Sam Kessler/The Wall Street Journal Lawmakers and executives crowded into the East Room of the White House in July 2025 to watch President Trump sign the Genius Act, a landmark crypto bill that set rules for selling stablecoins pegged to the U.S. dollar. From a podium, Trump rattled off thank-yous to the law’s architects. “Where’s […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square North Carolina has more than enough money to pay its outstanding bills and earned a B grade in the 17th annual Financial State of the States 2025 report. Released Thursday by Truth In Accounting, the analysis for fiscal year 2025 – ending June 30, 2025 – said any state with a […]
Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline Early voting is off to a strong start for the 2026 midterms with more than 27,000 ballots cast before noon Thursday, the first day of early in-person voting, according to North Carolina State Board of Elections Executive Director Sam Hayes. Seventy-four percent of North Carolina voters cast their ballots early in the […]
Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog Kirk Wheeler has only lived in Asheville since January, he said, but has already absorbed the main message of City Council member and mayoral candidate Kim Roney. Mayor Esther Manheimer’s administration is “a little non-disclosure, so things are decided before they get to active council hearings,” Wheeler, 73, said at a Sept. […]
Walker Livingston/Carolina Public Press A recent development in the case of disgraced former Swain County sheriff Curtis Cochran, who is charged with numerous sexual assault-related counts, raises doubts about whether he will face prosecution by the state of North Carolina. Last month, Jack Stewart, Cochran’s attorney, filed papers stating that the former sheriff was unfit […]
Ralph D. Russo, Chris Vannini & Andrew Marchand/The Athletic The College Football Playoff is closing in on a deal with ESPN that would expand the tournament to 24 teams next season, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Athletic on Thursday. If completed, it would be a historic and dramatic shift that will place […]
Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News UNC-Chapel Hill is updating its emergency alert system after pressure from students, faculty, and other campus community members. The change comes nearly two months after a potentially dangerous incident on Carolina’s campus. On Aug. 31, a man who appeared to be in the midst of a mental health episode interrupted a late-night […]
Alex Littlehales/WRAL News Some football fans are still out thousands of dollars after a company, tasked to coordinate logistics for an international college football game in Brazil, informed fans they’ll have to wait even longer for their refunds. Athlete Advantage, which was coordinating the football season opener between North Carolina State University and University of […]
Nick de la Canal/WFAE Radio Charlotte radio legend Hattie Leeper — known to generations of listeners as “Chatty Hatty” — has died. Leeper broke barriers as North Carolina’s first Black female radio announcer and later dedicated her life to education. She died peacefully Tuesday at 98. “Well, hello, world! This is your girl Chatty Hatty.” […]
Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is looking to add 14 exceptional children (EC) positions using special funding from the county. Forsyth County Commissioners approved an extra $1.3 million for the school district this year to support EC programming. This department took the brunt of position cuts amid the district’s financial crisis, creating extremely challenging […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press About 1,400 registered North Carolina voters will get a letter in the mail this week asking them to either voluntarily remove themselves from the voter rolls or submit documentary proof of citizenship. These voters were flagged by the federal Systemic Alien Verification for Entitlements system, also called SAVE, as potential noncitizens. […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square Thirteen tornadoes on Sunday in North Carolina associated with the remnants of Hurricane Isaias have been confirmed, including three reaching EF-2 in severity. No fatalities were reported. At time of publication Wednesday morning, no federal disaster declaration was in place – the mechanism that unlocks federal funding and resources for damage […]
Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline At first glance, you might mistake the freshly dug hole on the State Capitol grounds in Raleigh for a shallow grave, especially so close to Halloween. But David Cranford, an assistant state archaeologist with the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, assured passersby Tuesday it was nothing so ghoulish. Cranford and a […]
David Hodges/WBTV News Records obtained from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte show that out-of-state police departments are searching the college’s network of Automatic License Plate Recognition cameras far more than local law enforcement. The agency that searched the UNC Charlotte network the most between March and May 2026 was the Houston Police Department. […]
Cece Nunn/WilmingtonBiz A manufacturing expansion in Wilmington could create 414 new jobs and bring $585 million in investment over five years, according to the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners’ agenda for Monday’s meeting. Agenda documents state that Wilmington Business Development, the main economic development agency for New Hanover and Pender counties, has proposed that […]
