Paul Garber/WFDD Radio The union representing the faculty musicians of the Eastern Music Festival is filing an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. Last week EMF’s board announced the cancelation of this summer’s event. The long-running classical music festival and education program was put on hiatus...

Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC Radio Ricardo Rossi — originally of Caracas, Venezuela — is the owner of BB’s Grill, a full-service food truck on Highway 70 in southeast Durham near the northwestern edge of Raleigh. As the Friday night rush begins in the Triangle’s unofficial Venezuelan street food corner, BB’s Grill owner...

John Staton/Wilmington StarNews These days, George Taylor answers to the inmate number 31663-511 at the Federal Correctional Institution, Williamsburg, a medium-security prison with an adjacent minimum-security facility in Salters, South Carolina, about halfway between Georgetown and Columbia. A Wilmington-based entrepreneur, Taylor is known for launching such successful start-ups as the...

Coastal Review Online Topsail Beach Mayor Morton Blanchard, a longtime resident and public servant of the Pender County town, died Sunday afternoon, according to a town release. “Mayor Blanchard leaves a huge voice in the Town of Topsail Beach,” the release states. “His leadership, wisdom, and compassion will be greatly...

Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News As child advocates last week discussed the growing food insecurity among North Carolina’s children, the U.S. House of Representatives took steps to cut federal programs that help combat child hunger. The House on Feb. 25 narrowly passed a Republican-backed budget blueprint that includes potential cuts of...

Gwendolyn Glenn/WFAE Radio Rev. Dr. Nelson Johnson kneels over the body of a fallen marcher in the aftermath of the Greensboro Massacre in 1979. Five people who participated in an anti-Klan march were killed and 12 wounded, including Nelson. North Carolina and the country lost a legend last month with...

Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Buncombe County’s hospitality industry was hard hit by the drop in tourism after Hurricane Helene. But last month, hotels posted their best January ever — due in large part to long-stay corporate guests booking rooms as they work on disaster recovery and insurance claims in...

Sarah Honosky/Asheville Citizen Times Funding for several major Buncombe County road projects has been cut in the N.C. Department of Transportation’s draft 10-year plan, with final approval coming later this year, according to a presentation from the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization. NCDOT’s draft State Transportation Improvement Plan, or...

Chantal Allam/The (Raleigh) News & Observer Raleigh Country Club is suing the city and local businessman Mark Thompson in an attempt to reverse approval of a 16-unit townhome project adjacent to its property. In a petition filed in Wake County Superior Court on Jan. 8, the club argued the city...

Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News A handful of men in orange jumpsuits gather around tables in a specialized unit on the second floor of the Mecklenburg County Detention Center. They turn their attention to a whiteboard with the words “defendant,” “judge,” “defense attorney,” “district attorney,” “jury” and other legal terms written...

The Associated Press Lighter winds Monday helped crews in South Carolina and North Carolina battle wildfires that caused evacuations and threatened hundreds of homes over the weekend. Hundreds of firefighters from across the state managed to keep the massive blaze in Horry County near Myrtle Beach from destroying any homes...

Mebane Rash/Education NC  On Saturday, March 1, 2025, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education released a FAQ about its recent “Dear colleague” letter. In the letter, issued on Feb. 15, educational institutions receiving federal funds — including preschool, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educational institutions,...

Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online The commission that makes decisions about coastal development is moving ahead with public comment on proposed language to reinstate Jockey’s Ridge protections previously in place for decades. During the Coastal Resources Commission’s first meeting of the year, which was held Wednesday and Thursday in the DoubleTree...

Trey Nemec/CityView The Spring Lake Board of Commissioners on Monday unanimously approved a $1.5 million capital project ordinance allowing for necessary repairs to be made to the town’s wastewater treatment plant. The facility sustained damage due to widespread flooding caused by Hurricane Florence in September 2018. In 2020, the Federal...

Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice With more than 75 people gathered to hear public comment at the Currituck County Cooperative Extension building in Barco, the North Carolina Division of Water Resources held a hearing on the NCDOT and NC Turnpike Authority’s 401 water quality certification application for the Mid-Currituck Bridge (MCB)....