Caroline Yaffa/WRAL News North Carolina House Democrats say they will no longer support one of their own candidates as criticism mounts over messages promoting political violence that were posted to her social media accounts. The withdrawal of support could have ramifications for the party’s efforts to gain influence in the chamber. Shelly Headen is the […]
Brian Slodysko/The Associated Press A pastor kicked off a recent campaign stop for Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for Senate, with a prayer that asked God to bestow “integrity and honesty” upon the event and to right wrongs “hammered down on the conservative movement.” The prayer was hardly unusual by North Carolina political standards. What […]
WFAE | By James Farrell After a tumultuous stretch that included a budget fight, a wide-ranging investigation, a superintendent suspension and subsequent reinstatement, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board will consider removing Stephanie Sneed as chair at its next meeting. Multiple board members confirmed to WFAE on Friday that a motion calling for Sneed’s removal will be […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square Tax subsidy of $125,000 from the One North Carolina Fund, and $691,037 from local incentives, is part of the equation in a steel fabrication company’s $19 million expansion in Cumberland County. SteelFab plans to add 38 jobs – more than $21,000 per job in subsidies if performance metrics are met. The […]
Kevin Ellis/Business North Carolina The U.S. Department of Energy is expected to make a workforce investment announcement at Albemarle’s lithium mine in Kings Mountain on Monday. Assistant Secretary of Energy Audrey Robertson will tour the 1,200-acre mine and processing facility that sits on one of the richest hard-rock lithium deposits in the United States. The […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press After North Carolina voters choose their candidates, they will see at least three more questions at the bottom of their ballot this fall. These are ballot referendums, or policy questions sent to the voters to decide. State lawmakers are asking voters to decide whether three amendments should be made to the […]
John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog After five years of litigation, the City of Asheville and its insurers have agreed to pay $11 million to the wife of a crash victim who was killed on Riverside Drive in a collision blamed on poor drainage that caused an ice slick to form. Two construction companies involved in the case […]
Skye Crawford/NC Health News Before opening what is widely recognized as the first LGBTQ+ senior co-housing community in the U.S., Pat McAulay spent a lot of time at the beach, dreaming. McAulay and her wife, Margaret Roesch, who dreamed alongside her, knew the idea of aging in community wasn’t original. Facebook pages with older […]
Dasia Williams/CityView The Cumberland County Board of Education unanimously advanced a policy Tuesday that allows students to leave school one hour per week for religious instruction. The board voted 8-0 to approve the first reading of a revision to its “Religious-Based Exemption from School Programs” policy. The revision will receive a second reading before final […]
Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The Thomasville City Schools Board of Education has approved a new superintendent. Shayla Wiggins Savage will assume the role on Oct. 7. She’s worked in the state’s public education system for more than twenty years. Most recently, she served as the chief student services officer in Iredell-Statesville schools. Savage has also been […]
Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & Charlotte Ledger The compensation of Charlotte-based Atrium Health’s top executives rose by an average of 21 percent in 2025, according to newly released records, as the hospital giant seeks to combine with Raleigh-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals. The executive compensation report from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, which does business as […]
Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education members are calling for changes to how the district educates students with disabilities amid worsening outcomes. The discussion came up at a meeting this week. District officials presented Exceptional Children (EC) data from the 2024-25 school year. Reading and math proficiency rates for all grade levels decreased. […]
Dan Kane & Nolan Wilkinson/The Raleigh News & Observer Since 2023, state lawmakers have been made aware that Wake County and many other North Carolina prosecutorial districts are in need of more assistant district attorneys. Wake alone has 45 prosecutors when a study says it should have 70. But in the past year, state Republican […]
Annette Weston/WFAE Radio Jeanette Vitullo lived in North Carolina until she was six years old, seemingly healthy. But decades later, in 2003, her health took a sharp downturn. Her body began to fail, and doctors were completely baffled as her organs began shutting down, landing her on life support. For decades, the toxic legacy of […]
Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Fayetteville State University may be among the smaller public institutions in North Carolina, but it’s punching above its weight. With the onset of the academic year, the university is celebrating historic benchmarks like 80.7% student retention and the enrollment of more than 7,700 students. Both are all-time records for the school, […]
