Mark Jurkowitz/Outer Banks Voice The Kill Devil Hills Commissioners discussed some options for regulating E-Bikes in the Town at their Sept. 14 meeting—and the consensus that emerged is that there’s no easy and quick solution. “There’s a lot to think about here and we have time, given that the law doesn’t go into effect until […]
Katie Myers & Frida Garza/BPR News & Grist On Tuesday, the day after Labor Day, a small band of activists marched past the gates of a sprawling plant nursery in Leicester, North Carolina, outside of Asheville. The sun beat down on rows of steamy greenhouses where workers moved through aisles of houseplants ready for sale. […]
Frank Daniels IV/The Southern Pines Pilot With many students settling into the school year, continued bus driver shortages remain a barrier for dozens of students and provide ongoing consternation for Moore County Schools transportation personnel. A raise to driver pay has bolstered interest in the position, but training times and state staffing shortages means it […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Wilmington police chief is coming up on his one-year anniversary this month, a year marked by building up the ranks of officers while also fielding public scrutiny over several violent incidents in the city. Chief Ryan Zuidema sat down with Port City Daily for an interview reflecting on this past […]
Dasia Williams/CityView The Cumberland County Board of Education has taken the first step toward eliminating formal contracting goals for businesses owned by women, minorities, and disabled people after state lawmakers dismantled the framework supporting those requirements. The board voted unanimously September 8 to approve the first readings of proposals to rescind two policies—“Participation by Historically […]
Laura Hackett/BPR News On Tuesday, Asheville City Council unanimously voted for a new ordinance that aims to strengthen protections for renters who are living in unsafe housing conditions. Dubbed the “No Rent for Slumlords” ordinance by local organizers, the policy makes it unlawful for landlords to collect rent on a unit that has structural issues, […]
Josh Funk/The Associated Press The cargo airline that flew the plane that ran off the end of a Miami runway over Labor Day weekend and killed five people lost one of its biggest customers when Amazon suspended its partnership with 21 Air, and it’s not yet clear if the company will lose more business while […]
Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz For Aswani Volety, chancellor of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, each project in the university’s campus master plan plays a unique role in supporting UNCW’s mission. The proposed projects range from a welcome center and new residence hall to a hotel and conference center, along with renovations to several academic buildings and […]
Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press In 2022, North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services approved new hospital beds to be built in Western North Carolina for the first time in more than a decade. According to the formula the state uses annually to determine which areas require expanded medical services, Buncombe and its neighboring counties […]
Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News Jennifer McCord, who became disabled in 2021 after a drunk driver crashed into her car, relies on $994 in Social Security disability income each month. Nearly $700 goes toward rent for a studio apartment in Asheboro. Then she pays her phone, internet and car bills. Typically, she said, she has $30 […]
Tori Newby/IndyWeek In a region once known for its booming tobacco industry, Durham County has lost more than 40,000 acres of farmland since 1974—a 71% reduction—as new housing developments make headway and farmers struggle to afford rising costs. More than 16,000 of those acres have been lost since 2007, and farmers are hardly making the […]
Hayden Wittenborn/WUNC News Prime real estate sits empty in downtown Raleigh on most weekdays. Across the city, church parking lots are full for a few services a week while the surrounding county faces a deepening housing crisis. For local congregations, these lots present an opportunity to help the community. Finding affordable housing in Raleigh has […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The developer behind Barclay projects at the corner of 17th Street and Independence Boulevard is looking to undo a decade-old density restriction on property near The Pointe. The request’s outcome, to be determined by Wilmington City Council, will affect how the last acreage of the Barclay projects are developed, as well […]
Bill Moss/The Hendersonville Lightning The growing anti-Flock campaign is now fighting City Hall while still urging the county to shut down the license-plate readers. But so far, the surveillance camera opponents have mostly heard a defense of the system and gotten no commitment to remove them. Flock opponents appeared at a Hendersonville City Council meeting […]
The High Point Enterprise A Guilford County Detention Center officer was arrested Friday and accused of forging the signatures of magistrates on documents allowing immigrants to be held longer than the norm, the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office said. The investigation began after the magistrate’s office notified the sheriff’s office about 8 a.m. Friday of a […]
