Mary Helen Moore/Axios Raleigh North Carolina researchers tagging and tracking coastal fish have created an online tracker that lets anyone see where the fish are pinging. Why it matters: Red drum are hugely popular recreational fish, and yet their movement patterns are somewhat of a mystery. Zoom in: The state...

Andrew Marshall/The Waynesville Mountaineer There’s a syrupy quality to the morning light streaming through the windows at Pisgah Barber Shop. It’s a gentle glow — not the blazing fluorescents of a salon chain — but enough to illuminate the steam coming off Ken Warren’s coffee, and enough for the man...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority gave a glimpse this week into needed rate increases to accommodate rising costs — including from PFAS litigation — and the replacement of the Southside Water Reclamation Facility. At the CFPUA board’s April 8 meeting, staff said a recommended budget...

Amber Gaudet/The Charlotte Observer A Charlotte-based hair restoration surgeon cannot reapply for his North Carolina medical license until at least 2027, the state medical board announced Thursday. The board indefinitely suspended the license of Dr. Bruce Howard Marko following his role in a $17 million, multi-state bank fraud scheme that...

Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise South University in High Point wants to be synonymous with academic programming in health care, specifically nursing. Gone are the days when it offered undergraduate and graduate degrees across several fields, including accounting. It recently moved to an expanded space off N.C. 68 at 4050...

Kirstyn Clark/WRAL News The City of Raleigh is taking another step in its transformation of Dorothea Dix Park with the demolition of four buildings. Four buildings on the west side of the former hospital campus, known as the Adams, Ashby, Kirby and Williams buildings, will soon be demolished. According to...

Colin Campbell/WUNC News The state’s Utilities Commission will soon decide whether Duke Energy can increase residential electric rates by up to 18% over two years. It’s the first big decision for the commission since it shifted to a Republican majority. In late 2024, the legislature took an appointment to the...

Adam Wagner/WFDD Radio By the time David Batts spoke in front of the Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners, they had already changed its zoning ordinance to allow data centers and cryptomining facilities to be built in the Kingsboro Industrial Park. The next decision was whether the county should sell 120...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press When AdventHealth broke ground on its long-awaited Weaverville hospital on March 26, the Florida-based health system envisioned a hospital with hundreds of beds — one which could eventually rival that of HCA-owned Mission Hospital, which currently dominates the Asheville market. That plan, however, was thrown into...

Lena Geller/IndyWeek When you’re a kid, there’s something about a vacant space that announces itself as a clubhouse; it couldn’t be more apparent that the shed in the backyard needs a rug and a password and a sign on the door. Most people lose that impulse somewhere along the way....

Jo Napolitano/The74 While some might envision Gen Z welcoming artificial intelligence into their lives, a new Gallup survey finds people between the ages of 14 and 29 are becoming increasingly skeptical of — and downright mad at — AI. Compared to a similar survey last year, they’re less excited and...

Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Uncertainty and a lack of clear answers now surround Pender County’s controversial 2026 property revaluation after commissioners abruptly suspended the use of newly aggregated data, leaving the county — and its municipalities — in limbo during the height of budget season. Local governments rely on updated...

Ben Humphries/Education NC North Carolina school districts are facing an uncertain budgeting season as both federal and state funding sources hang in the balance. Over the last year, school districts have seen cuts to federal education grant programs and no pay raises for teachers after the General Assembly failed to...

Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News An attorney representing former Graham County Sheriff Brad Hoxit said his client will appeal a recent decision by Superior Court Judge William T. Stetzer that bars Hoxit from returning to office. District Attorney Ashley Welch filed a petition for Hoxit’s removal on Jan. 29, alleging Hoxit...

Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog Officers left the Asheville Police Department in droves following the protests sparked by a Minneapolis officer’s murder of George Floyd, according to APD statistics provided to Asheville Watchdog. The exodus left its sworn force about 30 percent understaffed from 2021 through 2025 and overwhelmed by a surge...