Jane Porter/IndyWeek At the heart of the debate over whether Apex should annex and rezone a parcel of land located in New Hill just south of Old U.S. Highway 1 for a proposed data storage facility is a central question: Do town leaders envision that property as a corridor for...

Hendersonville Lightning Jamie Ager, a Democratic candidate for the 11th Congressional District seat held by U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, outraised the incumbent by a 3-to-1 margin in the third quarter, Ager’s campaign announced. And another Democratic candidate, former Blue Ridge Health CEO Richard Hudspeth, got off to a fast start,...

Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Frontier Scientific Solutions, a Wilmington-based temperature-controlled storage and transportation company, announced its partnership with Air Transport Services Group Inc. (ATSG) on Wednesday. The partnership will introduce a “dedicated air corridor designed specifically for the life sciences, ensuring continuous temperature control and full shipment integrity from origin to delivery,”...

Morgan Casey/CityView Hopeful students can soon apply to the Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine, North Carolina’s fifth and newest medical school. After six years of planning, the Fayetteville school on Thursday received preliminary accreditation from the Liaison Commission on Medical Education, the accrediting body for American...

Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily As the federal government goes into day 17 of a shutdown due to Washington politicians disputing the expiration of Obamacare provisions, Medicaid providers in North Carolina are grappling with less funding already from the state and planning ahead for what could come down the pike. “We’re...

Dan DeWitt, John Boyle & Sally Kestin/Asheville Watchdog Asheville’s Black population is disappearing faster than that of comparable cities in North Carolina, a trend that is accelerating and has transformed not only the makeup of the city but its cultural and institutional identity. In 1980, one in five Asheville residents...

Ahmed Jallow/NC Newsline Maggie Shama thought she and her husband Mohamed Shama had finally cleared their last hurdle. After years of navigating the complex immigration system, they were moments away from securing his legal status. At the immigration office in Durham on Oct. 9, Maggie, who has been married to...

Gareth McGrath/USA Today Network Like a bingo ball tumbler, the metal, barrel-shaped sorter spun around, shaking up the oysters until they fell through the appropriate holes that fit their age size. The mollusks would then be opened and examined to gauge their health. The oyster autopsies are just one of...

Amy Zhang/The (Duke) Chronicle At its Thursday meeting, Academic Council confronted a growing sense of unease over how Duke is handling mounting federal scrutiny. Faculty questioned whether the University’s commitment to transparency has given way to self-preservation. President Vincent Price confirmed that Duke is facing five active federal investigations related...

Sarah White/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A “For Sale” sign that violated town rules and loomed over a beloved statue in downtown Waynesville for weeks was finally taken down Friday afternoon. The banner had hung just behind the heads of the Old Time Music men statues on the side of the Davis...

Russ Bowen/CBS 17 News A former Cold War spy station in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains is for sale. The 192-acre site is listed for $30 million. In the 1960s, NASA built a communications hub in Rosman, N.C. that allowed the agency to photograph some of the first images of...

Kara Fohner/Gaston Gazette Gaston County leaders are discussing selling the Gaston County Museum of Art and History’s archives building, which contains thousands of museum historical artifacts and valuable pieces of art, according to a county commissioner. Commissioner Tom Keigher said in an interview that the county had the property appraised....

Matt Lamb/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Moore County Schools may soon find itself at an impasse. Despite unanimous support by the Board of Education in a closed session to pursue a 32-acre site just past the intersection of Vass-Carthage and Joel roads for a new Carthage Elementary School, pushback on multiple...

Jack Evans & Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog Mission Hospital should again be put in immediate jeopardy, the worst sanction a hospital can face, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has recommended. The finding, made by NCDHHS and reported to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press The announcement of the merger between two North Carolina private colleges, Elon University and Queens University of Charlotte, both of which possess a long and storied presence in the Old North State, has sent shockwaves through the higher education community over recent weeks. As other independent...