Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News Three Wake County elementary schools have structural problems that need to be repaired before students would be allowed to enter the buildings — raising questions about whether the school year will be delayed for those schools. The school board plans to meet Monday to approve contracts for repairs to issues that “prevent […]
Jamie Haase/Outer Banks Voice Not too long ago, great white sharks remained largely absent from the East Coast imagination. Spotting one along the Mid-Atlantic felt like something that was supposed to happen somewhere else—in places like California, South Africa and Australia. The Atlantic seemed little more than open water en route to someplace more familiar. […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square Information systems auditing of a North Carolina city has led two City Council members to pay thousands to clear unpenalized late utility bills, and given clarity to what residents believed was double-billing. Rocky Mount did not double bill utility customers, says the analysis from the office of the state auditor. The […]
Lauren Rhodes/WUNC News Despite recent showers, Durham and Orange counties remain in exceptional drought along with other Triangle area counties — the strongest category. Experts predict summer rain will continue, although rainfall will likely remain spotty. The North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council releases updated conditions every Thursday. This week, Brunswick County moved to exceptional […]
Mary Smith/WNCN A concerning intestinal illness has been making its rounds in more than a dozen states, including North Carolina. It’s linked to a parasite called “Cyclospora,” found in food and water. It causes the illness cyclosporiasis. “It happens when you accidentally swallow the parasite and there’s a seasonal pattern associated with it. So, a […]
Christine Zhu/NC Newsline A new study is refuting claims by critics that the solar industry is taking over productive farmland and interfering with agricultural production. “You travel across the state of North Carolina, and it’s occupying the best farmland in the state,” said N.C. House Agriculture Chairman Jimmy Dixon (R-Duplin) in a 2025 hearing on […]
Noor Nazir/WFAE Radio It’s rush hour at the intersection of West Boulevard and Camden Road in South End. Shoes strike the pavement as office workers cross the street. A train bell rings nearby. And one by one, men in button-ups and other commuters whiz through the intersection on electric scooters and e-bikes. As e-bikes become […]
Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press A former state health director, a family physician and a coalition of healthcare organizations are working to bring perinatal care closer to home for expectant and new mothers across the state. With $2.8 million from the Charlotte-based Leon Levine Foundation, the group seeks to bring prenatal and postpartum care to at […]
WRAL News GoCary is suspending its Downtown Loop bus service as it wrangles with a shortage of drivers. The town announced Thursday that the Downtown Loop service would be suspended until further notice starting July 9. “The service change is the result of an ongoing driver shortage and supports GoCary’s efforts to maintain dependable service […]
WSOC News More Flock cameras were vandalized in the Carolinas. Part of a camera in Rutherfordton, west of Charlotte, was damaged. Cameras cost $3,500 to replace, Rutherfordton Police stated in a Facebook post. The cameras are not used for speed enforcement. They are not used to issue citations for minor traffic violations or motor vehicle […]
Amy Diaz/WFDD Elkin City Schools is seeking community input in the search for its next superintendent. The Board of Education hired the North Carolina School Boards Association, or NCSBA, to help conduct the superintendent search. To shape that process, the district is gathering feedback from students, parents, staff and other community members about what qualities […]
Kaitlyn Aguiles/WECT New playgrounds, nonprofit grants and emergency-response upgrades are coming to Pender County with $620,000 approved in the state budget signed by Gov. Josh Stein. $350,000 of the funding is earmarked for playground equipment and site improvements at county-owned parks. The funding covers plans to add playgrounds in the Maple Hill and Long Creek […]
Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog Following the sale of Asheville’s Mission Health system to HCA Healthcare in 2019, nurses and doctors left in large numbers, practices closed, regulators sanctioned the hospital multiple times, and the public has clamored for information. But lately, that information has been harder to get. Beginning earlier this year the North Carolina Department […]
Gareth McGrath/USA Today Network North Carolina’s love-hate relationship with hardened structures along the oceanfront is heating up. From the Outer Banks in the north to Ocean Isle Beach in the south, many portions of North Carolina’s 320 miles of oceanfront are dealing with erosion woes that are threatening homes, infrastructure and coastal economies. Coastal officials […]
Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily After months of public pushback over the city’s attempt at enacting an historic overlay district, as defined by its Historic Preservation Commission, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill preventing the city from having and creating an HPC and district. However, Southport found a workable solution: a Historic Preservation Appearance […]
