Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro The future Hillsborough Station is currently set to be completed in 2027, but the town might have to wait a little longer before it comes into fruition. The Orange County Board of Commissioners recently met with the Town of Hillsborough to hear the latest updates. The 20...

Santiago Ochoa/WFDD Radio The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is carving out a space for itself in the Triad’s growing battery manufacturing landscape. The school’s recently launched BRIGHT Institute will work with students to train and prepare them for careers in the field. The race to train new professionals...

Rusty Jacobs/WUNC Radio In this file image, protestors gathered outside the state capitol to protest N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin’s effort to invalidate more than 65,000 votes in a race for a state Supreme Court seat. Jefferson Griffin’s effort to invalidate thousands of ballots in his bid for...

Aaron Beard/The Associated Press N.C. State fired men’s basketball coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, an abrupt end to an eight-year tenure coming less than a year after the Wolfpack’s improbable run to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship and the Final Four. The school announced the move a day after the...

Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Documents on file with the Haywood County Register of Deeds give a purchase price for the former paper mill and a suite of related properties now owned by Eric Spirtas and his company. This file shows the list of all 29 parcels included in the $3.36...

Will Hofmann/Asheville Citizen Times With easy access to local transportation and a central location near the heart of downtown, Buncombe County’s Coxe Avenue “100% affordable” housing project is moving ahead as county staff have suggested a developer for the site. The 50-52 Coxe Ave. project, produced in partnership with the...

Ari Hawkins, Doug Palmer & Daniel Desrochers/Politico President Donald Trump, in an abrupt about-face, announced Thursday he will delay 25 percent tariffs on a significant portion of Mexican and Canadian goods until next month. The carve-out applies to autos and all other goods from the two countries that comply with...

Ellen Knickmeyer & Michael Kunzelman/The Associated Press A federal judge on Thursday gave the Trump administration until Monday to pay nearly $2 billion owed to partners of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department, thawing the administration’s six-week funding freeze on all foreign assistance. U.S. District Judge...

Destinee Patterson/WRAL News The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Board has denied Saint Augustine’s University’s appeal to fully regain its accreditation. The school has been on probation since December. Issues with financial management and lack of oversight at the school put the its accreditation in...

Will Michaels/WUNC Radio Treasurer Folwell and Treasurer-elect Briner attend an Investment Advisory Committee meeting on Nov. 20. The N.C. Treasurer’s office is crafting a proposal to overhaul the way his office controls investments in the state pension plan. North Carolina’s pension plan for state employees is nearly 90% funded, which...

James Farrell/WFAE Radio The state Board of Education is working to finalize a new rule that could make it easier for experienced out-of-state teachers to get their license in North Carolina, members heard at their meeting Wednesday. Recent legislation removed a requirement for out-of-state teachers with more than three years...

Emilee Phillips/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Developers connected to the Junction Hall project, a two-story food hall concept that had been proposed for a well-known corner in downtown Aberdeen, have announced their decision to suspend moving ahead on the project. Owners Johnny and Lindsay Cauthen announced their initial plans for the...

The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Well-known documentary film maker Paul Bonesteel may soon be starting on a new project near and dear to the hearts of many in Haywood — a history of the Thomson-Gibson family and Champion International’s role in Western North Carolina. Bonesteel spent the better part of a week...

Bradley George/WUNC Radio Cumberland County is putting the brakes on construction of the Crown Event Center in Downtown Fayetteville. The $144 million facility, scheduled to open in 2027, will replace the nearly 60-year-old Crown Coliseum with a three-story venue that can host concerts, conventions, and other large events. The decision...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro As the U.S. government and court system grapples with President Donald Trump’s administrative efforts to reduce or scrap the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Town of Carrboro passed a resolution in solidarity with the agency’s workforce that has lost their jobs. During the council’s business meeting...