Taylor Knopf/NC Health News A new report by Disability Rights North Carolina found that a legal tool used to hold patients against their will for psychiatric treatment is frequently misused — violating patients’ rights and causing them long-term harm. When a person is having a mental health crisis — such...

WRAL News Activists gathered in Mebane on Tuesday to speak out against Buc-ee’s planned near the intersection of Interstate 40 and 85. It that would be the gas station’s first location in North Carolina. The popular, super-sized gas station and convenience store is set to be built on 34 acres...

Outer Banks Voice The Dare County Board of Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on June 9 at 9:00 a.m. to receive comments on the Manager’s Recommended FY26 Budget and Planned FY27 Budget that was presented to the Commissioners on May 5. The Public Hearing will be conducted at the...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Avelo Airlines — which operates an expanding base at Concord Regional Airport offering passenger flights — began an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security earlier this month to assist with deportation efforts. Avelo Airlines told WFAE that the charter program to assist in deporting migrants is...

Jason Stoogenke/WSOC News You may have to wait even longer to get your tax refund if you haven’t gotten it yet. Some taxpayers in North Carolina have reached out to Action 9 asking what’s happened with their money. We found out there’s an issue that’s only affecting people who are...

Erik Verduzco/The Associated Press Park ranger Jesse Anderson leads dozens of people on a weekly hike in North Carolina to see some of the most unique living things in the world — plants that supplement the nutrients they get from sunlight by digesting ants, flies and spiders. But the Venus...

Allen G. Breed/The Associated Press The brightly colored sign along the S-curve mountain road beckons visitors to the Gemstone Mine, the “#1 ATTRACTION IN CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE!” But another sign, on the shop’s mud-splattered front door, tells a different story. “We will be closed Thursday 9-26-2024 due to impending weather,”...

Brianna Atkinson/WUNC Radio Martin General Hospital closed in 2023, but a new state appropriation is set to reopen the facility as a Rural Emergency Hospital. A new state initiative for rural healthcare will help reopen a hospital in Martin County. The NC Care Hospital investment will provide $150 million to...

Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Emergency response, in particular fire service funding, was at the forefront of a county commissioner discussion after a wildfire triggered evacuations and a now-lifted state of emergency. Meanwhile, an advocacy group pushes the county for extended water access to reduce fire risk. After Potential Tropical Cyclone...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Darlene Fore is terrified. She’s a nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Asheville: a hard, but stable, federal job. Last year, her family was devastated by Tropical Storm Helene. Now, as she reaches 60 years old, her job, and her retirement benefits, could...

WFAE Radio Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings on Sunday night disclosed the details of a $305,000 settlement agreement with the city and said he plans to retire at the end of the year. Charlotte City Council agreed to pay Jennings in a closed session vote last month, after the chief...

Tim Henderson/NC Newsline Like many moderate-income workers, public school teachers Julia and Scott Whitnall didn’t think they’d become homeowners in their early 30s. Especially in California. “We never felt homeownership was in our cards. But we did it!” Julia Whitnall said. “We’re extremely happy.” The couple moved May 16 to...

Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A post-Helene budget crunch in Waynesville could force hard choices for the Downtown Waynesville Commission — to cancel some of its events or to axe planned downtown improvements. The town budget allocates $2,000 more for the Downtown Waynesville Commission next fiscal year compared to the current...

Jimmy Tomlin/The High Point Enterprise Did a controversial handgun carried by a High Point Police officer discharge accidentally two years ago, without the officer ever putting his hand on the trigger? The gun’s manufacturer says that’s impossible, but the recently retired officer — who was shot in the leg with...

Sydney Brainard/WCHL Chapelboro With every passing second, more and more of the North Carolina coast is eroding. Some of the most intensely affected coastal areas, like Rodanthe, where videos of homes pitching, heaving and crumbling into the sea have been going viral since 2020, have erosion rates as high as...