News When Joe French’s great-grandfather started his family farm back in the 1890s, he went with a central crop with a proven record: tobacco. It served the family well for several decades, right up until the 1990s when tobacco reforms made it harder for small farmers to profit off the plant. The family […]
Destinee Patterson/WRAL News Shaw students have limited housing options for the upcoming school year. The university confirmed to WRAL Investigates that Dimple Newsome is not expected to reopen until next year. It comes after a fire shut down the dorm in February. A parent shared a university message with WRAL Investigates. It says only two […]
