Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The Board of Orange County Commissioners held a rare summer meeting with several consequential agenda items on Thursday — including making changes to its Longtime Homeowners Assistance Program and discussing how to fill the vacant seat of late County Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford. With it being the first board meeting since Bedford, a […]
Anna Claire Vollers/NC Newsline It wasn’t billed as a takeover. The nonprofit hospice where Washington state nurse Milli Palmer has worked for nearly two decades announced in October 2024 that it was entering a “joint venture” with Compassus, a private equity-backed home health company. The deal was billed as a 50/50 partnership between Compassus and […]
Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online Harrison Marks remembers looking past his father’s shoulder at the excitement unfolding on stage. Marks can only assume he was scooped up and out of The Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island because “The Lost Colony” performance was “more than he could stand” at the tender age of 3 or 4. That’s […]
Shaun Gallagher/WRAL News Raleigh’s mayor said there are no plans for an emergency curfew this weekend, but that could change if a threat arises. “So far, we’ve had no credible information that there is anything else planned this weekend,” said Mayor Janet Cowell. “But I am here and I will sign a curfew if needed.” […]
Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog Chris Fink likes to volunteer. But where some people might build houses or help out in a soup kitchen, once every three months Fink takes a tour of Buncombe County’s nursing homes and long-term adult care facilities as a member of the county’s Community Advisory Committee. Fink visits with residents, helps them […]
Celeste Guajardo/WUNC News The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network is affectionately known by its members as CoCoRaHS (pronounced KO-ko-rozz). It’s a nationwide program where volunteers report daily rainfall using rain gauges in their yards. However, with North Carolina in an ongoing drought, volunteers are needed now to report where it’s not raining. Assistant […]
Aarik Long/The Waynesville Mountaineer Sitting in a miles-long line of traffic goes with the territory when venturing to Maggie Valley for July Fourth fireworks — which made it the opportune time to unwrap the new roundabout for a text drive. “This was the perfect time to go ahead and ensure that this roundabout was going […]
Neal Charnoff/WFDD Radio North Carolina officials have extended a program designed to help residents in their Helene recovery efforts. The state’s Helene Disaster Case Management Program will now run through January 22, 2027. The initiative assists households working through the recovery process. It’s open to residents who are living in one of the 39 disaster-impacted […]
Kelly Kenoyer/WHQR More than a dozen current and former City of Wilmington staff have spoken to WHQR, describing deteriorating morale in the wake of Becky Hawke’s restructuring and terminations of previous staff. When City Manager Becky Hawke came in, many employees said they had high hopes, particularly as she spoke about bringing up staff wages […]
Carolina Journal The newest member of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals used a North Carolina case Wednesday to discuss the potential legal impact of shifting attitudes about marijuana. Judge Nicole Berner offered her commentary in an eight-page concurring opinion in United States v. Carson. Then-President Joe Biden appointed Berner to the 4th Circuit […]
Brian Murphy/WRAL News E. Stephen Stroud, an influential Triangle real estate figure who was a key player in the Carolina Hurricanes’ move from Connecticut to Raleigh, has died. Stroud was involved in several key developments across Raleigh and Wake County, including the Crossroads development in Cary, Imperial Center office park in Durham, Brier Creek and […]
Nick de la Canal/WFAE Radio Charlotte Mayor Rob Harrington was sworn in last week after being appointed by City Council to succeed Vi Lyles. Harrington, a longtime Charlotte business attorney and civic leader, will serve the remaining 18 months of Lyles’ term and has said he does not plan to seek election in 2027. In […]
Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press The long-awaited state budget is now law after Gov. Josh Stein signed it Tuesday, but some parts of the bill weren’t exactly financial in nature. The Protect Campus Survivors Act, targeting sexual misconduct records at state universities, started as a standalone bill last year and made a lot of noise but […]
Molly Steur/Education NC The State Board of Education convened virtually this week for its monthly meeting, discussing the new state budget, which was passed by the General Assembly last week and signed into law by Gov. John Stein on Tuesday. The Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) Senior Director of Government Affairs and Strategy Geoff Coltrane […]
Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News Franklin’s town council has approved a one-year moratorium on the development of any new data centers. The town follows in the footsteps of a growing number of local governments, including those in the Smoky Mountain News coverage area like Canton, Swain County and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The moratorium […]
