Hendersonville Lightning The final overnight closures of Interstate 26 in Henderson County related to the widening project are set to occur this week. “There will be no more full closures in Henderson County,” Resident Engineer Mike Patton said. “As far as what the travelling public will notice, our project in...

Bradley George/WUNC Radio The Trump Administration is investigating Duke University over its diversity practices. The probe comes as hundreds of employees prepare to leave the university due to federal funding cuts. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and Education Secretary Linda McMahon recently sent a letter to...

WSOC News Former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper raised over $3 million in the first 24 hours after announcing his bid for the U.S. Senate. According to campaign officials, Cooper’s campaign received $2.6 million, while nearly $900,000 was directed to the Democratic Party. North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race is expected...

The Associated Press North Carolina Republican lawmakers on Tuesday overrode several vetoes by Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, getting just enough votes from Stein’s own party to enact some laws while falling short on others. The votes were key tests for Republican General Assembly leaders since they narrowly lost their veto-proof...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro Facing funding cuts from both the state and federal governments, UNC administrators shared some broad areas it aims to trim roughly $70 million from its operating budget on Wednesday — including consolidating jobs and scaling back financial aid to out-of-state students. Ahead of a budget presentation to...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online North Carolina’s attorney general is confident federal funding unceremoniously stripped from local governments earlier this year will be reinstated under a court ruling. “I think we’re going to win in court,” Jeff Jackson said Tuesday afternoon. “I think our argument is very strong.” Jackson had just...

Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog The North Carolina Supreme Court has granted Mission Hospital’s request for a temporary stay of a lower court’s decision to grant 67 acute care beds to AdventHealth nearly three years ago. The order, delivered without comment, came just two days after attorneys for Mission Hospital filed...

Rose Hoban & Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News After a month away from Raleigh, state lawmakers returned to the capital on Tuesday — along with crowds of protesters and supporters — for a session aimed at overriding  vetoes issued by Democratic Gov. Josh Stein during the recent legislative session. The galleries...

Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Haywood County landed in the crosshairs of national social media ire this week after inflammatory videos went viral alleging that a Black truck driver hauling chipped flood debris to a private landfill in Canton was bullied by unhinged workers. The videos whipped up a maelstrom of...

Daniel Walton/Blue Ridge Public Radio A plan that would shift Asheville’s approach to citizen advisory boards drew concerns from both residents and City Council members during Tuesday’s council meeting. As previously reported by BPR, Asheville city government has been considering changes to 15 of these boards, which consist of local...

Paul Specht/WRAL News Obtaining and renewing North Carolina driver’s licenses may soon get easier. The North Carolina House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 109 to 7 to pass House Bill 245, which would allow North Carolinians to renew their driver’s licenses online more frequently and scrap a law requiring new...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  Duke University and the Duke Law Journal are under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, accused of violating Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. According to Secretary Linda McMahon’s department, the probe is “based on recent reporting alleging that...

Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press A former congressman will no longer seek an open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina next year now that fellow Democrat Roy Cooper is running for the post. Tuesday’s announcement by ex-U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel came the day after Cooper, a former two-term governor, kicked...

Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline As Republicans in the General Assembly geared up to override several of his vetoes Tuesday, Governor Josh Stein made a plea: stay in town and pass a budget. Speaking to reporters alongside public servants and North Carolina residents impacted by funding shortfalls, Stein urged lawmakers to enact...

Mary Helen Moore/WUNC Radio Republicans — thanks to the help of a single House Democrat — voted to override Gov. Josh Stein’s veto of an immigration bill on Tuesday. The new law requires North Carolina sheriffs to work closer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid the federal government’s mass deportation...