The High Point Enterprise The Guilford County Board of Commissioners announced late Friday afternoon that it will make an economic incentives offer at a location with a High Point company. The county would pledge incentives of approximately $57,800 for a company that would create 43 new jobs with an investment...

Ken Sweet/The Associated Press The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that Wells Fargo is no longer subject to harsh restraints the Fed placed on the bank in 2018 for having a toxic sales and banking culture. It’s a win for Wells Fargo, which has spent nearly a decade trying to convince...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Some might say newly appointed State Board of Elections Executive Director Sam Hayes wrote his own job into law. As general counsel for the Speaker of the House, Hayes had a hand in writing Senate Bill 382, the Tropical Storm Helene relief bill that also shifted...

Paul Woolverton & Maydha Devarajan/CityView Fayetteville’s long-planned downtown performing arts center and meeting space has been quashed after the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday voted 5-2 to discontinue the project. The decision on the 3,000-seat Crown Event Center comes seven months after construction started with a celebratory groundbreaking...

Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice Frustrated that their concerns about the actions of wild horse tour guides in their Swan Beach and North Swan Beach neighborhoods in the 4WD area of the Currituck Banks are falling on deaf ears, residents have become increasingly vocal in calling for additional regulations. “They’ve [the...

Judith Retana/CBS 17 News Lawmakers are considering a bill that aims to regulate hemp-derived products like delta-9. It’s an issue the state has grappled with for years. Chris Karazin has opened three Carolindica locations since starting his business in 2020. “The popularity has been tremendous for these products,” said Karazin....

Ben Crosbie/WCHL Chapelboro More than two hundred people crowded into the meeting room of the Whitted Building in Hillsborough on May 28 for a community meeting on the future of the property that once was Maple View Farm. Throughout the event, the crowd cheered and applauded emphatically as speakers voiced...

Anna Pogarcic/Education NC The Sampson County Schools Board of Education and the Clinton City Schools Board of Education have partnered with their local board of commissioners to sign a joint budget resolution. Under the resolution, both school districts are guaranteed a certain amount of local funding each year. According to...

Aaron Thomas/WRAL News Financial troubles continue to mount for Saint Augustine’s University as a Wake County judge has ordered the historically Black university to pay more than $20 million to a wireless company. According to court documents obtained by WRAL, the university is in default and must pay SBA Connect,...

Will Hofmann/Asheville Citizen Times An agreement struck between the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will address improper waterway debris removal in Western North Carolina, Rep. Chuck Edwards office announced June 3. The agreement comes after Edwards held two meetings with more than 30 different...

The Wilson Times Wilson Medical Center is investing $1 million into Barton College to help train the next generation of health care professionals in Wilson County. The investment will go toward Barton College’s School of Health Sciences with the construction of a state-of-the-art facility. The partnership also includes the establishment...

Nick Fogleman/The Watauga Democrat An amendment added to the North Carolina House budget proposal could significantly affect how Appalachian State University interacts with local governments in Watauga County. On May 21, the North Carolina House adopted Amendment 23 to legislation that would expand current exemptions for state-managed construction projects. The...

Brianna Atkinson/WUNC Radio UNC-Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees has approved tenure for select faculty after deferring to vote on the issue twice. The move comes after widespread criticism and concern from faculty at the public institution and other North Carolina universities. The trustees had been delaying the tenure vote since...

Jeffrey Collins/The Associated Press A residential treatment school for girls in the North Carolina mountains has closed after a state investigation and the deaths of two of its students who took their own lives. Asheville Academy announced Tuesday that it released all of its students from its Weaverville campus this...

DJ Simmons/WFDD Radio Dozens of residents spoke out at an Alamance County Commissioners meeting on Monday, calling for more support in the budget for schools and libraries. The concerns came after a recent presentation showed that keeping the tax rate flat would require deep cuts to services. Officials clarified at...