Alan Wooten/The Center Square  Conservation tax credits are extended until 2031 in legislation signed into law Monday by North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein. The first-term Democrat signed NC Farm Act of 2025-2026, known also as Senate Bill 401, and five other bills. As of Tuesday morning, only one bill remains...

Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline For many residents of western North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene, it’s been 20 long months of waiting and wondering — when will things get back to normal? And just how much more funding is coming from the government? Sen. Ralph Hise (R-Mitchell) told members of the...

Steve Wiseman/The Raleigh News & Observer After he watched 150,000 people pack downtown Raleigh for the Canes celebration parade and rally on Saturday, Tom Dundon said his hockey team’s success and support shows the region is ready for another professional team. Dundon has expressed interest in Raleigh’s bid to get...

Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press While not out of the woods yet, the city of Rocky Mount has reported making “steady” progress on getting its finances back on track at a NC Local Government Commission meeting this month. The city has been in hot water since a scathing report from State...

Noor Nazir/WFAE Radio Inside Bojangles Coliseum on a Sunday afternoon, a few hundred fans erupt into cheers as players for the Charlotte Crown take the floor, their sneakers squeaking on hardwood in celebration, stopping to high-five supporters waiting courtside. It’s the team’s ninth game ever and its third win. And...

Travis Bland/WUNC News Peter Klopfer, a Duke biologist and founder of its Lemur Center as well as a civil rights activist and a man who left an indelible mark on U.S. law, died at the age of 95 on June 5. A Quaker and pacifist, Klopfer was no less a...

Megan Cloherty/WRAL News A Fuquay-Varina man is stressed about the amount of money he lost in an elaborate scam. He reached out to WRAL Investigates after seeing his name in a federal court document related to an online investment scam. Wesley Marley learned after reporting his losses to the FBI...

Elizabeth Ouzts/Canary Media In July 2022, a fierce summer storm rocked Wake Electric, a North Carolina cooperative serving nearly 60,000 households and other customers from the dense suburbs of Raleigh, the state capital, to rural areas along the Virginia border and in the coastal plain. Wind downed lines and knocked...

Michael Pardee/WXII News Trade workers, including electricians, plumbers, and HVAC specialists, are retiring faster than they can be replaced, and experts warn this could cost the state’s economy nearly $10 billion. In Greensboro, Go Green Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC is working to address the shortage through its apprenticeship program. Ike...

WSOCTV.com News Safe Harbor, a nonprofit in Hickory that provides resources for women and children in need, is growing its mission. The nonprofit recently broke ground on a new transitional housing facility called The Haven, the Hickory Daily Record reported. The Haven will have 11 temporary cottages for women working...

Paul Woolverton/CityView  An employee of the Cumberland County Board of Elections has filed a complaint against Board of Elections Chair Linda Devore, accusing her of breaking the law by interfering with the office’s operations, coercion, and questioning him about a private family health matter. He asserted that Devore offered him...

Drew C. Wilson/The Wilson Times Students who have lost sleep over end-of-year testing may appreciate the dilemma faced by retiring Wilson County Schools Superintendent Lane Mills. “I need to learn how to back a trailer so I can put my new boat in the water. That’s my next test,” Mills...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online North Carolina lawmakers pushed forward a pair of bills Wednesday that, in tandem, would repeal a decades-old ban on hardened coastal erosion-control structures and secure state funding for terminal groins. Senate Bill 1009 aims to erase the state’s 40-year prohibition on hardened structures, including breakwaters, bulkheads,...

Nick de la Canal/WFAE Radio Inside a small cubicle at the Bladen County Department of Social Services, Vanesa Sanchez balances her phone on her shoulder as her fingers fly across the keyboard. She’s one of 12 caseworkers who check eligibility for SNAP in a rural county where roughly one in...

Ben Humphries/EducationNC The U.S. Department of the Treasury has revealed some new details about the federal school choice tax credit that will offer people in participating states up to a $1,700 annual refund for donations made to qualifying “scholarship granting organizations.” A document released by the department reiterates that donations...