Abraham Kenmore/CityView For Mike Lopez, the small 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum at Fort Bragg is a cornerstone of the military unit he once served with. But he worries it may not remain there much longer. In June, the Army announced plans to consolidate its current 41 museums down...

Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise A south High Point medical distribution company plans to expand in a shuttered furniture factory near its headquarters. Exemplar Health earlier this month acquired the 16-acre property at 1914 S. Elm St. that included the former Richloom Weaving, which recently closed, laying off 54 workers....

Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer The Federal Emergency Management Agency has reneged on an implied promise to pay for Helene-related repairs on a bridge that provides a vital link to downtown Waynesville. And the end result could be costly to the town’s taxpayers. Waynesville leaders were under the impression that FEMA...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press The North Carolina General Assembly pledged to rein in “unelected bureaucrats” with an overhaul of the state’s creation of regulations in one of its most contentious legislative actions of 2025. But what does it really mean when lawmakers say they intend to cut through red tape?...

Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio As the bell rings to start a new period at Green Hope High in Cary, students settle into Harrison Miller’s earth science class. Hanging on the wall by the door is a set of small numbered pouches, most of them already holding a student’s phone. “Anyone who...

Port City Daily Developers are seeking to transform a large tract of land into a new community that could add nearly 12,500 homes to the county’s growing landscape. A massive new housing project is in the works for Brunswick County, with developer Strategic Real Estate Partners LLC planning to develop...

Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise The city of High Point is trying a different approach to create its proposed Southwest Mill District. Instead of rezoning a 171-acre old industrial area along W. Green Drive between downtown and Ward Avenue, the plan is now to leave the existing zoning in place...

John Staton/Wilmington StarNews Over the decades, Wilmington’s film and television industry has been likened to a roller coaster, with years when the number of productions soars, sometimes followed by a steep decline. Right now, however, the industry in Wilmington is largely at a standstill. In addition to a handful of...

Lilly Knoepp/Blue Ridge Public Radio Five Tribal Council newcomers won in Thursday’s election on the Qualla Boundary, which saw lower-than-normal turnout. Eastern Band of Cherokee (EBCI) voters headed to the polls to cast ballots for all 12 seats of Tribal Council. The results, not yet certified, show that the council...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro After returning test results from THC-A products purchased at two businesses in Chatham County, the sheriff’s office announced charges against the operators and warned the community of their marketing toward minors. A release from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office on Monday detailed a recent investigation that led...

Claire Harutunian/The Daily Tar Heel In the second admissions cycle following the elimination of race-conscious affirmative action, UNC reported an increase in Hispanic students, while the percentage of newly enrolled Black students has stayed the same since its significant decline last year. This shows demographic trends in the class of...

Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog State inspectors have returned to Mission Hospital for the second time in four months following complaints from nurses and a coalition of doctors, patient advocates and elected officials about recent deaths they say could have been prevented with better staffing and better telemonitoring procedures. “NCDHHS-DHSR staff...

Kelly Tyko & Ben Berkowitz/Axios President Trump spent his 2024 campaign promising Americans he’d lower grocery prices. Virtually all major grocery categories are now more expensive than they were a year ago, some substantially so. Why it matters: Trump’s economic polling numbers are about the worst they’ve ever been, and...

Jack Hagel/WRAL News Officials in Four Oaks are poised to annex an assemblage of farmland east of the town center — a move that could pave the way for more development and jobs in Johnston County. Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, which has been growing in the county, has been scouting...

Trista Talton & Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online The Environmental Management Commission voted unanimously Thursday to send a rule outlining health-based standards for three per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the state Rules Review Commission. The 15-member commission also wrapped up the rulemaking process to “clarify” the definition of wetlands, as directed...