Cierra Noffke/WilmingtonBiz UNC System’s Board of Governors granted UNCW permission to begin the planning process for its proposed medical school. The motion passed with unanimous support at the full Board of Governors meeting today. The medical school was proposed in April at a Board of Governors Committee on Educational Planning,...

Ashley Fredde/NC Health News State lawmakers are proposing a bill they say would reduce administrative burden and redundancy for inspections in adult care homes, the places that manage the care for some of the state’s most vulnerable residents. “Adult care homes” have a specific designation in North Carolina. They’re places...

Daniel Walton/BPR News Buncombe County plans to ask its voters for permission to take on $70 million in new debt this November. At Tuesday night’s meeting, the Board of Commissioners began the legal process for placing two bond referenda on the general election ballot. Two documents unanimously approved by the...

Paul Nielsen/The Waynesville Mountaineer Maggie Valley has been bleeding $10,000 a month to pump sewage across Jonathan Creek to the sewer plant following Helene damage to a critical line. That broken line — one of the last large-scale Hurricane Helene recovery projects for Maggie Valley — will soon be in...

Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News  NC Central was the only institution that didn’t meet the System’s financial health threshold. Chancellor Karrie Dixon said long overdue state enrollment funding is key to restoring the HBCU’s finances. Public university chancellors are still making a case for state enrollment funding as the General Assembly deliberates...

Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press  A change in the makeup of North Carolina’s juvenile detention population with adult court youth surging from 39% to 65% in a year presents new challenges for the juvenile detention system as it scrambles to accommodate this changing population, according to a new report from the...

Mark Jurkowitz/Outer Banks Voice With oceanfront homes collapsing and beach erosion an increasing concern, the Currituck County Board of Commissioners is expected to approve a resolution backing state legislative efforts to repeal the hardened structures ban at their May 18 meeting. In expressing support for the NC Senate Bill 1009,...

WFAE Radio Mooresville Mayor Chris Carney said he may step down in the coming months following a 2024 incident in which he was recorded late at night in town hall without pants with a female companion. On Monday, Carney said he plans to consider his future after the town’s budget...

Christopher Long/The Wilson Times North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Lee Lilley walked down Barnes Street with a group of city and state representatives Wednesday afternoon, May 20, noting all the things that make downtown Wilson different from other downtown footprints across the state. Lilley visited Wilson to shine a light...

Jill Doss-Raines/The Lexington Dispatch  In the wake of the devastating Main Street fire in uptown Lexington on Tuesday, Davidson County is coming together with a powerful show of support for the business owners whose lives and livelihoods were upended. From heartfelt social media posts to grassroots fundraising efforts, neighbors, fellow...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  Voters in November will have a choice on lowering the cap for personal income tax in North Carolina and asking the General Assembly to generate a property tax levy limit. One other constitutional amendment may reach them as well. Lower Taxes for All NC, known also...

Will Doran/WRAL News The state House voted Wednesday to override one of the Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s vetoes from 2025, as Republican lawmakers gained enough support to push forward with one of about half a dozen veto overrides that have been unresolved for the past year. The House voted to...

Dan Kane/The Raleigh News & Observer After 10 years as a state probation officer, a dangerous job with low pay and high turnover, April Taylor saw an opportunity to start a new career with the N.C. Department of Insurance. Taylor’s great-uncle was a big supporter of Mike Causey, who was...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden spoke to WFAE Wednesday morning following the agency’s announcement that it would reopen Jail North. Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden on Wednesday pointed to worsening overcrowding at the county’s main detention center in uptown Charlotte as the main reason to reopen Jail...

Ana Risano/The Seven Lakes Insider Few things have been more cyclical in discussion than the Pinehurst Traffic Circle, with an ongoing debate between state transportation officials and Pinehurst about the future design of the five-spoke intersection. But the Department of Transportation has been clear: The design it unveiled in 2025...