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3. Federal rule could financially protect thousands of North Carolina poultry farmers
Gavin Off/The Charlotte Observer Craig Watts, who once made a career of raising hundreds of thousands of chickens in North...
4. How fentanyl producers in Mexico are adapting to a challenging market
Victoria Dittmar & Paulina Ríos/InsightCrime When Mario heard the news in mid-May 2023, he immediately suspended his operations. After five...
5. North Carolina school board member gets prison time after obstruction, extortion convictions
The Associated Press A central North Carolina local school board member was sentenced to active prison time after being convicted...
6. ‘They’re not giving us what we need’: Orange County sheriff on ICE detainer law
Aaron Keck/WCHL Chapelboro The start of a new year in North Carolina also means a round of new laws that...
7. Short-term rental homes pivot to shelters after Helene
Helu Wang/USA Today Network Despite two days of heavy rain, property manager Rachael Lee was not expecting anything more severe...
8. PFAS compounds found in more firefighting PPE
Will Atwater/NC Health News The recent fires ravaging Los Angeles have highlighted the dangers faced in firefighting — winds, fast-moving...
9. PowerSchool hack exposes 312,000 NC teachers’ Social Security numbers
Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News About 312,000 North Carolina teachers’ social security numbers were exposed in the PowerSchool breach, the North Carolina...
10. GOP chair stirs political drama over NHC schools committees, members say no quid-pro-quo
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily One newly minted board chair is already taking the heat after appointing members of the opposite...
1. Opinion: City is addressing complexities of rebuilding, but it’s still a labyrinthian challenge for property owners
John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog If one theme of rebuilding in a post-Helene world has emerged, it’s this: complexity. None of this...
2. Winter in Western NC can be bad. For Helene survivors, it’s worse.
Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press One winter night in early January, Delia Bailey awoke, shivering, in a camper parked outside...
3. FEMA extends temporary housing program until May after urging from politicians
Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Sunday evening that it will extend its Temporary...
4. Devdutta Sangvai takes over as North Carolina’s top health official
Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News The walls of Devdutta Sangvai’s office were mostly bare on his third day as North Carolina’s...
5. Agency nixes speed limits proposed to protect right whales
Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online A proposed federal rule designed to add another layer of protection for a critically endangered species...