April Laissle/WFDD Radio North Carolina’s job market is continuing to outpace much of the nation — and Winston-Salem is leading the way in the Triad. New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows total employment in the Winston-Salem metro area rose nearly 2% over the past year. That’s about...

Zachary Turner & Stella Mackler/WFAE Radio Hurricane Helene destroyed thousands of state-maintained roads and bridges. But the storm washed away even more private crossings, leaving homeowners stranded. Nine months later, many folks still aren’t able to access their homes. A new engineering class at UNC Charlotte aims to fix that....

Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise  A High Point company that supports the technology industry says federal tariffs on imports have impacted a planned expansion. Pioneer Square Brands, or PSB, in 2023 moved its corporate headquarters from Seattle to 1515 W. Green Drive and announced a project the city said would...

Anna Claire Vollers/NC Newsline Nine months after Monroe County Hospital in rural South Alabama closed its labor and delivery department in October 2023, Grove Hill Memorial Hospital in neighboring Clarke County also stopped delivering babies. Both hospitals are located in an agricultural swath of the state that’s home to most...

Paul Garber/WFDD Radio North Carolina’s wine business has grown tenfold since the start of the century. But the industry as a whole is flat and facing concerns it hasn’t seen in decades. The state’s growers face their own set of challenges, including the lingering effects of Helene and an invasive...

Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio A group of students from North Carolina’s Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) spent a day at the state legislature Wednesday to advocate for funding and policies to support their education and voting access. At a press conference hosted by members of North Carolina’s HBCU Caucus on...

Mike Walden/WRAL News Although I have lived and worked in North Carolina for almost 50 years, I wasn’t born in our wonderful state. I was born and raised in Cincinnati. Like many people, I continue to root for the professional sports teams of my youth. In my case, in the...

Taylor Herzlich/The New York Post Popular Southern-based fast-food chain Bojangles is exploring a potential sale of its business as demand for fried chicken heats up, according to a report on Wednesday. The company could fetch more than $1.5 billion – three times what it sold for in a 2019 buyout,...

Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Waynesville is hoping to tap into hundreds of millions of dollars of available Helene related state recovery funds to pay for a needed sewer repair. The town is also seeking state help from a smaller pot of money in the form of an interest-free bridge loan...

Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro Chapel Hill’s effort to rewrite its Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) is now behind schedule, and the Chapel Hill Town Council recently heard an update on the plan to revise it at a work session on May 28. The council also discussed the need for more public...

Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Asheville Regional Airport is marking a milestone in its expansion: On Wednesday morning, AVL officials opened the doors of a new ticket lobby. The lobby — gleaming, white and full of natural light — is the latest step in a $400 million expansion that’s been...

Mary Helen Moore/NC Newsroom Two pieces of legislation that would involve North Carolina more deeply in the U.S. immigration crackdown passed the Republican-controlled General Assembly on Tuesday. Democratic Gov. Josh Stein now has 10 days to decide if he will sign the bills. A spokesperson said Stein was reviewing the...

Peter Smith/The Associated Press Southern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide. They also called for legislators to curtail sports betting and to support policies that promote...

Jack Hagel/WRAL News Chipmaker Wolfspeed says it’s laying off dozens of workers in Chatham County to adjust to softer demand for high-powered chips. The Durham-based company told state officials in an official notice this week that it plans to cut 73 manufacturing managers, technicians, engineers and other employees at its...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press When Shaneeka Moore-Lawrence was in school, cafeterias and hallways were filled with conversation. Now, they’re quieter. Most students are on their cellphones. “Students, I say jokingly, but not jokingly, come out of the womb swiping,” said Moore-Lawrence, president of the North Carolina Parent Teacher Association. “…Technology...