Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News Dozens of hospitals statewide will be able to take part next year in research to improve maternal and newborn care as part of the revived Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina. The collaborative originally planned to launch the projects this year. But the group lost funding in October 2025 after getting […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square On the two-year anniversary of North Carolina’s worst natural disaster, GROW NC has introduced a framework for rebuilding the economy of mountain regions where Hurricane Helene killed 108 and delivered an estimated $80 billion in damage. The Western North Carolina Economic Recovery Plan is a product of the Governor’s Recovery Office […]
Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily Cape Fear River Watch and the Southeastern Environmental Law Center sent a letter to Chemours earlier this week claiming it has not adhered to a 2019 consent order with the state by continuing to allow PFAS into groundwater and the river. Chemours denies the negligence claims and violations, and the parties […]
Daneen Khan/WUNC News When Meisha Gayle moved to southeast Raleigh from Jamaica about 10 years ago, one aspect of daily life brought her more anxiety than anything else: Grocery shopping. Southeast Raleigh has been federally classified as a food desert ever since the city’s two Kroger locations closed in 2013, leaving many residents miles away […]
Trevon Spencer/NC Newsline At least 10 people were arrested or detained Thursday evening during a license checkpoint operation in Tabor City, according to Siembra NC, an immigrant rights advocacy group. The checkpoint took place near N.C. Highway 904 and Pireway Road between about 5:30 and 7 p.m., Siembra NC said. Video obtained by the group […]
Flynn Snyder & Brian Murphy/WRAL News NC State officials said Friday that the university provides numerous resources to the entire campus community, including student-athletes, to report concerns related to sexual misconduct, but they declined to comment further after the arrest of former director of sports medicine Robert Murphy on allegations of abuse. Murphy, who worked […]
WSOC News Before she was fired, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Dr. Crystal Hill was nominated for North Carolina Superintendent of the Year. The winner is chosen by the North Carolina Association of School Administrators and the association’s core affiliate, the North Carolina School Superintendents’ Association, with sponsorship and support from Burroughs Welcome Fund. The award is […]
Bill Kirby Jr./CityView Brittany McLaurin, finance director for Hope Mills, made it clear from the outset. On September 2, the state’s Local Government Commission (LGC) notified the town it was added to a monitoring list for local governments that may need additional financial oversight or support. Putting Hope Mills on the Unit Assistance List (UAL) […]
Todd Miller/Coastal Review Online In July, nearly 50 scientists, restoration practitioners, community leaders, government officials, and conservationists from Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom gathered at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, around a deceptively simple question: What will it take to make our coasts more resilient for people and nature — and […]
Kenneth Lee Jr./WFAE Radio Charlotte City Council will vote Monday on setting a stricter curfew citywide for children under 18, as a 10-month pilot for permanent rules. Charlotte leaders are considering changes to the city’s youth curfew following recent concerns over teen takeovers and other public safety issues. The revised ordinance would apply to everyone […]
Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News Maymead, a company that plans to build a controversial asphalt plant south of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is suing a consulting firm and one of its former employees, alleging they committed fraud, civil conspiracy and deceptive trade practices in spearheading opposition to the project. The former employee, Chris Hopkins of Tennessee, used […]
Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News UNC-Chapel Hill is in the early stages of a ten-year plan to increase its enrollment. By 2034, the university wants to add 5,000 students to its undergraduate class. So far, the school has reached about a quarter of that goal after enrolling its largest first-year class in history this fall. But trustees […]
Trevon Spencer/NC Newsline At Kate’s Korner, the day begins early – children arriving, classroom doors opening, small voices calling for teachers, parents saying quick goodbyes before heading to work. For the childcare center’s staff, the morning comes with one less worry: they don’t have to figure out how to pay for care for their own […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square Born just 14 miles across the state line, country music queen Dolly Parton will be honored by multiple entities in North Carolina on Friday on a date coinciding with one of her most iconic, socially impactful and commercially successful anthems. On the calendar it is 9/25, a symbolic match to Parton’s […]
WFAE Radio Former Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown is speaking out after a federal judge sentenced her Tuesday to 10 months in prison for wire fraud. In a 27-minute video posted to social media, Brown said she accepts responsibility for her actions but argued that more serious criminals receive less scrutiny and said she […]
