Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News The possibility of North Carolinians who depend on Medicaid being subject to a work requirement to keep their coverage has grown more plausible with the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of a GOP-backed budget bill that includes the measure. Legislation approved by the U.S. House on...

Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer How is Haywood’s vital tourism economy faring in the wake of Helene? It’s a tricky question to answer, with only one full season — and winter at that — behind us. It’s made all the more difficult by the fact that a key metric to measure...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online Just beyond a wooded area that marks Paws Place Dog Rescue’s east-facing property line, signs of neighbors to come dot the horizon. Rooftops of two-story houses in various stages of construction peek over treetops in a new development cropping up on one side of the rescue’s...

James Farrell/WFAE Radio The family of a male student at Ardrey Kell High School has filed a lawsuit against a female student, her family, and community activists who claimed the teen in March attacked her in a hate crime because she is Muslim. The lawsuit names both students, but WFAE...

Caleb M. Soptelean/The Sanford Herald District Court Judge Jason P. Kimball was censured Friday, May 23, by the North Carolina Supreme Court. The censure for being drunk on a working day, disrespecting a state trooper and other factors follows a recommendation by the Judicial Standards Commission. Kimball’s censure was based...

Paul Woolverton/CityView The Fayetteville Public Works Commission has not given up on its plan to build a $9.5 million solar farm off Ramsey Street just north of Fayetteville after the Cumberland County Commissioners on May 19 threw a roadblock in the project’s path. The electric utility’s board held a closed-door...

Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline The Trump administration is suing the state Board of Elections over what it says are violations of federal law for failing to maintain an accurate voter registration file. In a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department said the lack of driver’s license numbers,...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  Hundreds of millions of dollars, from taxpayers in North Carolina, are going to help continue the cleanup from Hurricane Helene following FEMA’s second rejection. Democratic Gov. Josh Stein said despite the administrative setback from the Trump administration, “We will keep pushing the federal and state governments...

Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC Undergraduate enrollment increased by 3.5% in spring 2025 from spring 2024, according to new estimates from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, with 15.3 million students enrolled in undergraduate programs across the country. “Enrollment increased for all undergraduate credential types,” the report’s landing page says. “Bachelor’s...

Jacob Willeford/The Sun Some of the largest financial institutions in the United States could be quietly planning moves away from physical cash. Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo may dive into cryptocurrency amid the impending removal of the penny. The banks are considering the option of a...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Technically, Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s lawsuit against Republican leaders over the transfer of his election appointment power to the state auditor could go on for a number of months. But practically, it’s over. Friday evening, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the North Carolina Court...

Ciara Lankford/Queen City News The principal of Ardrey Kell High School has been suspended with pay, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Jamie Brooks, 53, has worked for CMS for more than 30 years, starting as a middle school language arts teacher in 1994. She rose through the ranks, serving as an...

Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio Durham Public Schools’ superintendent, school board, and the Durham Association of Educators (DAE) have come to an agreement on a policy to give school employees more voice in district decisions. The new “meet and confer” policy will allow members of employee representative organizations with a large enough...

Nick de la Canal/WFAE Radio The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra has raised more than $50 million to complete its three-year comprehensive campaign, the organization announced Wednesday. The total amount raised — $50.1 million — represents the symphony’s largest fundraising effort in its 93-year history. The comprehensive campaign was guided by former...

WRAL News Starting this weekend, the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles will resume walk-in service hours on Saturdays at 20 of its locations. The offices will be open from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays from May 31 to Aug. 23. They will be closed on June 28 and...