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9. Chief nursing officer to leave Mission Hospital
Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog Melanie Wetmore’s tenure as chief nursing officer spanned some of the most tumultuous years in the...
10. Mayor Cowell delivers inaugural State of the City address
Jackson Davenport/(NC State) Technician Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell delivered her first “State of the City” address Wednesday evening, focusing on...
1. Trump officials working to strip FEMA’s role in disaster recovery by Oct. 1
Brianna Sacks, Brady Dennis & Jake Spring/The Washington Post Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem and other Trump...
2. NC Health and Human Services Department to cut 80 jobs, lose $100 million in federal funding
WRAL News The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is planning to cut 80 jobs and will lose...
3. Wolfspeed hires industry vet Feurle as CEO
David Mildenberg/Business North Carolina Wolfspeed, the Durham-based semiconductor manufacturer, named Robert Feurle as CEO starting May 1. Predecessor Gregg Lowe,...
4. “Nobody in our industry makes minimum wage”: Talking with retiring NC restaurant lobbyist Lynn Minges
Lena Geller/IndyWeek As North Carolina restaurants and hotels navigate the pandemic’s lingering effects on worker expectations and wages—and brace for...
5. Gov. Stein creates new Council on Workforce and Apprenticeships
Emily Thomas/Education NC Gov. Josh Stein signed an executive order on March 25 creating the Council on Workforce and Apprenticeships....
6. Feds approve a quarry in national forest to speed rebuilding of I-40 in Western NC
Richard Stradling/The (Raleigh) News & Observer The N.C. Department of Transportation and its contractors will be able to mine stone...
7. Asheville-area nonprofits see surge in donations after Helene – $37 million in one case – but demands have skyrocketed
John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog In 2024, MANNA FoodBank set an ambitious fundraising goal for the year: $8.4 million. The nonprofit that...
8. Confusion over third-party audit, privacy concerns put nail in coffin for NHCS AI pilot
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily An AI camera pilot program, politicized since its approval by the General Assembly, remained controversial even...
9. First rain and then fire chase people from their homes in North and South Carolina
Jeffrey Collins & Brittany Peterson/The Associated Press When Nicole Taylor and her family moved to their new home in the...
10. DEQ chief: Emerging compounds ‘top priority’ for state
Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online Addressing PFAS and other emerging compounds is a “top priority” for the North Carolina Department of...
1. NC’s Dan Bishop confirmed as Trump deputy budget director
Will Doran/WRAL News Dan Bishop, a hardline conservative politician from Charlotte, is now one of the country’s top officials in...