Kirstyn Clark/WRAL News Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell said she does not support a $200 million housing bond for the city. It comes as ONE Wake, a local faith-based group, held an assembly Saturday, demanding affordable housing initiatives and to hear where officials stand on those demands. Mary Kintz, a strategist...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The chief of the Wilmington Police Department is defending his officers’ handling and the department’s dissemination of information in the wake of three stabbings in downtown Wilmington over the weekend; however, he said he will be readdressing resource allocation, including where he assigns officers, as the...

Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News North Carolina college students are concerned a UNC System policy draft could end some financial aid and legal services programs. The regulation would prohibit student activity fees from funding initiatives that aren’t available to the whole student body. This includes individual grants and financial assistance, which outgoing...

Allen G. Breed & Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press An Army veteran has been charged with sharing classified information about an elite commando unit with a journalist, which one official said put the country, members of the U.S. military and the nation’s allies at risk. Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram,...

Shabnam Danesh/WNCN Raleigh city leaders are facing a $13 million budget shortfall, and it could result in higher property taxes for residents. While property taxes make up a big chunk of the city’s $1.8 billion budget, city leaders said that revenue isn’t coming in as expected. Budget Director Sadia Sattar...

Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press A recent state audit of Elm City found almost $64,000 in outstanding checks dating back to 2012 and a series of financial policy violations by town officials, which the auditor said “increased the risk of fraud, waste, or abuse of tax dollars.” Elm City is a...

William F. West/Rocky Mount Telegram The town of Speed is on track to give up its town charter, with a dissolution set to officially happen by June 30 if everything goes according to plan. Once those final steps are complete, the Edgecombe County town will be a town no more....

Joe Marusak/The Charlotte Observer A defiant Mooresville Mayor Chris Carney said Tuesday he sees no reason to resign after Monday night’s 4-2 no-confidence vote by the town board. “There is nothing that came out last night that would make me believe that should be an option,” Carney said in an...

DJ Simmons/WFDD Radio Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough called for better funding to support his staff during a press conference on Wednesday. The press conference follows a county commission meeting, where it was revealed that his office could be over budget by more than a million dollars. Sheriff Kimbrough says...

Kara Fohner/Gaston Gazette Gastonia has a baseball stadium, but its parking lot is off-limits. The now defunct Gastonia Honey Hunters baseball team owns it, according to the city. The owners, N.C. Gas House Gang, have been embroiled in a lawsuit with the city of Gastonia for years. The Atlantic League...

Cierra Noffke/WilmingtonBiz Wilmington-based Off the Hook Yachts has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Bellhart Marine Group LLC, a Wilmington-based boat dealer, according to a press release. “This is an infrastructure-driven acquisition,” said Jason Ruegg, founder and president of Off the Hook Yachts, in the release. “We are building what...

Charlie Kingree/Wilmington StarNews Pender County residents showed up in full force at the April 7 Board of Commissioners meeting. With more than 200 people in attendance, they couldn’t even all fit in the room. They spilled out into the adjacent hallway, straining to see and hear the proceedings. Eventually, they...

Will Atwater/NC Health News Within months of becoming chief of Double Creek Volunteer Fire and Rescue in November 2025, Jimmy Brown received sobering news: His station’s well water was contaminated with PFAS at levels that exceeded federal limits. The station in Pinnacle, northwest of Winston‑Salem near Pilot Mountain, is one...

Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog Lucero Sierra was in high spirits at Mission Hospital on Sept. 25, 2025, despite the newly inserted metal rod holding her femur together. The 88-year-old Miami resident had fractured her left hip just hours earlier when she fell while visiting a daughter living in Asheville. The surgery...

The Associated Press A judge on Tuesday ordered that a Marine veteran charged with three counts of first-degree murder in a mass shooting at a North Carolina waterfront bar last year undergo psychiatric treatment after it was determined he is unable to understand his legal proceedings enough to help his...