Taylor Knopf/NC Health News North Carolina is poised to receive $150 million from a new multi-state legal settlement with pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, for their alleged role in fueling the opioid epidemic. Attorneys general from all 50 states and the United States’ territories finally...

Josh Boak/The Associated Press An analysis finds a critical group of U.S. employers would face a direct cost of $82.3 billion from President Donald Trump’s current tariff plans, a sum that could potentially be managed through price hikes, layoffs, hiring freezes or lower profit margins. The analysis by the JPMorganChase...

Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News An Asheville law firm has filed a civil suit on behalf of two minor female clients alleging that the girls were sexually abused while employed at a Bojangles fast food restaurant near Lake Junaluska in Haywood County. According to a press release, the suit, filed June...

Port City Daily A long discussed development in Southport has now been given the green light to move forward. On Monday, June 23, the Southport Board of Aldermen unanimously approved a comprehensive package of measures for the Waterway Community project, a 378-acre development off West 9th Street. After two project...

Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Six weeks after a week-long civil court trial between Shining Rock charter school and a former parent, a verdict is finally in. And the school lost. Former parent and board member Rebecca Fitzgibbon alleged that Shining Rock Classical Academy charged excessive fees for public record requests...

Evey Weisblat/City View When Starbucks barista Elijah Wittmeyer-Balthazar decided to start a union campaign at his Fayetteville store for the third time, he knew it wouldn’t be easy. The barista would have to contend with the usual challenges of union organizing: a fear of being retaliated against and the stigma...

Aaron Beard/The Associated Press North Carolina has taken an unusual route to establishing a succession plan for athletic director Bubba Cunningham, fittingly coming amid a new landscape of revenue sharing in college athletics. Cunningham will complete a 15th sports season as UNC’s AD before moving next summer into a new...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed cities and states to ban camping and sleeping in public. Since the landmark City of Grants Pass v. Johnson decision, over a hundred localities have passed ordinances banning homeless people from camping or sleeping in public, according...

Rose Hoban/NC Health News On June 9, word started to spread that the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had unilaterally ended the terms of all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (known commonly as ACIP), the committee within the Centers for...

Paul Specht & Laura Leslie/WRAL News Political parties typically benefit from having an incumbent candidate on the ballot, but U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis didn’t bring that advantage to the campaign trail in 2026, Republican insiders and political scientists say. Tillis, first elected in 2014 over former Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay...

Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Significant state legislation is poised to reshape North Carolina’s hemp industry, directly impacting businesses and consumers. North Carolina’s largely unregulated hemp market, characterized by a proliferation of psychoactive products and inconsistent quality control, is at a turning point as state lawmakers debate House Bill 328. The...

Chris Burritt/Business North Carolina Guilford College averted the potential loss of its academic accreditation after raising more than $5 million in unrestricted cash by June 30. Next, supporters of the 188-year-old private Quaker College in Greensboro will learn about long-term planning aimed at ending years of financial struggles. “We are...

Savanna Tenenoff/Wilmington StarNews With more residents moving in and debris and waste constantly being dumped, the Brunswick County Landfill is slowly maxing out. The county’s construction and demolition material landfill at 172 Landfill Road NE, Bolivia, is nearing capacity and the county is preparing for eventual closure of the facility,...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro A celebrated local recording studio is on the market, seeking new ownership who aims to maintain its status as a back-to-nature haven for artists. Manifold Recording off Seaforth Road in Chatham County is for sale, as owners Michael and Amy Tiemann are moving to New Zealand. The...

Symone Graham/Charlotte Business Journal Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) is preparing to close two branches in the Charlotte region as part of ongoing efforts to streamline its branch network. The San Francisco-based banking giant plans to close a location at 1018 Dallas-Cherryville Highway in Dallas, west of Charlotte. It...