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2. Lawmakers could override veto to spend $6.5 billion on private school vouchers. Here’s how vouchers have evolved.
Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio North Carolina lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a veto override of a bill that...
3. Federal grand jury summons six NC county commissioners for secret testimony
Dan Kane/The (Raleigh) News & Observer A federal grand jury that recently obtained hundreds of records related to $50 million...
4. NC Cherokees struck by Helene, mobilize tribe’s resources to aid broader recovery
Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Tropical Storm Helene didn’t exact the same degree of destruction in the Qualla Boundary, home...
5. Waste discharge agreement moves toward becoming rule
Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online The Environmental Management Commission has advanced proposed changes that would codify an existing, long-term agreement with...
6. Former Buncombe County tax assessor had extramarital affair with co-worker, wife alleges
Jacob Biba/Asheville Citizen Times Buncombe County’s former tax assessor, Keith Miller, had an extra-marital affair with another county employee, according...
7. Australian firm buying Piedmont Lithium
Business North Carolina Australia’s Sayona Mining agreed to buy Belmont-based Piedmont Lithium, which is hoping to add a lithium mine...
8. The state is asking Cumberland County to bring down its number of babies born early. Here’s why that’s a challenge
Morgan Casey/CityView About one in every 9 pregnancies in Cumberland County resulted in a preterm birth last year. The figure...
9. Port of Virginia gets new cranes, chassis pool upgrade
Stuart Chirls/Freight Waves The Port of Virginia has announced the delivery of the first of four new ship-to-ship cranes to...
10. Town may buy Masthead building for $2.2M
Jule Hubbard/Wilkes Journal-Patriot The North Wilkesboro commissioners are considering buying a 13,869-square-foot building at 711 Main Street for $2.2 million...
1. Asheville taps are clear to drink; boil water notice lifted
Laura Hackett/Blue Ridge Public Radio Asheville lifted its boil water notice, city spokesperson Clay Chandler shared Monday morning at a...
2. Equity questions surround Morehead-Cain scholarship nomination process
Regan Butler/The Daily Tar Heel Socio-economic equity concerns surrounding Morehead-Cain Scholarship nominations for both sophomore and first-year applicants were reignited...
3. General Assembly ‘unlikely’ to extend child care stabilization funding beyond December, legislator says
Liz Bell/Education NC Legislators return next week for their last session before state child care stabilization funds run out at...
4. North Carolina must compete for nurses
John Hood/The Carolina Journal The North Carolina General Assembly has made our state a more attractive place to live, work,...