Felicia Sonmez/BPR News Rep. Chuck Edwards has filed a complaint against the leaders of the House Ethics Committee, alleging the panel failed to follow its own rules when it investigated allegations that he sexually harassed two young, female staff members. Edwards, a Republican who represents North Carolina’s 11th District, filed...

Catherine Muccigrosso/The Charlotte Observer Harris Teeter is investing $253 million to modernize stores in its hometown of Charlotte where grocery competition is fierce to capture shoppers. Locations in Matthews, Waxhaw, Concord and Huntersville, as well as Fort Mill and Rock Hill, are among stores Harris Teeter plans to upgrade and...

Paul Woolverton/CityView Two of the Fayetteville area’s biggest entertainment and event venues, the Crown Theatre and the Crown Arena, were suddenly closed September 10 after construction experts cited structural concerns about the buildings. The two facilities, part of the larger Crown Complex entertainment and events campus, won’t reopen until they...

James Farrell/WFAE Radio Hundreds of third graders played games alongside Carolina Panthers players Tuesday at Bank of America Stadium as the team launched a new literacy and health initiative. Students from throughout the region streamed through the stadium tunnel and onto the field, where they tossed footballs into targets and...

Cindy Bae/WTVD Holy Trinity Anglican Church is seeking approval to build a new church along Old Lystra Road in southern Orange County that would incorporate affordable housing into the project to help address housing challenges in the community. The church has outgrown its building on U.S. 15-501 and has proposed...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press In 1971, North Carolina passed its first certificate-of-need law. Copying a model which started in 1960s New York, the program would require medical providers to seek permission from the government before expanding or developing new services. The idea behind the policy was that it would prevent...

Greg Lacour/WFAE Radio After months of debate and an earlier vote that appeared to end the project, the contentious Interstate 77 toll lanes from uptown to South Carolina may move forward after all. That appeared to be the case after Monday, when Charlotte City Council members discussed what to do...

Benjamin Schachtman/WHQR There’s significant momentum behind the plans for a tolled replacement of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, which are nearing the point of no return. Serious questions remain about the plans’ impact, and some are asking if there are any alternatives. Here’s a look at how we got here...

Shirleen Guerra/The Center Square  Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy are offering Virginia customers more bill relief and promising new jobs and investment as they seek approval for their proposed merger. The companies announced Monday they want to extend $10 monthly residential bill credits from two years to four years. They...

John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog Nearly seven months after withdrawing its application for a store in the Enka Commerce Park, Costco has submitted new plans with the City of Asheville. Costco withdrew its application for a highly anticipated new store in February, citing requests for on- and off-site improvements that had “increased...

Mark Jurkowitz/Outer Banks Voice The Kill Devil Hills Commissioners discussed some options for regulating E-Bikes in the Town at their Sept. 14 meeting—and the consensus that emerged is that there’s no easy and quick solution. “There’s a lot to think about here and we have time, given that the law...

Katie Myers & Frida Garza/BPR News & Grist On Tuesday, the day after Labor Day, a small band of activists marched past the gates of a sprawling plant nursery in Leicester, North Carolina, outside of Asheville. The sun beat down on rows of steamy greenhouses where workers moved through aisles...

Frank Daniels IV/The Southern Pines Pilot With many students settling into the school year, continued bus driver shortages remain a barrier for dozens of students and provide ongoing consternation for Moore County Schools transportation personnel. A raise to driver pay has bolstered interest in the position, but training times and...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Wilmington police chief is coming up on his one-year anniversary this month, a year marked by building up the ranks of officers while also fielding public scrutiny over several violent incidents in the city. Chief Ryan Zuidema sat down with Port City Daily for an...

Dasia Williams/CityView The Cumberland County Board of Education has taken the first step toward eliminating formal contracting goals for businesses owned by women, minorities, and disabled people after state lawmakers dismantled the framework supporting those requirements. The board voted unanimously September 8 to approve the first readings of proposals to...