Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio For Transylvania County property owners still needing help to remove Hurricane Helene storm debris, county officials have changed contractors and will start using a newly formed state program. The change comes after the federal funding that was being used to pay the Army Corps...

Christopher Rugaber & Josh Boak/The Associated Press Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs push up the cost of everything from groceries and clothes to furniture and appliances. Consumer prices rose 2.7% in June from a year earlier, the Labor Department...

Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced Monday he is joining 22 other state attorneys general and two governors in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education. On July 1, the Department of Education notified states that they would not be receiving certain K-12 federal funds...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Barns and roads collapsed. Miles of fencing and acres of corn lay flattened. Tobacco and soybean fields flooded. On Sunday, July 6, Tropical Depression Chantal left a scar on what was shaping up to be a banner season for Central North Carolina farms. The system...

Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & Charlotte Ledger When the Charlotte campus of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine holds its first classes this week, it marks more than the arrival of the city’s first four-year medical school. It also brings to North Carolina a novel approach to training doctors...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Public frustration boiled over at the July 1 Jackson County Board of Commissioners meeting, where speaker after speaker condemned the board’s recent decision to withdraw from the Fontana Regional Library system, urged reconsideration and asked for a public statement from commissioners. The remarks, delivered during the...

Evey Weisblat/CityView The Environmental Protection Agency canceled a research project that looked at new ways to detect “forever chemicals” in the air surrounding Chemours’ Fayetteville Works Plant, according to research participant and local clean water advocate Mike Watters. The study was led by UNC professor Jason Surratt. Surratt was unavailable...

Pritchard Strong/WRAL News An Apex man suffered a catastrophic leg injury when he says he stepped on an in-ground utility box. He says many others are in danger of the same thing happening to them. Matthew Privette told 5 On Your Side the accident happened when he was trimming hedges...

Sophia Walsh/Port City Daily Oysters may be the saving grace for Oak Island’s marsh shorelines as a new partnership between the town and the University of North Carolina Wilmington begins with the goal of testing nature-based solutions for coastal resilience. On July 8, the Oak Island Town Council unanimously approved...

Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times Eight days after former Greensboro City Attorney Chuck Watts abruptly stepped down from his post, city officials have confirmed that the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent review into business transactions that occurred during Watts’ time in office. At a Wednesday, July...

WCHL Chapelboro UNC field hockey head coach Erin Matson joined 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell for a wide-ranging conversation Monday. Matson discussed the effects of the House settlement on her program, the hiring of Steve Newmark athletic director-in-waiting and preparations for the 2025 season. Brighton McConnell: Welcome back to the...

Michael Copley/WFDD Radio Nearly every county in the United States has experienced flooding in the past few decades, but just 4% of homeowners nationwide have flood insurance, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It’s what experts call the flood insurance gap. Most homeowners insurance doesn’t cover flooding. And while...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio The cost of building roads is skyrocketing, and it’s leading to big delays for highway expansions in North Carolina. That’s prompting the state Department of Transportation to consider tolling to pay for the projects — but that approach could face opposition in the state legislature. The latest...

Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News After several ultrasounds and consultations with specialists, J made the wrenching decision to terminate her pregnancy in February 2024. To do it, she had to leave her home in eastern North Carolina and travel four hours to Richmond, Virginia. It’s an outcome J didn’t expect for...

Jenna Fryer/The Associated Press The two race teams suing NASCAR over antitrust allegations filed for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction Monday to be recognized as chartered organizations for the remainder of 2025. 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports are locked in a lengthy legal battle over the charter...