Paul Garber/WFDD Radio Guilford College trustees have named Jean Bordewich to a two-year term as president. Bordewich has served as acting president since January, when Kyle Farmbry stepped down after three years at the helm. Last month, the college wrapped up a successful fundraising campaign, raising more than $6 million....

Sarah White/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer N.C. Rep. Mark Pless doesn’t have a strong record of following campaign finance rules. In just the last four years, he’s garnered six late filing penalties — the latest could put a hold on his campaign spending entirely. Political candidates and representatives must file regular reports...

Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio East Fork Pottery filed a lawsuit against its insurance company for failing to provide any financial restitution after the business was closed for almost a month because of Hurricane Helene. The insurance company – Travelers – did pay the Asheville-based business for damages to...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press On a national stage, North Carolina often serves as a state to watch for its purple and swingy political nature. However, its own citizens are opting out of civic engagement at higher rates than most of the country, according to the 2024 Civic Health Index. Ineffective...

Grace Hayba/WRAL News The countdown to the return to school is on for many major Triangle-area traditional school systems, including Wake County and Durham County. Pediatricians say now is a critical time for parents to make plans to bring their children to see their family doctor for vaccinations. The North...

Morgan Starling/The (Jacksonville) Daily News  Tensions were high at the Aug. 12 Holly Ridge Town Council meeting as residents and council members struggled to find common ground on the consideration of a proposed annexation. Holly Ridge Development Group submitted a voluntary satellite annexation request on July 31 to the town...

Will Doran/WRAL News The leader of NCInnovation plans to leave after the end of the year, he told WRAL in an exclusive interview. The group is an ambitious public-private partnership aimed at helping university scientists turn their research into job-creating private ventures. Research Triangle Park has been a key driver...

Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The State Auditor’s Office investigation of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools reveals years of overspending, incorrect budgeting practices and a lack of internal controls— but no embezzlement or fraud. The audit was released Thursday morning. It’s a 39-page deep dive into the district’s finances that mostly confirms what officials...

Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog Asheville Watchdog’s lawsuit alleging the city of Asheville violated North Carolina’s open meetings laws can proceed, a judge has ruled. Judge Robert Ervin filed a brief order Aug. 8 affirming that The Watchdog and fellow plaintiff Sunshine Request, an Asheville-based public interest project that publishes results...

Adam Wagner/WUNC Radio A quarry that had been operating along the Nolichucky River must stop digging up and crushing rock immediately, a Mitchell County Superior Court judge ordered this week. Judge Theodore McEntire issued a preliminary injunction against Horizon 30, LLC, on Monday. McEntire also directed Horizon 30 to establish...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Flooding from Tropical Depression Chantal displaced more than 150 people from their Central North Carolina homes in early July. The storm exposed deep inequities in the region’s housing market, activists and academics say, with a significant focus on Chapel Hill. Rising waters disproportionately affected older...

Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News To give more seriously ill incarcerated people the opportunity to go home before they die, North Carolina lawmakers expanded the eligibility criteria of prison medical release in 2023. But data obtained by NC Health News shows that more people aren’t getting released. Since 2008, medical release...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News The American Flood Coalition’s Recovery and Resilience Partnership is barely six months old, but it’s already helping to deliver results in the form of a $20 million mitigation grant program aimed at helping communities in Western North Carolina recover from Hurricane Helene and prepare for the...

Greg Childress/NC Newsline At Health and Nutritional Development Empowered Education, a Christian-based food assistance program in Spring Lake, there’s been a noticeable uptick in military families seeking help to put food on the table, said Renee Gregory, the program’s leader. “It has increased treNC food banks can’t fill the hunger...

Paul Woolverton/CityView Fayetteville City Council candidate Enrique “Ranger Rick” Murillo is dropping out of the race, he told CityView on Thursday. His decision, which he said he reached on Wednesday, follows the Cumberland County Board of Elections’ vote the day before to allow Murillo to remain in the race for...