Richard Stradling/The Raleigh News & Observer Gas prices have spiked across North Carolina after the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran over the weekend. The average price of regular gas rose 15 cents overnight to $2.91 a gallon, according to AAA. The average diesel price is up nearly 18 cents, to $3.75...

Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News A statewide group that has focused on improving the health of mothers and babies since 2009 has been winding down its work since it lost state funding last October. Work has been going on behind the scenes, however, to get that funding restored, legislators said last...

Ryan Kilgallen & Seyun Park//The Duke Chronicle The Duke community might just be getting a little bigger. The university is close to finalizing an agreement with Durham Technical Community College to guarantee admission into the Pratt School of Engineering for select community college students graduating with an Associate of Engineering...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The Charlotte City Council on Monday night cleared the way for the controversial Interstate 77 toll lanes project to move forward, just days after speaking out forcefully against the expansion. Council members reversed course after the North Carolina Department of Transportation agreed to delay by three months...

Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom North Carolina environmental officials are asking a state judge to force the company that operated an unpermitted mine in Mitchell County to prevent pollution they say is running off the site and into the Nolichucky River. In a Feb. 17 filing in Mitchell County Superior Court, the...

Paul Woolverton/CityView The N.C. State Board of Elections on Wednesday rejected a request from Godwin town board candidate Dennis Smith Sr. to throw out the results of the town’s November election and hold a new one. The vote was 4-1. Smith told CityView he intends to appeal the decision and...

Morgan Casey/Border Belt Independent The N.C. State Board of Elections denied a protest appeal from a Red Springs mayoral candidate who claimed that employees of an assisted living facility improperly helped residents vote. Duron Burney, who has served on the town’s Board of Commissioners since 2011, lost the November election...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily Wave Transit staff revealed to its board last week it will need an additional $800,000 — plus potentially $650,000 for another bus — to reach on-time performance in its Wave Reimagine plan implemented a year ago. Wilmington and New Hanover County elected leaders would need to...

Richard Holm/Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald Patrick Brian Ricks was sworn in as a magistrate for Halifax County on Friday, as judges took the opportunity to highlight new bond policies in Judicial District 7. Inside the Halifax County Superior Courtroom, Superior Court Judge Brenda Branch welcomed everyone for the occasion. Chief...

Heidi Kirk/WRAL News North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein addressed the conflict in the Middle East at a Read Across America event in Raleigh on Monday morning. It comes as military bases across our area have increased security. When asked if North Carolina troops are assisting in the military operation in...

Elvis Menayese/WFAE Radio Hundreds are expected to arrive in uptown Charlotte for a three-day conference that kicks off Wednesday and aims to guide church members on topics ranging from daily operations to navigating political discourse. More than 800 clergy and laypeople will gather in Charlotte this week for the Episcopal...

Education NC The Public School Forum of North Carolina’s 2026 Local School Finance Study is now available. Through this study, The Forum has highlighted variations and trends in local spending for public education across our state’s 100 counties for over 30 years. The purpose of this annual study is to...

Taylor Knopf/NC Health News As North Carolina lawmakers grapple with how to keep people with serious mental illness out of jails and hospitals, one intervention that has piqued their interest is forcing people into treatment through involuntary outpatient commitment. It’s a court-ordered program that requires individuals with a severe and...

Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press Last summer, Southeast director at the Center for Biological Diversity Will Harlan spotted an eastern hellbender through his fogged snorkeling mask during a river survey. “It’s magical to see them in the wild,” said Harlan of the elusive and threatened creatures which depend on clean water....

Kelsey Coffey/WRAL News Higher oil and gas prices may be among the impacts of the U.S.-Israeli attacks in Iran. On Monday morning, North Carolina’s average price per gallon was $2.76, lower than the national average of $3, according to AAA. However, analysts are predicting prices to start climbing after strikes...