Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline State House Democratic lawmakers announced a bill on Tuesday aimed at protecting students in schools from the impact of immigration operations in North Carolina. Named for a landmark Supreme Court case that prohibited schools from discriminating against undocumented students, House Bill 1061: The Plyler Educational Protections Act,...

Claire Galofaro & Sally Ho/The Associated Press She was 13 years old and scared of the dark when she arrived at a residential treatment center that had promised her adoptive parents it would help her heal — from the pain of not knowing who her mother was or why she’d...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  For short session priorities, Medicaid is off the board and headed to the desk of first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein for signature. Health Care Practitioner Transparency Act, as House Bill 696 is known, passed 112-3 in the House of Representatives late Tuesday afternoon and a little...

WRAL News Saint Augustine’s University has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to court documents filed Monday in the Eastern District of North Carolina. Chapter 11 allows an organization to reorganize its debt so it can remain operating. “This structured, court-supervised process will enable SAU to organize its financial affairs...

The Southern Pines Pilot Pinehurst Resort and Lexus have announced a new partnership naming the luxury automaker as the “Preferred Vehicle” of Pinehurst Resort. In a release, Pinehurst said the collaboration of the two “iconic brands rooted in craftsmanship, heritage and innovation” marks Pinehurst’s first shared brand partnership with the...

Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh While the Raleigh metro area was one of the biggest winners for jobs last year, it was a completely different story in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro. Why it matters: Durham shed around 3,800 jobs in 2025, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics....

Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Roughly two months after receiving objections from state officials, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is working to revise its report on the proposed deepening of Wilmington’s harbor. North Carolina’s Division of Coastal Management issued an objection in February to the proposed project that would deepen Wilmington’s...

Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio North Carolina is approaching its eighth month of drought. And it seems increasingly likely that we’ll see mandatory water restrictions put in place, something the state hasn’t seen since its worst drought on record in 2007. WFAE’s Zachary Turner spoke with Bryan Walsh, the vice president of...

Forrest Tucker/WBTV NEWS Camp North End’s businesses were split on whether or not to enact a curfew for unaccompanied minors according to one business owner who spoke to WBTV. The new curfew went into place for the first time on the weekend on Saturday, April 25. Under the new policy,...

Hannah Hall/WECT Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) has crafted a new program offering for students. According to CFCC, a new commercial craft brewing program will launch at the downtown Wilmington campus this summer. CFCC said students will have the ability to learn about the brewing process through classroom instruction and...

Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News Meredith McCumbee has seen firsthand the difference applied behavioral analysis therapy, commonly known as ABA, can make in children with autism. Aaron, her 16-year-old son, was diagnosed with autism and apraxia of speech — a disorder that makes it difficult to coordinate the muscle movements needed...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press At their annual meeting on Thursday, HCA Healthcare shareholders voted down a proposal from NC Sen. Julie Mayfield, D-Buncombe, which would have required the Tennessee-based health system to examine the negative community impacts of its hospital acquisitions, including Mission Hospital in Asheville. The 22-minute virtual meeting...

Analisa Sorrells Archer/Education NC Apprenticeships — the earn-and-learn model that dates back to at least the middle ages — are having a big moment. Often heralded as the gold standard in work-based learning, registered apprenticeships combine paid, on-the-job training with classroom instruction, culminating in an industry-recognized credential. Apprenticeships can increase...

Ginger Livingston/The Greenville Reflector ECU is discontinuing 44 programs starting in the fall of 2026 as part of its effort to generate $25 million in savings over a three-year period. Provost Chris Buddo and Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance Stephanie Coleman gave an overview of the ongoing changes to...

Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily State regulators faced sharp opposition this week during a public hearing on proposed PFAS and 1,4-dioxane rules, as residents raised concerns about the lack of enforceable limits, deadlines, or penalties on polluters. An overcrowded Wilmington City Hall had roughly 200 residents, environmental advocates, and public officials,...