Paul Woolverton/CityView The Fayetteville Public Works Commission has not given up on its plan to build a $9.5 million solar farm off Ramsey Street just north of Fayetteville after the Cumberland County Commissioners on May 19 threw a roadblock in the project’s path. The electric utility’s board held a closed-door...

Liz McLaughlin/WRAL News When Hurricane Helene’s floodwaters finally receded last September, Alex Webber thought the worst was over. The co‑owner of On Your Bike Café and repair shop had fled New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, searching for higher ground in the North Carolina mountains. Instead, she found 3 feet of mud, a...

Luke Garrett/NPR The fate of legislation to enact President Trump’s domestic policy agenda moves to the GOP-controlled Senate this week, where a handful of Republican spending hawks are criticizing the price tag of the president’s mega-bill, which would grow the national debt by trillions of dollars, and calling for changes....

Grace Vitaglione/NC Health News Jennifer Burch is a second-generation pharmacist who’s been working at Central Pharmacy in Durham since she was a teen. Some of her current customers have been coming to the store since the days when she still worked with her father. In those days, when they worked...

Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A Republican business owner from Maggie Valley has announced his intention to challenge N.C. House Rep. Mark Pless, also a Republican, for the seat representing Haywood and Madison counties. It’s rare for a sitting legislator to face opposition in a primary.  The challenge is a reflection...

Jonathan Bym/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Rockingham Speedway is back on the market after Rockingham Properties LLC listed the track for sale last week, less than two months since NASCAR racing was brought back to the venerable track in April. The track was purchased by Rockingham Properties and owner Dan Lovenheim...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  Only 21,559 voter registrations separate Republicans from catching Democrats, the weekly update from the North Carolina State Board of Elections says. The final day of May listed 7,522,857 registrations split 37.8% unaffiliated, 30.7% Democrats and 30.4% Republicans. The trend is a continuing a turn of two...

Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press Tropical Storm Helene underscored the dangers of aging dams and flood-control infrastructure in Western North Carolina. Leading up to the storm, some signs already indicated that something more needed to be done should a natural disaster strike. A substantial number of aging dams are in poor...

Paul Garber/WFDD Radio Poultry and livestock are important drivers of North Carolina’s economy. A new technology from Appalachian State University will help keep the animals safe from parasites. Researcher Zach Russell recently earned a grant from NCInnovation to develop his lab’s AI-driven robotic microscope. The $2.3 million grant is the...

Paul Woolverton/CityView A walk through downtown Fayetteville shows the city’s former commercial heart presents a mixed picture of its health, but signs of growth. A passer-by might find homeless people wrapped in blankets, surrounded by battered baggage filled with their belongings, snoring in the evening in a doorway. A promised...

Paul B. Johnson/The (High Point) Enterprise The Guilford County Board of Commissioners will consider $75.9 million in economic incentives for a major economic development project during a special meeting and public hearing at 10 a.m. June 12. The name of the manufacturing company, its location within the county and job...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Nearly 2,000 women in Harnett County give birth each year. But the county’s only hospital no longer has a space fully equipped for them to deliver. Betsy Johnson Hospital in Dunn closed its maternity care unit in 2023, citing financial trouble. Harnett County women must...

Mary Helen Moore/WFAE Radio Republican leaders in the General Assembly are discussing whether to cut off the money large cities get for street paving projects. Since 1951, communities have gotten state money to maintain local roads through the Powell Bill. According to the Department of Transportation, most of that money...

Greg Allen & Marisa Peñaloza/WFAE Radio Before Hurricane Helene last September, Stuart and Jackie Pacheo’s home was wedged between the highway and a small creek in this town just outside Asheville. “We’re standing in what used to be the living room,” says Mr. Pacheo, “The kitchen was behind you, a...

Aaron Keck/WCHL Chapelboro The end of the 2024-25 school year was a time of celebration for UNC, as more than 6,000 students received their diplomas – and the Tar Heel women’s lacrosse team brought home an NCAA championship for good measure. University officials say they’re excited about the future as...