WFDD Radio Greensboro Police Chief John Thompson has announced he’s retiring in February. Thompson began his career in law enforcement with the Asheboro Police Department in 1998. He would go on to join the Greensboro Police Department in 2003 and has led GPD since 2022. Thompson said in a statement...

Will Atwater/NC Health News Single-use, compostable and recyclable takeout containers are on their way out at some North Carolina universities. Stainless steel is taking their place. This fall, UNC Greensboro introduced reusable stainless steel foodware in its campus dining halls, joining UNC Wilmington to become just the second university in...

Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online It was a nasty January day about 14 years ago, not long after publication of his book, “The Battle for North Carolina’s Coast: Evolutionary History, Present Crisis, and Vision for the Future,” when veteran East Carolina University coastal scientist Dr. Stan Riggs, the book’s lead author,...

Richard Stradling/The (Charlotte) Observer To rebuild Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge, the N.C. Department of Transportation will blast a giant hole in Pisgah National Forest and haul away tons of rock. To help make up for the damage done by the quarry, NCDOT has agreed to take several...

Kevin Ellis/Business North Carolina Asheville-based solar power company Pine Gate Renewables could eliminate 223 more workers as it works through bankruptcy. The company, which at one time employed more than 1,000 workers, laid off about 500 workers in October. Pine Gate filed for bankruptcy last week. It reportedly had $4.4...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio The State Board of Elections has hired new top staff members who have previously worked for Republican elected officials. The hiring moves come after the legislature moved the agency into the state auditor’s office and gave the board a Republican majority. Elections board general counsel Paul Cox...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts told faculty leaders the university does not plan on signing President Donald Trump’s administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” in exchange for favorable consideration of federal funding. During his scheduled comments at the UNC Faculty Council meeting, Roberts told faculty “nobody”...

Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning Henderson County is expected to begin receiving some federal reimbursement in the next month to begin paying for the estimated $60 million the county has spent or is obligated to spend to remove debris left in the wake of Hurricane Helene. In the last few days, the...

Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News UNC Greensboro junior Taniyah McCormick grabbed a couple of plastic bags to fill as she perused the shelves at the Spartan Open Pantry on Thursday. She used to stop by once a month, but with rising prices — and now a delay in her November federal...

Sally Kestin/Asheville Watchdog Mission Health’s corporate owner, HCA Healthcare, has seen its revenues increase by $3.8 billion in the first three quarters of 2025, the company reported. The 7.2 percent increase over 2024, along with its third quarter performance, caused the hospital conglomerate to revise its 2025 revenue projections upward...

Elena Marsh/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Taylortown continues to encounter hurdles as it reimagines its government staff and structure. In its latest setback, the state’s Local Government Commission has told the town it would be withholding a portion of the town’s sales tax proceeds as a penalty for overdue audits. Taylortown...

Paul Woolverton/CityView The Fayetteville City Council voted 8-1 on Monday night to engage a new developer to build a hotel and apartment tower on top of the Hay Street Parking Garage—a project city leaders hope will bring a long-sought economic jolt to the downtown area. The new developer predicts it...

Jesse Campbell/Ashe Post & Times Ashe County taxpayers took one step closer to learning the identity of a West Jefferson mystery business that will receive $1 million from county and town funds over the coming years for undisclosed economic development. The Ashe County Board of Commissioners and West Jefferson Aldermen...

Alyssa Kapasi/WFAE Radio The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case challenging its landmark decision to legalize gay marriage nationwide. The challenge to the court’s 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court’s Obergefell v....

Chase Jordan/The (Charlotte) Observer Flight cancellations and passenger misery continued to rise Monday at Charlotte’s airport after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered flight reductions nationwide, as the government shutdown continues into another month. Charlotte Douglas International Airport was named one of 40 major U.S. airports subject to the mandatory reductions,...