Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer For political junkies, there will be two events this Saturday sure to provide both inspiration and fun. A “No Kings” rally sponsored by Hands Off Haywood will celebrate Flag Day and the U.S. Constitution. It is one of 1,800 planned across the nation in conjunction with...

Jane Winik Sartwell/NC Health News The first train to run into Asheville in eight months following Tropical Storm Helene. The rail line is operated by Norfolk Southern. Provided Asheville’s train has come. Norfolk Southern, Western North Carolina’s primary rail carrier, resumed rail service from Tennessee into Asheville on May 20....

Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & Charlotte Ledger After Cathy Head of Charlotte fell and fractured her shoulder in 2023, she was pleased that her health insurance covered almost all of the expenses for her care: the emergency room visit, the physician’s charges and months of physical therapy. Then she got...

Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Two big rigs wrecked within an hour of each other while hauling flood debris to a private landfill in Canton last Friday — further fueling complaints that the narrow, curvy road can’t accommodate the nonstop parade of around 1,000 trucks a week. “This road’s not designed...

Laura Ungar & Amanda Seitz/The Associated Press Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks. Major physicians and public health...

Stacie Borrello/NC Health News “Don’t leave me alone with knives” was the startling plea that echoed through two very different families in North Carolina—and exposed the one broken system that is failing children going through mental health crises. David, a 14-year-old in Raleigh, and Ashley, a 10-year-old in Fuquay‑Varina, each...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The Charlotte City Council voted on Monday to extend the contract of interim city attorney Anthony Fox through the end of the year. They also voted to give him a $75,000 bonus. Fox started in January to replace Patrick Baker. He was supposed to work on a...

Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro The Town of Pittsboro recently adopted an agreement with the county government that could help reshape its downtown. The interlocal agreement with Chatham County, which Pittsboro’s Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted at a meeting on May 12, allows the two local governments to collaboratively decide the future...

WFDD Radio President Trump has been promising his tariffs will help make America more prosperous. There’s already evidence that tariffs are helping the government’s bottom line. The federal government collected $68.9 billion in tariffs and excise taxes during the first five months of the year, according to Treasury Department data...

Paul Woolverton/CityView To help Fayetteville and Cumberland County attract industry, the Fayetteville Public Works Commission is considering increasing the discount it offers to companies that build plants that consume a large amount of electricity. The new discounted rate, called an economic development rider, would last for five years, just as...

Rickie Houston/WilmingtonBiz The New Hanover County Airport Authority this week approved $78 million worth of work on a project at Wilmington International Airport (ILM) and adopted the airport’s $94 million budget for fiscal year 2026. The $78 million is for phase 2 of the airport’s road, curb and parking garage...

Eric Olson/The Associated Press Conference commissioners lauded a judge’s approval of a $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit settlement as a means for bringing stability and fairness to an out-of-control college athletics industry but acknowledged there would be growing pains in implementing its terms. In a 30-minute virtual news conference Monday, commissioners...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio In addition to the potential federal funding cuts that public broadcasters across the country are facing, PBS North Carolina could also lose a big chunk of its state funding this year. The Senate budget would slash $4 million of the roughly $10 million the TV network receives...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press In April, Attorney General Jeff Jackson stood shoulder to shoulder with local law enforcement outside the Haywood County courthouse to launch Safe to Rebuild, an effort to fight looting of property and contractor fraud amid Tropical Storm Helene reconstruction. The gesture, Jackson told Carolina Public Press,...

WRAL News North Carolina’s car insurance rates will increase by an average of 5% statewide, according to the Department of Insurance. The increase will take effect on new and renewed policies on and after Oct. 1, according to the state. The 5% increase is far less — 17.6% — than...