Port City Daily The planning board in neighboring Brunswick County will take up multiple projects Monday. Around 600 units — a mixture of single-family homes and townhomes — are being proposed from Holden Beach to Ocean Isle, Bolivia to Supply. Another 2,500 units, already approved in September, are requesting to...

Stan Choe/The Associated Press The U.S. stock market’s sell-off cut deeper on Monday as Wall Street questioned how much pain President Donald Trump will let the economy endure through tariffs and other policies in order to get what he wants. The S&P 500 dropped 2.7% to drag it close to...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press Who gets to claim the title of American Indian? That is the question at the center of a fight over potential federal recognition for the indigenous Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. For more than a century, the Lumbee — with a claimed membership of 60,000 people...

Brian Murphy/WRAL News North Carolina bettors wagered more than $6.1 billion in paid wagers and almost $500 million more in free or promotional bets in the first 12 months that online sports betting has been legal in the state. Sports betting launched on March 11, 2024. The North Carolina Lottery...

Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline State employees are criticizing plans to make their health insurance more expensive, saying options officials are considering will hurt hiring and recruitment efforts and tarnish a benefit of working for the state. The State Health Plan spends more money than it takes in. Its Board of Trustees...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio On a frigid morning in Myers Park, Carlos works diligently to renovate a patio and install a new jacuzzi. Carlos moved from Venezuela three years ago with temporary protected status (TPS), which allows him to work, but he’s unsure what’s next. President Trump recently revoked TPS status...

Paul Garber/WFDD Radio The Triad’s biggest cities do not have citizen-accessible Congressional offices — one of the many results of redistricting across the state. Local district offices are places where constituents can go for one-on-one help without having to go to Washington, D.C. Maybe they need assistance with a passport...

Sharryse Piggott/WUNC Radio UNC Law School students took last spring to Charlotte to work on a pro bono project assisting survivors of domestic violence seeking protective orders. Eight law students from UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Law will volunteer at two free legal clinics to help those impacted by Helene in...

Will Atwater/NC Health News Five weeks into the second Trump Administration, and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency continues to do what it calls restoring accountability of government by taking a buzz-saw approach to what it calls government waste. Critics warn that the administration’s actions risk destabilizing multiple federal...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro After initially seeking to use an alternative fuel source of plastics and packaging materials at its cogeneration facility, UNC announced Monday it withdrew its request for a permit modification to test the pellets. A release from the university said it would steer away from the engineered fuel...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Few volunteer service organizations can claim a century of community engagement alongside world-changing influence, but as Waynesville’s Rotary club rolls into its second century, its leaders are looking to bolster the personal, professional and philosophical ties that have brought the organization to where it is today....

Maya Waid/WFAE Radio At Creekside Elementary, Megan Reed sits in a too-small desk chair, looking around the classroom that wasn’t hers just weeks ago. The name tags on the cubbies still bear the handwriting of the teacher who had left midyear. The children are still adjusting — so is she....

Peter Lewis/Asheville Watchdog HCA Healthcare executives will be awarded performance bonuses in 2025 based primarily on hitting profit targets, rather than success in providing quality of care, the company disclosed in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. HCA operates Asheville’s flagship Mission Hospital and five other regional hospitals...

Mebane Rash, Kristen Blair & Ben Humphries/EducationNC On March 6, 2025, Gov. Josh Stein visited Micaville Elementary School in Yancey County with Holly Jones, the director of the Governor’s Western North Carolina Office. They met Superintendent Kathy Amos and had a chance to talk — really talk — to Principal...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online Campers, cyclists, hikers, birding enthusiasts and other outdoor recreationalists would be required to buy an annual pass to access game lands in the state under a proposal floated by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The “conservation access pass” proposal targets those users because they are...