Paul Woolverton/CityView Explosive targets are now prohibited at outdoor gun ranges in Cumberland County. The county Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 on Monday to pass the ban. The vote was a win for board Chair Kirk deViere, who spearheaded the ordinance that had previously failed twice to win enough votes...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio When Mecklenburg County signed a contract with The Peebles Corporation to redevelop the former Brooklyn neighborhood, the firm and its founder were making headlines for lawsuits and delayed projects. Michael Swerdlow is one of Florida’s biggest developers. Now in his early 80s, he’s been building across the...

Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News A federal proposal to impose a work requirement on Medicaid recipients could have far-reaching consequences for North Carolinians who rely on the government-funded health insurance program. The Republican-backed measure in Congress, which was part of the budget reconciliation bill passed last month by the U.S. House...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Legislation to expand fireworks sales in North Carolina fizzled out in a state House committee Tuesday, potentially dooming the latest effort to allow bigger explosives here. North Carolina limits the sale of fireworks to smaller devices like sparklers. Larger fireworks that shoot into the air aren’t legal,...

Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning The decades long conflict between the city and county over utility extensions, annexation and high-density development may have come to an end on Monday with decisions by the two governing boards to endorse a compromise in the state Legislature. The Henderson County Board of Commissioners and the...

Mallory Shelbourne/USNI News President Donald Trump tapped Adm. Daryl Caudle to serve as the next chief of naval operations, nearly four months after the removal of Adm. Lisa Franchetti. The Senate Armed Services Committee received the nomination Tuesday, according to a Congressional notification. Caudle, who is currently the head of...

Dave Levinthal/Fortune Rep. Tim Moore (R-N.C.) appears to have missed a required disclosure deadline under a federal transparency law, failing to properly disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of personal stock purchases he made immediately before or after President Donald Trump’s April 2 “Liberation Day” tariff declaration, according to...

David A. Lieb/The Associated Press Louisiana is poised to hike taxes on sports betting to pump more than $24 million into athletic departments at the state’s most prominent public universities. Legislation pending before Gov. Jeff Landry would make Louisiana the first state to raise taxes to fund college sports since...

John Staton/Wilmington StarNews A gritty, soapy thriller of a TV series whose locations showcase Wilmington will soon be seen by viewers worldwide. “The Waterfront,” which shot in and around Wilmington and Southport in 2024, will drop all eight episodes of its first season on Netflix at 3 a.m. Thursday, June...

Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise An initiative launched nine months ago to increase pay for Guilford County Sheriff’s Office deputies and detention officers to boost recruitment to fill job vacancies hasn’t worked out as county officials hoped. Now county leaders are facing a nearly $4 million funding gap nearing...

Port City Daily After a successful three weekends launching a pilot program in February, the Brooklyn Arts District Collective is approaching city council by August about the permanency of a social district. The proposal to allow the district to launch every Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. will be considered...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Mecklenburg County’s nine-year partnership with The Peebles Corporation could be nearing its end. The county hired the firm in 2016 to redevelop Brooklyn Village in Second Ward. Nine years ago, Mecklenburg County commissioners made a crucial decision: They selected the Miami Beach-based Peebles Corporation to redevelop Brooklyn,...

Amanda Harry/QCity Metro The NAACP won’t invite President Donald Trump to its national convention, scheduled for July 12 – 16 at the Charlotte Convention Center — the first time the national civil rights organization has so rebuffed a U.S. President. At a Charlotte press conference on Monday, NAACP President and...

Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press North Carolina congressional and legislative districts drawn by Republicans that helped them retain majorities in Raleigh and Washington are in court, as federal lawsuits accuse mapmakers of illegally eroding Black voting power in the process. A three-judge panel convened Monday in Winston-Salem for a trial...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Two years ago, state lawmakers allocated $500 million to a group that helps academic researchers turn their work into business startups. But as the organization issues its first grants, the legislature could soon take back the money. The funding for NCInnovation was designed as a one-time appropriation...