Local Hurricane recovery update Gov. Josh Stein’s Helene-recovery team spent much of a Wednesday hearing with a House oversight committee trying to manage expectations...
Budget & Taxes House committee assignments set House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, finally announced his chamber’s committee assignments for the 2025-26 sessions, and as with the Senate’s...
Local A trade war warning The board chair of a Canadian car-parts maker that has four facilities in North Carolina has issued a dire warning...
Health Care Duke and UNC partner up A new, state-funded children’s hospital in the Triangle is going to become a joint venture between UNC Health and Duke...
Local Jet maker expanding Asheville factory Recruiters used a $5.8 million incentive package to convince RTX subsidiary Pratt & Whitney to expand its jet-engine parts factory...
Health Care State Health Plan update The name of the event changed, but new State Treasurer Brad Briner intends to continue his predecessor’s practice of holding...
Education UNC System works on its 2025 wish lists Going into this week’s Board of Governors meeting, UNC System officials and campuses are reckoning this will be another year...
Local Cars, exotic and otherwise Car dealer and race team owner Rick Hendrick has agreed via an auction to pay $3.7 million for the first...
Education More dorms at UNC UNC Chapel Hill trustees have given Chancellor Lee Roberts and his aides permission to spend up to $8 million to...
Education UNC-CH’s yield rate: Too low? Reader Travis Fain, late of WRAL, questioned Thursday’s Trib item on enrollment expansion at UNC Chapel Hill that reported that...
Local Two hurricane hearings due this week Legislators plan to launch the 2025 long session this week with a pair of committee hearings on hurricane recovery. On...
Local Growth in Charlotte The Charlotte region is likely to add about 1.3 million people by 2050, with some of the largest percentage increases...
Education Chapel Hill, UNC and growth UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts’ push to expand enrollment at his institution by 5,000 students begs a couple questions,...
Local Summerfield scraps proposed no-attacks policy Officials in Summerfield appear to have shelved a policy that would have forbidden public comment at their meetings that lodges...
Local Cabarrus County fires its manager and attorney Speaking of turmoil, and Cabarrus County, the Republican majority of the Cabarrus County Commissioners voted 3-1 on Tuesday to fire...
