Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News This cycle, Canton’s ballot carries the weight of five hard years. A global pandemic. Tropical Storm Fred in 2021. A mill closure in 2023 that upended municipal finance. Hurricane Helene in 2024. The next four years will test the town’s ability to finish flood recovery, modernize...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Jessica Padilla remembers packing her bags last October and boarding a flight from Miami to Charlotte to join her husband. He had already moved a few months prior. One thing that stood out: How many others on her flight were doing the same thing. “South Floridians traveling...

Joseph Williams/The (Whiteville) News Reporter Two seats are up for grabs on the Tabor City Town Council, where a three-term incumbent faces three challengers in this year’s election. Incumbent Lamont Grate is seeking re-election to one of the two open seats, competing against Bryan Culbertson, Chris Fowler and Mitchell Strickland...

Jennifer Allen & Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online The nor’easter that swept up the East Coast this past weekend stripped ocean beaches of sand, inundated areas with floodwaters and pushed seawater over dunes and roads along North Carolina’s coast. The Outer Banks suffered much of the brunt of the powerful system...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Two North Carolina nursing homes have agreed to stop automatically denying admission to people with substance use disorder, in a landmark settlement that could pave the way for expanded health care access at a nursing home or other long-term care facility to North Carolinians who...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The city of Charlotte on Tuesday released a five-page report by an outside attorney that found no unethical, immoral or illegal conduct in the city. The City Council hired the firm after member Victoria Watlington made those allegations about the city’s decision in closed session to pay...

Mark Sherman/The Associated Press The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that would boost Republican electoral prospects, particularly across the South. During 2...

Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio Twin City Development Foundation is donating $400,000 to Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools amid the district’s budget crisis. Winston-Salem City Council Member Robert Clark, who is also the nonprofit’s board chair, presented the news at a Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. “We urge others to join us in...

WRAL News Food and ride inspections are underway at the 2025 North Carolina State Fair, which runs Oct. 16 until Oct. 26. Before opening day, inspectors on Wednesday will examine nearly 100 rides, including all the classics and three new pendulum rides designed for those seeking high-flying thrills at the...

Abraham Kenmore/CityView The Department of Defense is soliciting information from grocery stores on what it would take to privatize the 178 commissary locations across the United States. The information is for “market research purposes only,” and the Pentagon is not looking for bids or quotes. What DOD does want is...

Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC At the start of the school year, the U.S. Department of Justice said that it won’t defend Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) from a recent lawsuit filed by the State of Tennessee and the group Students for Fair Admissions. The suit says HSIs — which must, among other...

Sarah White/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Canton is reimagining its future post-mill closure and flood as a sustainable “hometown of tomorrow,” with the help of Asheville-based planning and design firm TownStudio. Town board members said they are excited for the opportunity to move forward after living in crisis-mode for the last five...

Will Michaels/WUNC Radio Cary voters will notice a schedule change to their local election this year. The town council decided to change voting dates and procedures to a method that matches most other cities and towns across the state. In the upcoming election, Cary will use what is called the...

Jose Sandoval/Blue Ridge Public Radio Warren Wilson College announced on Oct. 4, it will receive $1.5 million in Hurricane Helene recovery funds through the state legislature’s recent passage of House Bill 358. The announcement comes months after Warren Wilson was omitted from the final version of the Disaster Recovery Act...

NC Health News For Mel, a North Carolina nurse, getting ready for work was like getting ready for war. That’s what she told co-workers when she worked in the emergency room. Headed into a shift, she wondered, “Who’s gonna fight today?” In North Carolina, more than 48 percent of nurses...