Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog Beginning Tuesday, Mission Hospital will no longer require nurses to have a four-year Bachelor of Science Nursing degree or obtain one within five years of being hired. Instead, nurses will be required only to have a two-year Associate Degree in Nursing. “Our commitment to nursing excellence remains...

Jennifer Fernandez/Education NC & NC Health News At North Carolina schools that provide behavioral health care remotely, teachers and school staff say they’re seeing an impact on students’ behavioral challenges. The new data comes from initial responses to a survey by researchers at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health...

Sean Bell/Yahoo Finance The American grocery market looks set for a major development of consolidation as the oldest grocery chain in the U.S., Kroger Co., confirmed in an official press release that it will acquire the family-owned grocery chain Giant Eagle for $1.65 billion. Unanimously approved by Kroger’s board of...

Megan Cloherty/WRAL News A perfect storm of challenges in downtown Apex has business owners considering closing. Their landlords are raising rent, passing on a new increase in city property taxes and rising insurance rates. Coupled with an on-going downtown construction project causing sales losses that is expected to extend through...

Justin Moore/WNCN State lawmakers have granted the City of Fayetteville and Cumberland County nine more days to reach an agreement on a long-debated plan to merge their emergency communications systems. The extension comes as city and county leaders continue negotiations over the future of a joint 911 call center, a...

Reyna Drake/WUNC News Last week, two earthquakes devastated Venezuela – happening less than a minute apart and both having a magnitude higher than seven. So far, more than 1,700 people have died, and search and rescue efforts are underway for the thousands that are missing. Local and national groups are...

Joe Marusak/The Charlotte Observer A luxury townhome community will soon rise on a Lake Norman peninsula in the eastern Lincoln County community of Denver, its listing agent with Cornelius-based lvester Jackson Christie’s International Real Estate said Tuesday. The Cape Lake Norman will include 27 “sleek minimalist-style” homes resembling those in...

Frank Daniels IV/The Southern Pines Pilot Moore County is one step closer to commercial air service after the county Tourism Development Authority board approved $300,000 toward a minimum revenue guarantee fund meant to incentivize service by a legacy passenger air carrier. In May, the Board of Commissioners gave the go-ahead...

Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online Despite last week’s abysmal report from the state auditor of the funding prospects for the long-planned Mid-Currituck Bridge, the proposed project connecting the Currituck County mainland to its northern Outer Banks beaches will remain officially alive in the state transportation plan, at least for the time...

Paul Nielsen/The Waynesville Mountaineer Waynesville taxpayers will not see a property tax increase this year. Following weeks of combing over the budget to come up with more than half a million dollars in cuts, town council voted on a budget for the coming fiscal year with no new property taxes....

Caroline Yaffa & Flynn Snyder/WRAL News North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is creating a bipartisan commission to recommend ways to lower healthcare costs in North Carolina. Executive Order 39, signed by the Democratic governor on Tuesday, establishes the Health Care Affordability Commission, co-chaired by Republican State Treasurer Brad Briner and...

Mike Scarcella/Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear Apple’s (AAPL.O), opens new tab bid to escape being found in contempt ​in its legal fight with “Fortnite” maker Epic Games after the iPhone maker was deemed in violation of a ‌judicial order mandating sweeping changes to its lucrative...

Claire Michal/NC Newsline The North Carolina state Senate gathered for a ceremonial session to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary this year at the state capitol building on Tuesday. The historic building first housed legislative sessions in 1840, continuing until 1961 when state lawmakers moved into the current legislative building nearby in...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who are undocumented or do not have legal immigration status. Trump’s executive order targeted the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to...

Penelope Lopez/WTVD News Fort Bragg could undergo its third name change in five years as a U.S. House committee votes to rename nine military installations as part of the latest annual defense bill proposal draft. The push is fueling mixed reactions among veterans, residents, and historians, while raising questions about...