Robert Sullivan/The Salisbury Post     The Salisbury City Council voted to sell the Plaza Building to the Wallace Family on Tuesday with no material changes to the development agreement. The Wallace Family, who created the company Wallace Building Salisbury in July to serve as the purchasing entity, will buy the building...

Adam Wagner/WUNC Radio Officials from the N.C. Department of Labor discovered an illegal mine earlier this year when federal officials asked them to provide safety training at the Mitchell County site. A Department of Labor official realized that the mine had “multiple irregularities,” according to a news release from the...

Brianna Sacks & Maeve Reston/The Washington Post The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million in preapproved funds intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure still in disrepair almost a year after Helene hit the region, according to documents obtained...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press HCA Healthcare kept watchdogs waiting for months for information that would determine whether the company was in compliance with the state-mandated terms of its purchase agreement for Asheville-based Mission Health. When the company relented, it kept control over what could be made public about the...

Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times In a sign of things to come – and a sign of how things have been in the last decade – the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, on Thursday, Aug. 7, overturned a previous denial by the county’s Planning Board and gave the green light to...

Business North Carolina Raleigh businessman Art Pope is a strong supporter of Donald Trump who isn’t afraid to express his disagreements with the president. That makes him a rarity among Republicans, but Pope’s wealth and self-confidence may insulate him from pressures felt by others who disagree with Trump’s trade policies....

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio The Division of Motor Vehicles is using interns to help manage long lines at driver’s license offices. New DMV Commissioner Paul Tine told the State Board of Transportation this week that one of the agency’s challenges is that if you show up without the documents you need,...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News The Waynesville Town Council will remove two members from the town’s Zoning Board of Adjustment after an investigation by The Smoky Mountain News last month revealed they’d each been appointed to a fourth term in violation of the town’s own term limits policy. According to the...

WRAL News The owner of several bars and clubs in Raleigh’s Glenwood South has won a lawsuit against the city for its nightlife regulations. Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Holcombe III’s ruling called the city of Raleigh’s ordinance that requires businesses to get a nightlife permit and pay fees...

Greg Childress/NC Newsline The Wilmington City Council  has pledged to continue the work of a committee devoted to workforce housing issues despite losing New Hanover County as partner. The New Hanover County Commissioners voted 3-2 last month to walk away from the Workforce Housing Advisory Committee, citing city budgets cuts...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro As UNC is working to adjust its admissions approach to expand undergraduate student enrollment, it also is planning on revamping its on-campus housing to accommodate more people. The first step was already approved in May, as the university will build its first new dorm on campus in...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Supporters of a 1-cent sales tax increase for transportation packed the Government Center Wednesday night. Mecklenburg Commissioners voted 8-1 Wednesday night to place a 1-cent sales tax increase on this November’s ballot, setting the stage for a three-month campaign that will determine the future of the region’s...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Ocracoke Island is facing major erosion around the busy ferry terminal that connects it to Hatteras. But proposals to move the ferry docks are facing opposition. Drivers waiting on the ferry from Ocracoke to Hatteras can’t line up in the original stacking lanes anymore, because the asphalt...

Trey Nemec/CityView Rollease Acmeda, a manufacturer and distributor of window coverings, has officially opened a new warehouse site in Hope Mills. A crowd of about 30 community leaders, local officials and company employees gathered at the facility located at 103 Tom Starling Road on Monday afternoon to celebrate its grand...

Carly Haynes/WRAL News A Netflix promotional campaign with a popular restaurant is getting the attention of customers, but for reasons outside of the television show. On Wednesday afternoon, customers walked into Wendy’s on North Harrison Avenue in Cary and saw what appeared to be a noose hanging from the ceiling...