Jack Evans, Sally Kestin & John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog A new query seems to come every day. An email pings in Otto Sharp’s inbox, or the phone rings at Swannanoa Valley Animal Hospital, and though the company on the other end may change, the gist is always the same: Ever thought...

Joseph Williams/The (Whiteville) News Reporter Lacy Wayne Freeman, 59, of Buckhead will serve as the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe’s next chief. Freeman won the Saturday election with 220 votes, defeating Vice Chief Pamela Young-Jacobs, who received 123 votes, according to results published by the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe. Freeman spoke with The...

Dasia Williams/CityView On Monday inside the multipurpose room at Manchester Elementary School, Kendra Dale approached the podium quietly, a sheet of paper in hand. The kindergarten instructional assistant turned to face board members seated at the front of the room. Across her chest, her message was already written in bold...

WRAL News Residents in Vance County on Wednesday will have a chance to share their concerns about a new data center planned for the area at a rural listening session hosted by Gov. Josh Stein’s office. Vance County is one stop in the governor’s statewide tour giving rural communities a...

Conor Doherty/WWAY News A push for stronger nicotine laws in North Carolina is gaining momentum this week as dozens of high school students prepare to meet with lawmakers in Raleigh on Wednesday, April 29th in support of legislation aimed at reducing youth vaping and tobacco use. Two of those students...

David Ford/WFDD Radio Guilford County has named Sonya Desai as the new Family Justice Center director. The center in Greensboro helps victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and elder abuse. Desai began her work there in 2015 as what’s called a front-line navigator, conducting safety assessments. She soon...

Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline State House Democratic lawmakers announced a bill on Tuesday aimed at protecting students in schools from the impact of immigration operations in North Carolina. Named for a landmark Supreme Court case that prohibited schools from discriminating against undocumented students, House Bill 1061: The Plyler Educational Protections Act,...

Claire Galofaro & Sally Ho/The Associated Press She was 13 years old and scared of the dark when she arrived at a residential treatment center that had promised her adoptive parents it would help her heal — from the pain of not knowing who her mother was or why she’d...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  For short session priorities, Medicaid is off the board and headed to the desk of first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein for signature. Health Care Practitioner Transparency Act, as House Bill 696 is known, passed 112-3 in the House of Representatives late Tuesday afternoon and a little...

WRAL News Saint Augustine’s University has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to court documents filed Monday in the Eastern District of North Carolina. Chapter 11 allows an organization to reorganize its debt so it can remain operating. “This structured, court-supervised process will enable SAU to organize its financial affairs...

The Southern Pines Pilot Pinehurst Resort and Lexus have announced a new partnership naming the luxury automaker as the “Preferred Vehicle” of Pinehurst Resort. In a release, Pinehurst said the collaboration of the two “iconic brands rooted in craftsmanship, heritage and innovation” marks Pinehurst’s first shared brand partnership with the...

Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh While the Raleigh metro area was one of the biggest winners for jobs last year, it was a completely different story in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro. Why it matters: Durham shed around 3,800 jobs in 2025, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics....

Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Roughly two months after receiving objections from state officials, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is working to revise its report on the proposed deepening of Wilmington’s harbor. North Carolina’s Division of Coastal Management issued an objection in February to the proposed project that would deepen Wilmington’s...

Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio North Carolina is approaching its eighth month of drought. And it seems increasingly likely that we’ll see mandatory water restrictions put in place, something the state hasn’t seen since its worst drought on record in 2007. WFAE’s Zachary Turner spoke with Bryan Walsh, the vice president of...

Forrest Tucker/WBTV NEWS Camp North End’s businesses were split on whether or not to enact a curfew for unaccompanied minors according to one business owner who spoke to WBTV. The new curfew went into place for the first time on the weekend on Saturday, April 25. Under the new policy,...