WTVD Governor Josh Stein has declared a State of Emergency as our state is under a winter storm watch. He held a media briefing Thursday to provide updates and guidance for North Carolinians. The system could cause hazardous driving conditions, especially on bridges and overpasses, damage to tree limbs from...

Sarah Krueger/WRAL News Durham Public Schools Superintendent Anthony Lewis held a news conference Thursday, addressing the criminal indictments against three district administrators. Lewis stressed that DPS is committed to student safety, and outlined changes underway as a result of the incident. Lewis declined to answer any questions at the conclusion...

Tom Latchem & Leigh Kimmins/Daily Beast The White House left Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan off the guest list for a reception honoring Donald Trump. The presidential snub, which isolated the boss of the nation’s second-largest bank, unfolded on Wednesday night on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says an undocumented man charged in a deadly hit-and-run was released from Mecklenburg County’s jail before agents could file an immigration detainer. However, officials with the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office say he was in custody for over a week — and that...

Reuters Honeywell said on Wednesday it had reached ​an agreement with private aviation ‌company Flexjet to resolve their litigation and ‌aims to rebuild their commercial partnership. The industrial conglomerate said it agreed to extend its aircraft engine ⁠maintenance deal ‌with Flexjet through 2035 as part of the settlement. Flexjet ‍had...

Jenna Fryer/The Associated Press Pacific Life Insurance Company on Thursday asked a federal court to dismiss the $8.5 million lawsuit filed by NASCAR champion Kyle Busch and his wife over policies the Buschs claim were sold to them under false and negligent representations as tax-free income for retirement. The filing...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Absentee voting has begun, primary election day is in less than six weeks, and still, some North Carolina candidates’ place on the ballot remains in limbo. In recent days, the State Board of Elections and various county election boards have considered challenges to candidates, mostly relating...

Bailey Striepling/Queen City News The historic Paula Theater building, which opened in 1948 as a movie theater and has sat vacant for decades, has been donated to Mt. Pleasant Theatre, Inc. by a group of local business leaders. The 13,000 square-foot building will be renovated into The Avett Theater, a...

Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is honoring astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair’s legacy 40 years after the alumnus was killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The observance is called “40 Years of Inspiration, Innovation and Impact: Beyond the Horizon — Continuing McNair’s Mission.” Events...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online The Army Corps of Engineers wants more time to mull over concerns that have been brought up on the proposed project to deepen and widen portions of the Wilmington Harbor channel. The North Carolina Division of Coastal Management announced late Tuesday afternoon it had granted the...

Emily Walkenhorst and Sarah Krueger/WRAL News Three Durham Public Schools administrators have been indicted after an investigation into the handling of an incident in which a child was tied to a chair. A grand jury indicted Tounya Clayton Wright, principal at Eno Valley Elementary School; Tanya Janique Giovanni, a deputy...

Port City Daily The harbor deepening project in the Cape Fear River has been put on hold until further notice, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers takes stock of public and state concerns. The project has raised issues by municipalities and the public, including further exacerbating already existing PFAS...

Alex Olgin/WUNC News After a routine trip to her mailbox, Dawn Daly-Mack almost threw away an important letter that she thought was junk mail. “I opened it up and it said, ‘Your medical bill has been paid,'” says Daly-Mack, 60, who lives in Gaston, in northeastern North Carolina. “I didn’t...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press The Environmental Management Commission, North Carolina’s foremost authority on water quality regulations, trudged closer to adopting statewide rules on PFAS and 1,4 dioxane at its January meeting. But years of debate over these forms of pollution have stripped back the proposed regulations so far from their...

Anne Blythe/NC Health News No matter which side of the political aisle you find most comfortable, you’re probably hearing a lot these days about the high cost of health care. North Carolinians have voiced their frustration with the existing health care system in poll after poll — as in late...