Peter H. Lewis/Asheville Watchdog The Dogwood Health Trust — the foundation responsible for enforcing HCA Healthcare’s compliance with the terms of its 2019 purchase of nonprofit Mission Health — has accelerated its oversight schedule in the wake of Mission Hospital’s latest violations of federal safety standards. In a statement to...

Lauren Rhodes/WUNC News Eric Andrews remembers hearing “rumblings” that something was changing in Chatham County around 15 years ago. That’s when the Pittsboro-based real estate broker at Realty World Carolina Properties said landowners began to come into his office with offers for their tracts of land. Once, he said he...

WECT The president of a metal fabrication and manufacturing company pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 5, to charges involving taking $8.5 million in rigged procurements. Thomas C. Rollins of Wilmington was involved in a conspiracy to rig bids for maintenance, repair, and operations contracts affecting United States military installations. Court...

James Farrell/WFAE Radio Cabarrus County Schools is implementing a temporary enrollment cap at W. R. Odell Primary School and W.R. Odell Elementary School. The enrollment cap will start April 1 for new students in grades 1 through 5 enrolling for the 2026-27 school year, and it will remain in place...

WFDD Radio The Randolph County Board of Education is considering closing a school due to low enrollment and reductions in state funding. District officials say enrollment at Uwharrie Ridge Six-Twelve has been steadily declining despite multiple recruitment efforts. This year, it only had 369 students — roughly half of its...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  More than a quarter-billion dollars has been generated for North Carolina coffers by sports wagering revenue since becoming legal in March 2024. January produced the fourth-largest month on record, according to figures from the North Carolina Lottery Commission. With $14,460,977 for state coffers, the 23 months...

Laura Hackett/Blue Ridge Public Radio North Carolina only has enough money to repair around 300 of the thousands of private roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Helene, state officials said at a Monday meeting for the Governor’s Recovery Office of Western North Carolina. The state launched the $175 million program...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Under a mountainside that had slipped again and again, residents of Thistle Ridge faced a grim reality — unstable ground, blocked roads and no clear path forward. For more than four years, bureaucratic delays and shifting priorities left a vital infrastructure fix stalled while families worried...

Ahmed Jallow/NC Newsline The Charter School Review Board on Monday unanimously approved a Wake County charter school’s request to separate its virtual program into a standalone charter school. The decision allows Pine Springs’ Virtual Academy, which enrolls more than 3,500 students from across the state, to break away from Pine...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press A months-long saga has unfolded surrounding the Cleveland County Board of Education’s decision not only about selling a shuttered school building but also about the buyer. The board has opted to forgo traditional bidding processes in order for the building to land in the hands of...

Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC Reports of crime and violence in North Carolina public schools decreased during the 2024-25 school year for the second consecutive year, according to an annual report from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) presented to the State Board of Education this week. The report — which...

Andrew Jones/Asheville Watchdog On a 15-degree morning in January, a clinic in this small Yancey County community on the northern edge of Pisgah National Forest began to fill up with patients. An older couple in flannel pajamas sat together in the waiting room. A toddler waved as Patricia Hall walked...

Destinee Patterson/WRAL News Empty units sit side-by-side in Camelot Village seven months after Tropical Storm Chantal rocked Chapel Hill. One condo owner said the community has largely turned into a ghost town. Both renters and owners are wondering when it will come back to life. “I hope that progress will...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Wilmington City Council is already contemplating a property tax rate increase to take effect this July, which could be in the range of 4 cents to complete capital projects and boost personnel pay — and that doesn’t include potential budget increases still to come. On...

Michael Koh/WCHL Chapelboro The ACC has fined UNC $50,000 after fans rushed the floor twice during the Tar Heels’ 71-68 win against No. 4 Duke at the Smith Center Saturday night. “The conference’s event security policy is designed to protect the safety and well-being of all student-athletes, coaches, officials and...