Paul Woolverton/CityView Two more people have dropped out of the November Fayetteville City Council election, Cumberland County Elections Director Angie Amaro told CityView on Tuesday. Khalil Younger, who was running for the District 7 seat, and Robbie Poole, who was running for the District 8 seat, withdrew around August 19,...

Jenna Fryer/The Associated Press A federal judge on Wednesday denied two teams — one owned by NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan — a preliminary injunction in their antitrust suit against NASCAR to be recognized as chartered teams for the remainder of the season. Judge Kenneth Bell of the U.S....

Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News North Carolina students are making big gains in math, though they remain behind the proficiency rates of 2018 and 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools, new data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction shows. Statewide test proficiency rates are still behind pre-pandemic levels across...

Celeste Gracia/WUNC Radio Local governments and environmental advocates are asking the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to establish a preliminary health goal for 1,4 dioxane in drinking water. Similar to PFAS, 1,4 dioxane is a toxic, man-made chemical that can cause cancer over a lifetime of exposure....

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio A Charlotte City Council committee Tuesday approved a framework for appointing board members to a new transit authority, which would be enacted if voters approve a new 1-cent sales tax in November. Some officials, however, were skeptical — even some of those who voted yes. If voters...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily  A transportation sales tax across New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties is in the early stages of research at the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, though elected leaders are looking for constituent feedback before moving forward.  On Aug. 26, members of the WMPO’s Alternative Funding...

Taylor Knopf/NC Health News A new psychiatric hospital in Greenville will begin serving patients in eastern North Carolina later this month. ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital is a new 144-bed facility intended to provide inpatient and intensive outpatient psychiatric services to adults and children; it will open with a 24-bed...

Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog Mission Hospital CEO Greg Lowe has told employees the company wants to hire 200 employees over just more than three months beginning on Sept. 22, according to a document obtained by Asheville Watchdog. “You asked, we listened,” Lowe said in a newsletter sent to staff and...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Mecklenburg County is one of 10 North Carolina counties with primary elections this fall. Charlotte is one of even fewer municipalities with contests set for next week. In the largely Democratic stronghold, the primaries generally decide the overall winner. Turnout is usually low. In the 2023...

Sergio Osnaya-Prieto/EducationNC Four North Carolina community colleges have joined a network spearheaded by the Aspen Institute whose goal is to align these colleges’ programs with available career and bachelor’s degree pathways, according to a press release. The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program announced the 55 community colleges that will join...

Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A truck driver who claims he was terrorized and assaulted by an angry mob of landfill workers at a flood debris site in Canton has made good on his threat of a lawsuit. A federal lawsuit against the private landfill company and six of its employees...

Charlie Kingree/Wilmington StarNews Avelo Airlines flights from Wilmington to Houston will stop after September, while Detroit service will only run during peak periods. The airline is cutting the routes earlier than originally planned due to low demand. Travelers can still book one-stop flights to these cities on various airlines. Two...

Heather Landi/Fierce Healthcare Shifting federal COVID-19 vaccine criteria are making seasonal vaccinations a more complicated process, both for patients and providers. Retail pharmacies are often the most convenient places for patients to get COVID-19 vaccines, and, up until recently, it didn’t require a prescription and insurance companies covered the shots....

Donica Phifer/Axios Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that President Trump may grant some exclusions on tariffs for home construction supplies, potentially offering relief to homebuilders. Why it matters: The housing market has stalled as the cost of purchasing has risen and supply has dwindled. High interest rates, as well...

Brian Gordon/The (Raleigh) News & Observer Natron Energy, the sodium-ion battery startup that last summer promised to create 1,000 jobs at a future $1.4 billion factory in Eastern North Carolina, will stop operating as a company Wednesday due to funding issues. “We appreciate our customers and partners support though our...