Lily Carey/The Raleigh News & Observer Oct. 6 was a busy day for Tommy Tucker, a member of the North Carolina Utilities Commission. After flying into Phoenix, he was scheduled to spend the day attending roundtables with other state utility regulators, including one titled, “How Do Conservative State Public Service Commissioners Help Address American Energy […]
Michelle Crouch/NC Health News For almost four months, supporters and critics of Atrium Health’s proposed combination with Raleigh-based WakeMed Health and Hospitals have filled meeting rooms, fired off emails to elected officials, carried signs and bought radio ads as they argued over what the deal would mean for Wake County. Wake County commissioners are expected […]
Ben Humphries/Education NC Public school enrollment in districts across North Carolina is declining, and is projected to continue dropping in the coming years, as it is nationwide. The Opportunity Scholarship, North Carolina’s private school voucher program, is one culprit, according to a 2025 Carolina Demography study. So is the fact that this moment is “perhaps […]
Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press New studies on ways to improve involuntary commitment in North Carolina are the focus of state legislation signed into law last month. One pilot program has been making waves between the state’s jails and hospitals. Established in the wake of the tragic killing of Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte light rail, […]
Fatima Hussein/The Associated Press Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with finance ministers of the world’s largest economies this week at a time when the United States has disrupted the international order with aggressive tariffs on major allies and an unpopular war on Iran that is keeping gas prices high for consumers. As Bessent opened […]
Felicia Sonmez/BPR News Hundreds of financial leaders, central bank governors and journalists from the world’s largest economies have arrived in Asheville for this week’s G20 finance track meeting. The gathering at the Omni Grove Park Inn will put a global spotlight on Western North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Helene. It’s also expected to bring up […]
Alex Perri/Smoky Mountain News Incumbent Sen. Kevin Corbin will face newcomer Tom Downing in the race for the state Senate District 50 this November. The two spoke with The Smoky Mountain News to discuss what they consider to be the biggest issues facing constituents this election. The Senate district covers all of Cherokee, Clay, Macon, […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The fallout from recent changes to the state’s film grant program is starting to be felt statewide. In Wilmington, local creator of the popular Netflix show “Outer Banks” may relocate his prequel series as he and industry leaders urge the state to find a solution before North Carolina exits the conversation […]
Rodney Overton/WNCN A downtown Raleigh nightclub’s alcohol permits were surrendered to state authorities Saturday after an “escalation of violence” at the business, including four people shot last weekend, Wake County ABC Law Enforcement said. The shooting early last Sunday morning inside Alive nightclub injured four people, and officers saw “a large group of people fleeing” […]
Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro Orange County recently recovered from its “Exceptional Drought,” the highest drought classification that put OWASA’s reclaimed water system to work for much of the summer. Built 17 years ago to improve the community’s drinking water resilience, it has saved the county billions of gallons of drinking water. Although one of eight North […]
Elijah Skipper/WLOS When Joan Hoffman started teaching in 2005, North Carolina was preparing to launch something new: an education lottery. Twenty years later, Hoffman is still teaching at A.C. Reynolds High School. The lottery has grown into a multibillion-dollar operation, and she still hears the same question from the community. The answer is more complicated […]
WRAL News Buncombe County health officials reported on Sunday that an individual with measles traveled to Asheville while infectious. Officials did not say what state the person traveled from, but said anyone who was at the Holiday Inn Express, 435 Smokey Park Highway in Asheville on Aug. 26 from 1 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. may […]
Zachary Turner/WFAE A couple of weeks ago, UNC Charlotte established a new School of Energy in its engineering college, which was a little confusing. After all, in 2008, the university had built the Energy Production & Infrastructure Center, or EPIC, which still focuses on research and educating students to become utility engineers. Ostensibly, Charlotte already […]
Jamiese Price/WTVD The Cary Town Council unanimously approved an 18-month moratorium on data centers Thursday evening, temporarily pausing certain development activities while town leaders’ study how such facilities should be regulated. The decision follows growing interest in data center development across North Carolina, driven by the expansion of artificial intelligence and increasing data demands. Concerns […]
Paul Woolverton/CityView The N.C. State Board of Elections will hear evidence on whether Cumberland County elections board member Irene Grimes violated state law when she posted on Facebook about Republicans’ intentions to fire the local elections director. The state board voted 3-2 on August 20 along party lines, with Republicans in favor of a hearing. […]
