Education Project Kitty Hawk The UNC System says 558 students are enrolled in online degree programs that its member schools have created with help...
Local N.C. unemployment benefits expanded Gov. Roy Cooper has signed an executive order expanding the state’s weekly unemployment benefit by $250, to a maximum of...
Local Haas, Toyota and Formula 1 racing In July we reported on the rumors in Formula 1 racing about a potential tie-up between Toyota and the Kannapolis-based...
Local Autopsy findings spur debate on regulations An autopsy found that the laborer who died in September 2023 at a Spring Hope sweet-potato farm owned by state...
Local Wolfspeed signs $750 million deal Wolfspeed and the Biden administration have signed a tentative deal that will provide the Durham-based chipmaker up to $750 million...
Local DOT and Helene State Transportation Secretary Joey Hopkins says his agency has awarded an $8 million contract to Tennessee-based Wright Brothers Construction to...
Local Theory meets the real world There’s more to say about Monday’s item on First Street Technologies’ pre-Helene report on disaster risks and the banking sector,...
Local Bank Resilience during disasters Western North Carolina’s banks, like those in disaster areas before it, are resilient and should pass Hurricane Helene’s test with...
Local Disasters and banks The same week that Hurricane Helene ravaged western North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia, a Washington-based climate-risk modeler issued...
Education NC Promise: Not for the summer? The hold-harmless funding legislators pledged to give UNC System campuses that agreed to participate in the N.C. Promise tuition-cap program...
Local Lumber company on its way to Spindale Finally, a bit of good news for our friends in the west: A Wisconsin-based lumber distributor is placing a distribution...
Elections The NC treasurer’s race Would-be state treasurers Brad Briner and Wesley Harris don’t just agree that the state needs to be more aggressive about...
Elections NC Treasurer candidate Wesley Harris (D) on cost sharing Harris didn’t attend this month’s review of the Cabarrus applications and so didn’t have anything specific to say about them...
Elections NC Treasurer candidate Brad Briner (R) on Cabarrus deals Briner attended the LGC meeting earlier this month that saw it OK $85 million in borrowing by Cabarrus County to...
Budget & Taxes Some hurricane-related tax relief House Bill 149, the Helene relief bill, includes a section that’s designed to give people and businesses affected by the...
