Ben Bokun/CBS 17 News A significant development could replace an iconic mall near downtown Durham that’s been closed since the pandemic. The City of Durham recently received a site plan from a new developer for the former Northgate Mall at 1058 West Club Boulevard. Renamed “Ellerbe Square”, the project would...

Bob Liepa/Wilmington StarNews Some changes in the leadership of the city of Wilmington have been made. Deputy City Manager Chad McEwen and Economic Development Director Aubrey Parsley have both resigned, effective Nov. 7, according to Amy Passaretti Willis, the city’s communications manager. “City leadership was already in the process of...

Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView The Fayetteville City Council will hold a public hearing Monday to consider a proposal from a Florida development company to revive long-stalled plans for a seven-story tower atop the Hay Street Parking Deck. Under the proposed contract, construction would break ground in June 2026 and finish by...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Starting this month, small businesses in North Carolina will have a new option to provide health insurance to their employees. The Carolina HealthWorks program launched this week following a change the legislature made to insurance regulations last year. The N.C. Chamber is working with Blue Cross Blue...

Shaun Gallagher/WRAL News Travelers hustled along the walkways and terminals at their usual pace on Thursday morning at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Planes took off and landed on a regular schedule. Preparations were being made ahead of the looming busy travel season. RDU isn’t expected to be one of the airports...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press When stepping into a local library to pick up a new book or use the provided internet access or take your child to a storytime hour, a security officer might not be the first person you expect to see. But at libraries in Wake County, that’s...

Anne Blythe/NC Health News Though Louise Mae Beale Vincent was a woman small in stature, she left a monumental legacy in her 49 years. The Greensboro native became an unlikely international force, a giant in the harm-reduction movement who pushed throughout her life against society’s dehumanization, isolation and rejection of...

Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Coty Reece sat in the fall night air and bit down on rage and embarrassment in equal measure. In the five years since the motorcycle accident that paralyzed him from the waist down, he’d always been able to get where he wanted to go — until...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News  Overwhelmingly, municipal officials take pride in their nonpartisan service, but once they’re elected, they don’t just leave their party hats at the chamber doors. Despite claims that “there’s no Republican/Democratic way to fill a pothole,” the partisan composition of municipal governing boards can be an indicator...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden announced Thursday that he is running for reelection in 2026. In his announcement, McFadden said he’s fulfilled the promises he made in previous campaigns and plans to lead a third term being “factual, fearless and faithful.” McFadden was first elected in 2018....

David Ford/WFDD Radio This weekend in High Point, renowned Danish artist Thomas Dambo will unveil his enormous new outdoor troll sculpture. Just west of downtown, there’s a small clearing in some vine-covered woods behind an abandoned sock factory. There sits a smiling, 18-foot-tall troll. Her name is Little Sally. Dambo...

Matthew Sockol/WNCN The victim of a homicide in Wake County almost 60 years ago has been identified, the sheriff’s office said on Thursday. According to the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, the body of a woman was discovered on April 28, 1968, in a field near Lake Wheeler Road and Ten...

Capt. Gordon Churchill/Coastal Review Online I’m now in my 60th year of life. I started fishing before I was even old enough to have a memory of it. I’ve been fly fishing since I was 10 years old. The math is pretty easy. During that time I’ve lived in North...

Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning Henderson County has not only lost a $12.7 million grant to fund the Clear Creek sewer line in Edneyville but most likely would forfeit an option B —making major repairs to the failing Etowah sewer system. That was among the revelations to come out of a meeting...

Justin Jouvenal/The Washington Post The Supreme Court appeared skeptical of arguments Wednesday that President Donald Trump has legal authority to impose tariffs on a vast range of goods from nearly all countries, signaling the justices could strike down or limit the administration’s signature economic policy. The justices sharply questioned Solicitor...