Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise A Triad developer of affordable housing communities has purchased a site in the Oakview area of High Point for a proposed multifamily project. Wynnefield Properties of Jamestown recently acquired 3.8 acres at the northwest corner of Old Winston Road and N. University Parkway for the...

Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online Jockey’s Ridge used to be known as the tallest natural sand dune on the East Coast, but now it’s described as its largest natural active sand dune system. While it may not be as high as it was in 1973, the unique phenomenon of nature is...

Greg Allen & Marisa Peñaloza/WFAE Radio U.S. Highway 70 is the main road through Swannanoa, a small town in western North Carolina, and it’s still a mess almost nine months after Hurricane Helene hit. There are piles of debris and buildings without windows and roofs. Most of the businesses that...

Ben Humphries & Chantal Brown/Education NC Lawmakers reconvened at the General Assembly to push a flurry of bills through the Senate and House education committees this week. At the Senate Education/Higher Education Committee meeting on Wednesday, among the bills up for discussion was a proposed committee substitute (PCS) which would...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Central Piedmont Community College violated North Carolina’s open meetings and public records laws, as well as the First Amendment, according to plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the school that just moved to federal court at the request of the school. The Southern Coalition for Social Justice...

Brian Burns/WUNC Radio With its new partnership with Secretly Group, Merge Records hopes it can better serve its artists. “Merge artists already know our enthusiasm and love for their music and what they’re doing,” Merge Records co-founder Mac McCaughan said. “And I think this will also give them some assurance...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News A pair of local bills pushed by Rep. Mark Pless (R-Haywood) — one welcomed by most, another, not so much — took important steps through the General Assembly earlier this week but still have a long way to go if they’re to become law. The first,...

WRAL News A man who died in a highly publicized shooting believed to be politically motivated has a Triangle connection. Democratic former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in their Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, home early Saturday. Mark Hortman was a Raleigh native, according to a...

Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily The recent issuance and subsequent lifting of a stop-work order at The Haven at Galleria, prompted by the removal of several oak trees, has brought renewed attention to Wilmington’s ongoing efforts in tree preservation. This incident, while specific to one development, underscores the complexities of Wilmington’s...

Sarah White/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Electric service providers in Haywood County are working around the clock to meet demands for electric generators following Hurricane Helene. Since Hurricane Helene ripped through the region last September, the demand for residential electric generators has skyrocketed. Scarred by days or weeks spent without power after...

April Laissle/WFDD Radio North Carolina’s job market is continuing to outpace much of the nation — and Winston-Salem is leading the way in the Triad. New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows total employment in the Winston-Salem metro area rose nearly 2% over the past year. That’s about...

Zachary Turner & Stella Mackler/WFAE Radio Hurricane Helene destroyed thousands of state-maintained roads and bridges. But the storm washed away even more private crossings, leaving homeowners stranded. Nine months later, many folks still aren’t able to access their homes. A new engineering class at UNC Charlotte aims to fix that....

Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise  A High Point company that supports the technology industry says federal tariffs on imports have impacted a planned expansion. Pioneer Square Brands, or PSB, in 2023 moved its corporate headquarters from Seattle to 1515 W. Green Drive and announced a project the city said would...

Anna Claire Vollers/NC Newsline Nine months after Monroe County Hospital in rural South Alabama closed its labor and delivery department in October 2023, Grove Hill Memorial Hospital in neighboring Clarke County also stopped delivering babies. Both hospitals are located in an agricultural swath of the state that’s home to most...

Paul Garber/WFDD Radio North Carolina’s wine business has grown tenfold since the start of the century. But the industry as a whole is flat and facing concerns it hasn’t seen in decades. The state’s growers face their own set of challenges, including the lingering effects of Helene and an invasive...