Claudia Grisales, Barbara Sprunt/NPR President Trump heralded the late Sen. Lindsey Graham as a “legend” and “giant of the U.S. Senate” during a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday. Trump’s remarks came on the first of two days of remembrances for Graham, who died earlier this month...

WSOC News The football team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may soon be under investigation by the College Sports Commission. The New York Times cited sources saying the group who oversees compensation rules for athletes approached the team after Michael Lombardi, general manager for the Tar...

Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press A dispute over First Amendment rights has resulted in the North Carolina National Guard settling a lawsuit with a veteran who claimed he was pressured to retire over his criticism of leadership. Timothy Stanhope, a retired guardsman who spent roughly 20 years in the military, received...

Flynn Snyder/WRAL News On Monday, a group of key stakeholders at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill toured the site of what is set to be a major expansion project for the university. Dozens of faculty members, students, community members and alumni walked the old runway at Horace...

Dee Pridgen/828 News NOW8 A new annual review of HCA Healthcare’s compliance with the agreement governing its purchase of Mission Health has raised concerns about several areas of potential non-compliance, including emergency services, oncology care, a Care Partners rehabilitation program and Mission Hospital’s Medicare status. Dogwood Health Trust and the...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square Democrats in North Carolina, convening Saturday for the annual state convention and Unity Dinner, are going to have it both ways when it comes to the escalating civil war within their political party. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is the keynote speaker and will roll in...

Matt Lamb/The Southern Pines Pilot The Pinehurst Village Council has decided to forgo signing an interlocal agreement recognizing Moore County’s zoning and development authority for the Phase 4 expansion at Pinewild Country Club. The new development comprises two Pinehurst parcels, one in the village’s extraterritorial jurisdiction and one within the...

Ely Portillo/WFAE Radio Thirteen people were arrested by federal law enforcement officers this weekend at a checkpoint near Wilson Creek on suspicion of immigration violations, according to Caldwell County Sheriff Kevin Bean. Bean said Tuesday that Caldwell County sheriff’s deputies participated in the checkpoint at Wilson Creek, near Morganton, on...

Luis F. Fuentes/CityView Nearly two years after a fire decimated Kinlaw’s Supermarket, the longtime Fayetteville staple has filed plans with the city to rebuild with a 7,500-square-foot building. Founded by Tommy Kinlaw and his brother Bobby, the meat market has continuously operated in east Fayetteville since its opening in 1979....

Laura Horne/The Charlotte Observer When Pape Ndiaye opened House of Africa in Plaza Midwood 30 years ago, the neighborhood was desolate. Few cars passed through Thomas Avenue, where House of Africa is located, Ndiaye said. Just The Penguin, Thomas Street Tavern and a post office accompanied his African art gallery...

Jack Evans/Asheville Watchdog Consider the dead tree. To the living things of the forest, and to the environmentalists who love them, a dead tree is critical infrastructure. A standing one — a snag — may house beetle larvae, which are eaten by woodpeckers, who excavate the softening wood for nests,...

Analisa Sorrells Archer/Education NC The day that North Carolina’s State Board of Community Colleges announced the selection of Dr. Monty Sullivan as the next system president and CEO, Sullivan’s wife, Kelley, wrote on Facebook: “The community college mission is in our DNA.” In an interview with EdNC, Sullivan echoed that...

Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News Congress included an exemption in last year’s federal Medicaid work requirement law for people who are “medically frail” — a category that encompasses people with serious or complex medical conditions like cancer, Parkinson’s disease, cystic fibrosis and other illnesses that can make it difficult to maintain...

Walker Livingston/Carolina Public Press Every Wednesday afternoon in the heart of Swannanoa, volunteers hand out seasonal produce while community members flow through the produce market in an old church building that nonprofit Bounty and Soul hosts. Last week, it was summer squash, fresh tomatoes and watermelon for the summer season....

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The N.C. Department of Transportation is offering a sweeping community benefits package that could total as much as $300 million as it seeks support for the proposed Interstate 77 toll lanes project, which would run from south of uptown Charlotte to the South Carolina border. The benefits...