Colin Campbell/WUNC News The state House is trying again to put an age limit on the sale of hemp-based products that have similar effects to marijuana. For several years, efforts to regulate hemp and THC products have stalled at the legislature. The House has passed bills with a wide range...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press  The student loan repayment plan, Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE), introduced by former President Joe Biden will officially cease in light of the passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act last summer. An estimated 269,000 North Carolina borrowers who are enrolled in...

Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom With 32 homes toppled since 2020, Buxton’s fast-eroding shoreline has become emblematic of challenges some North Carolina’s coastal communities are facing. Wednesday, North Carolina’s Senate Agriculture, Energy and Environment Committee discussed a trio of bills meant to protect Buxton and other communities with eroding shorelines. They would...

Greg Childress/NC Newsline The mother of a Durham man who died of heart failure after he became trapped in the laundry room of her downtown apartment building has sued the property owner and management firm. Debra Davies seeks compensatory damages for the estate of Jason Pulliam, who was 39 at...

Chase Jordan & Desiree Mathurin/The Raleigh News & Observer Atrium Health, Charlotte’s largest hospital provider, has given 14 acres of land off North Tryon Street for the city to build affordable housing at The Pearl mixed-use medical school and med tech development area. It’s part of a land swap deal...

Elaina Athans/WTVD Visit North Carolina says the Carolina Hurricanes’ run for the Stanley Cup could bring up to $15 million in local revenue, and the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce says there will be long-term benefits. “We are working every day using this run in the finals to really put us...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Two key votes by the Charlotte City Council in the past month have left some residents and business leaders wondering how much influence the city’s business community still has — and whether the so-called “Charlotte Way” is fading. The Charlotte City Council voted unanimously Monday night to...

WRAL News Apex property owners will pay more in fiscal year 2026-27 for public safety staffing, fleet replacement, parks and recreation programs, technology improvements and capital projects. The budget passed on Tuesday raises the town’s property tax rate from 35.6 cents to 37.35 cents per $100 of assessed value, or...

Amber Gaudet/The Charlotte Observer A Charlotte law firm tasked with handling the “winding down” of a North Carolina business that shut down in January and left customers out of tens of thousands each is no longer representing the company. American Log Homes and Cabins, a Charlotte-area company that was the...

Shelly Garzon/WLOS Asheville recently landed on a WorldAtlas list of the best places to live in North Carolina. While the recognition highlights what makes Asheville attractive, local realtors and business owners say they’re seeing a more complex picture on the ground. Local realtor J. Michael Manley says the housing market...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  With a work schedule absent ticketed events already carved out, any hiccups on the way to $310 million in upgrades for the home of the NHL Carolina Hurricanes would have been most unfortunate. Tuesday’s approval for the Centennial Authority, the manager of the arena, from the...

Hunter Sáenz & Hannah Goetz/WSOCTV DeCarlos Brown, the man accused of killing Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte light rail in August 2025, was found incompetent to stand trial in federal court Tuesday. Lauren Newton, the Zarutska family attorney, said Tuesday’s decision was not unexpected, and she and Iryna’s family remain...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press When history repeats itself, it’s usually not so quickly. During the lead-up to the primary election, students at Western Carolina University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and University of North Carolina-Greensboro raised alarms about the exclusion of campus early voting sites from county plans....

Laura Leslie/NC Newsline A proposal to regulate the growing cryptocurrency ATM industry in North Carolina was fast-tracked through the state House Tuesday, but not without some concessions to the industry. Cryptocurrency kiosks are ATMs that allow a user to convert currency to blockchain cryptocurrency. They’re currently unregulated in North Carolina,...

Liz Schlemmer/WUNC News In the first successful veto override of this year’s legislative session, North Carolina lawmakers are opting the state into a new federal tax credit program. The federal program lets taxpayers get a dollar-for-dollar tax credit up to $1,700 for making a donation to North Carolina non-profits that...