The Wilson Times Wilson Medical Center is investing $1 million into Barton College to help train the next generation of health care professionals in Wilson County. The investment will go toward Barton College’s School of Health Sciences with the construction of a state-of-the-art facility. The partnership also includes the establishment...

Nick Fogleman/The Watauga Democrat An amendment added to the North Carolina House budget proposal could significantly affect how Appalachian State University interacts with local governments in Watauga County. On May 21, the North Carolina House adopted Amendment 23 to legislation that would expand current exemptions for state-managed construction projects. The...

Brianna Atkinson/WUNC Radio UNC-Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees has approved tenure for select faculty after deferring to vote on the issue twice. The move comes after widespread criticism and concern from faculty at the public institution and other North Carolina universities. The trustees had been delaying the tenure vote since...

Jeffrey Collins/The Associated Press A residential treatment school for girls in the North Carolina mountains has closed after a state investigation and the deaths of two of its students who took their own lives. Asheville Academy announced Tuesday that it released all of its students from its Weaverville campus this...

DJ Simmons/WFDD Radio Dozens of residents spoke out at an Alamance County Commissioners meeting on Monday, calling for more support in the budget for schools and libraries. The concerns came after a recent presentation showed that keeping the tax rate flat would require deep cuts to services. Officials clarified at...

Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press Months after Tropical Storm Helene ravaged Western North Carolina, rural communities, unincorporated towns and small municipalities are still trying to recover and rebuild. They face another monumental challenge: ensuring their homes, businesses, and public spaces are more resilient to future extreme rainfall events, intensified by climate...

WRAL News The downtown Raleigh Holiday Inn on Hillsborough Street will not be torn down. It is going to stay right where it is. Built back in 1969, it’s best known for its circular shape. People who live in Raleigh have described the building at 320 Hillsborough St. as both...

James Farrell/WFAE Radio Intellicor Academy, an Islamic school in east Charlotte, is one of Mecklenburg County’s largest Opportunity Scholarship recipients. The latest data from the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority show Mecklenburg County students received nearly $40 million in Opportunity Scholarship funding this school year to attend private schools....

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Wilmington City Council took its first of two votes on its 2025-2026 budget Tuesday night, though one council member dissented based on one-tenth of a cent. Highlights of the city’s budget proposal include $8.6 million for increases to salaries, including for first responders, $30.5 million...

The (High Point) Enterprise Novant Health has named new executives to its Triad Region leadership team, including at the health system’s hospitals in Thomasville and Kernersville. Chris Brown became facility president and chief operating officer of Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center effective May 19, and Brown began his health care...

Smoky Mountain News The N.C. Department of Transportation and its partners have selected two sites in the Pigeon River Gorge for extracting and storing material to help rebuild sections of Interstate 40 damaged by Hurricane Helene. A nearly 33-acre site will be used to extract stone, and an adjacent 11.5-acre...

Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press As climate-related disasters grow more frequent and costly, communities and governments face tough questions about how to mitigate future floods. Federal, state, and local decision makers often clash because they’re driven by different incentives, budget constraints and timelines, making coordination among governments challenging. State Sen. Julie...

Eli Chen/WUNC Radio After 35 years, Neo-China, one of Durham’s oldest Chinese restaurants, has closed its doors. The family-owned restaurant grappled with increasing inventory prices caused by the 145% tariff the U.S. imposed on Chinese goods in April. Since then, the trade war has de-escalated and a 90-day pause has...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s board of directors were given the chance to stop a tolled Cape Fear Memorial Bridge in its tracks this week and it chose not to, even after protest from one member. The board voted 8-4 on a resolution to...

John Boyle & Jack Evans/Asheville Watchdog After decades of planning and debate, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has said it’s close to starting construction on the long-gestating I-26 Connector project. But community members, including architects and planners, are still asking the agency to reconsider some of its designs, particularly...