Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC News For decades, the mobile home park known as Chatham Estates was an oasis of affordability off of East Chatham Street, one that allowed working-class families to live and work in the heart of Cary. Today, it’s a patchwork of empty lots, leftover debris, and homes torn from...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press  “Where calling meets college.” That’s the pitch of Elevation College, an offshoot of Matthews-based Elevation Church opening for students this fall. The college will offer eight four-year bachelor’s degree programs in majors like pastoral care and counseling, production, biblical studies and digital media and design, as...

Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise The site of a proposed pharmaceutical research park in north High Point that never went forward has a new owner. An affiliate of a New York finance company on May 15 acquired out of foreclosure two parcels at 737 Gallimore Dairy Road that total about...

Kip Tabb/Coastal Review Online Speaking before a standing-room-only audience at the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education in Corolla on Tuesday, Coastal Protection Engineering (CPE) Senior Project Manager Ken Wilson said that beach nourishment on the north end of Corolla “appears to be the preferred alternative of the ones that...

Cierra Noffke/WilmingtonBiz Wilmington-based nCino held an earnings call for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, reporting revenue growth above expectations set in March. According to Sean Desmond, nCino’s CEO and president, the company outperformed guidance across all key metrics, including subscription revenue growth and non-GAAP operating margin. The cloud...

Sarah Jane Tribble/KFF Health News Two years after her brother’s death, Debra Pierce still wonders whether the 50-year-old would have survived his heart attack if her local hospital hadn’t closed. “The sad thing is we’ll never know if he could have been saved that night or not, because we don’t...

T. Keung Hui/The Raleigh News & Observer State Auditor Dave Boliek plans to audit the Opportunity Scholarship program that’s providing taxpayer funding to help cover the cost for more than 100,000 students to attend private schools. The audit comes as the private school voucher program has tripled in both funding...

Dylan Halper /The Duke Chronicle The National Science Foundation reportedly froze all new grant funding to Duke for nearly two months. According to an exclusive report in Nature, the NSF’s Office of Award Management — which oversees the foundation’s grants and finances — placed a hold on new funding April...

Chase Jordan/The Charlotte Observer Uptown Charlotte construction crews turning Duke Energy’s former headquarters into a $250 million housing and retail project celebrated the end of demolition work Thursday. The event for the upcoming Brooklyn & Church development featured remarks from project officials. It was hosted by construction company Balfour Beatty’s...

Annie Dance/The Carolina Journal North Carolina’s Gang Violence Task Force is confronting an increasingly uncomfortable reality: the criminal networks emerging across the state no longer resemble the traditional gang structures many public institutions were designed to combat. At a May 26 public meeting, the task force heard updates from its...

Caroline Yaffa/WRAL News A bipartisan group of North Carolina lawmakers is proposing an array of laws aimed at deterring gang recruitment and keeping firearms out of the hands of gang members, among other anti-gang changes. It’s an effort to give prosecutors and law enforcement stronger tools to investigate, prosecute and...

WWAY News A popular convenience store chain based in the Philadelphia area has opened its first location in the Cape Fear region, marking the company’s latest step in its expansion into North Carolina. Wawa held a VIP celebration Thursday at its new store in the 6800 block of Carolina Beach...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Elevation Church is a multi-site megachurch with campuses across the state, including this one in Raleigh. The church is launching its own college, to be based in Matthews, this fall. Kate Denning / Carolina Public Press “Where calling meets college.” That’s the pitch of Elevation College,...

Frank Daniels IV/The Southern Pines Pilot North Carolina lacks an established prime military industry, such as Virginia’s shipyards or Texas’ F-35 manufacturing base, despite the presence of large bases like Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune. However, drone manufacturer Delta Black sees the state’s growth in unmanned systems, defense manufacturing and...

WTVD News Tourism in Wake County is off to a strong start in 2026, with steady growth in key indicators despite a slower national travel economy, according to a new report from Visit Raleigh. The Wake County Tourism Industry Report for the first quarter shows gains in hospitality tax collections,...