Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press A wide-ranging North Carolina election bill seemed headed for passage at lightning speed Tuesday morning in Raleigh. But now, it’s stopped in its tracks. Rep. Pricey Harrison, D-Guilford, told Carolina Public Press that the election bill is still headed to its final destination, but is taking...

Jack Evans/Asheville Watchdog One of Asheville’s largest urban forests remains on the chopping block. Now it seems to have been joined by the very idea that put it there. According to a series of documents published by the University of North Carolina-Asheville, the committee tasked with guiding the future of...

Joe Marusak/The Charlotte Observer Grading work is underway for a 50,000-square-foot Lowes Foods grocery store beside a four-lane divided highway under construction in Mooresville near Lake Norman, a town official said Tuesday. Known as the East West Connector, the nearly mile-long road was first proposed decades ago for drivers to...

Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Brunswick County is one of four U.S. sites eyed for what could become the world’s first commercial polymetallic nodule refinery. The proposed facility, referred to in a news release as Project Infinity, is the product of a consortium between Australian minerals-processing and mining company Cobalt Blue Holdings Limited...

WSOCTV News The YMCA of Greater Charlotte announced Wednesday it will sell its Morrison YMCA property for $42.5 million to Moments of Hope Church. The Morrison YMCA will remain open and fully operational through the anticipated closing in summer 2027. According to YMCA officials, the sale of the property is...

Will Atwater/NC Health News Two years ago, Emily Donovan stood on a stage in Fayetteville and introduced then-EPA Administrator Michael Regan. Regan, who was secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality before being tapped by the Biden administration to lead the EPA, had returned to the region —...

Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom Democrats and protesters pushed back against a sweeping elections law bill that House Republicans released Monday and plan to pass to the Senate before the week is over. The 37-page bill proposes a litany of changes to the state’s elections rules, including allowing any resident of a...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  With the expected blessing of party leaders in two counties he serves, state Rep. Bryan Cohn is expected to be on the ballot Nov. 3 trying to keep his District 32 seat in the House of Representatives. Cohn did not file for reelection and Oxford City...

Ahmed Jallow/NC Newsline Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a teacher pay bill that would give larger raises to veteran educators, arguing that North Carolina has spent years recruiting new teachers while doing too little to keep experienced ones in the classroom. House Bill 1130 would overhaul North Carolina’s teacher salary...

Dylan Halper/The Duke Chronicle Starting next month, the Trump administration will impose new limitations on graduate federal loans, leaving Duke’s graduate schools and prospective students in uncertain financial territory. The new regulations, coupled with provisions from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, radically upend the current borrowing system for graduate...

Jasmine Gallup/INDY Week Natalie Christley, a lifelong resident of North Carolina, originally intended to send her two children to traditional public school. Herbert Akins Road Elementary School, near her home in Holly Springs, had small classes and above-average test scores—exactly what she was looking for. Then, a few years before...

Abraham Kenmore/CityView Fort Bragg has $3 billion in maintenance backlogs. That’s according to information shared by leaders at the installation during the “State of Fort Bragg” presentation on May 5. “We’ve got an endless—roads, roofs, HVACs, you name it—list of projects to get after,” Garrison Commander Col. Chad Mixon said...

Claire Harutunian/The Charlotte Observer NoDa’s popular Neighborhood Theatre music venue said Tuesday it is closing for eight weeks this summer to upgrade its space. The Neighborhood Theatre renovations, which are set to start Tuesday, June 16, will include new lighting and sound systems for both stages, upgraded artist dressing rooms,...

Matt Lamb/The Southern Pines Pilot Pinehurst is making progress on a plan to renovate the Tufts Archives, but a final vision for the project isn’t quite set. The Village Council met recently to continue hashing out details surrounding floor plans designed by Oakley Collier Architects. Among several sticking points, the...

Kelsey Coffey/WRAL News Residents will learn new details about the future name of the Raleigh Convention Center on Tuesday and have a chance to share their opinions. The city is considering selling the naming rights to Atlantic Union Bank, which means the home of Wake County high school graduations, concerts...