Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio State regulators hosted a public hearing for Amazon’s proposed large data center project in Richmond County on Thursday. The state Division of Air Quality had requested public feedback on two air quality permits that would allow Amazon and Duke Energy to operate approximately 650 diesel generators to...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  Two elected executive officers for North Carolina, and a member of the Stein administration, oppose the proposed settlement negotiated they say “behind our backs” by the EPA and Chemours. First-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, first-term Democratic Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Secretary Reid Wilson of the...

Caroline Yaffa/WRAL News Court proceedings across North Carolina could be disrupted beginning Friday as certified court interpreters plan a statewide work stoppage. The action comes after additional funding to increase contract pay was left out of the new state budget, according to the North Carolina Interpreter Advocacy Committee. The group...

Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News More than 30 years after North Carolina became one of the first states to establish an Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, state lawmakers have eliminated the standalone office dedicated to reducing gaps in health outcomes. A provision on page 250 of the state’s new...

Felicia Sonmez/BPR News North Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Daniel Johnson visited Chimney Rock Thursday for an update on road repairs nearly two years after Hurricane Helene. Johnson said more than 99% of the roads Helene closed have reopened thanks to the efforts of NCDOT staff. But several major projects...

The Sanford Herald A proposed natural gas pipeline and expanded heavy industrial development in the Moncure area are drawing concern from residents and advocacy groups who say the projects could affect far more than southeastern Chatham County. Information distributed by Haw River Assembly and other community advocates ahead of upcoming...

Natalie Dreier/Cox Media Group The American Red Cross is in dire need of blood donations, not just in individual communities but nationwide. The Red Cross declared a national blood supply crisis for only the second time in its history. “Blood donations have fallen to a four-year summer low, worsening the...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Duke University’s “incubator” for growing universities is officially underway. The Future Universities Alliance is a home for 49 startup universities, existing institutions piloting new initiatives and schools looking to share secrets to their own success across 23 countries for the next year. The inaugural cohort, dubbed...

Amanda Watford/NC Newsline After investigators ruled 31-year-old high school counselor and coach Kelsey Harris’ death a suicide in 2021, her mother, Kellee, said she was not convinced the inquiry had answered the most important questions. About a week before Kelsey died, police had arrested her boyfriend on a strangulation charge...

The High Point Enterprise Bethany Medical’s board has promoted Elise Peters-Carey to the role of CEO while founder Dr. Lenny Peters transitions from CEO to chairman of Bethany Medical and Peters Holdings. Peters-Carey, Peters’ daughter, will continue serving as president. The leadership change is part of the organization’s long-term succession...

Ferrel Guillory/Education NC At their fourth monthly session on Monday, members of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education engaged in a spontaneous, unscripted discussion over the pay of North Carolina public school teachers that ranks in the bottom 10 among states. “There just needs to be an acknowledgement that...

Andrew Jones/KFF Health News Soybean fields surround Angie Lowery’s home on a plot of rural land in southeastern North Carolina’s Robeson County. Dozens of antique gas station signs, 20 feet tall, dominate her front yard. A framed re-creation of The Last Supper, Lone Ranger posters, and a 3-foot-wide tobacco harvesting...

Cristin Severance/WRAL TechWire WRAL sits down for an extended conversation with SAS founder and CEO Dr. Jim Goodnight to discuss the company’s 50-year history, the future of artificial intelligence, innovation, and what’s next for SAS. This is a transcript of that conversation. Cristin Severance/WRAL: SAS is obviously rooted in North...

Cece Nunn/WilmingtonBiz State transportation officials have rejected a private firm’s proposal to replace the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge and charge drivers a toll of up to $2.75 per crossing. However, N.C. Department of Transportation officials are continuing to pursue a publicly delivered toll option. NCDOT officials evaluated what would have...

Jackson Kitts & Seyun Park/The Duke Chronicle In the same fiscal year that Duke began its cost-cutting measures, most top administrators received a salary increase. Information about the compensation of the University’s highest-paid officers and employees becomes publicly available after Duke files its Form 990 with the Internal Revenue Service,...