Mike Stone, Fanny Potkin & Wen-Yee Lee/Reuters The White House is seeking to renegotiate U.S. CHIPS and Science Act awards and has signaled delays to some upcoming semiconductor disbursements, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The people, along with a third source, said the new administration is reviewing...

Richard Stradling/The (Raleigh) News & Observer As state officials this week urged President Donald Trump’s secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, to help rebuild Interstate 40 in Western North Carolina, they also sought assurances that the government would follow through on a big transportation project in the Triangle. A year ago,...

Diana Olick/CNBC Sentiment among the nation’s single-family homebuilders dropped to the lowest level in five months in February, largely due to concern over tariffs, which would raise their costs significantly. The National Association of Home Builders’ Housing Market Index, or HMI, dropped a sharp 5 points from January to a...

Cristin Severance/WRAL News One week after WRAL exposed critical failures within North Carolina’s foster care system, state lawmakers have committed to trying to fix things. The investigative documentary “Broken: Foster Care in North Carolina” shined a light on tragic instances where children were placed in the system only to later...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The city manager of Southport resigned last week with little explanation —  the news becoming public only after the Southport Board of Aldermen decided to appoint a 25-year-old interim replacement. His past employment indicates the resignation is part of a similar pattern in other communities. Stuart...

Sally Kestin/Asheville Watchdog A real estate investor and prominent figure in Asheville Watchdog’s series, Equity Erased, has been criminally charged in a long-running state investigation. Robert Perry Tucker II of Asheville, who is also an attorney, faces two counts each of filing a false lien, a felony, and conspiracy to...

Peter Castagno/Port City Daily An upstream wastewater facility released record levels of a toxic chemical into the drinking water supply of the tri-county region after a judge voided discharge limits. The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce is urging Congress to stop the EPA from requiring North Carolina to regulate the...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online  A judge has ordered that more than two dozen longstanding rules used to guide coastal development and protect resources be placed back into the North Carolina Administrative Code. All 30 rules removed from the code in fall 2023, shortly after the N.C. Rules Review Commission kicked...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio A nonprofit led by former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife is appealing a state agency’s order to repay more than $100,000 in federal funding following a scathing review. Until shutting it down amid a state probe last year, Yolanda Hill led a nonprofit called Balanced Nutrition that...

Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Canton leaders expressed relief that former mill owner Pactiv Evergreen is out of the picture once and for all following the settlement of a state lawsuit last week. Pactiv Evergreen agreed to pay back $6.25 million of a $12 million state incentive package after failing to...

Grace Vitaglione/NC Health News Michael Roberts went to treatment for substance use disorder 26 times. The Asheville native, who is now the director of outreach at Addiction Professionals of North Carolina, said he’s alive today because he eventually found “the right help.” Though there are good treatment recovery programs in...

Keely Arthur/WRAL News A western North Carolina couple that lost their home to Hurricane Helene in late September is navigating a complicated battle with their insurance provider over exactly what caused the destruction — wind or water? Bob and Edwina Tatum live in a small town of about 200 people...

Mark Jurkowitz/Outer Banks Voice By a 4-2 vote at its Feb. 12 meeting, the Manteo Board of Commissioners rejected a request by the owner of 1718 Brewing in Ocracoke for a zoning text amendment to allow “craft brewery” as a permitted use in the town’s B-2 General Business District. The...

Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times After a decade of debate, and at times a lot of public outcry, a decision has finally been reached as to how a key spot in Greensboro – land on the northwest corner of Hobbs Road and Friendly Avenue – will be developed. The debate began...

Elena Marsh/The (Southern Pines) Pilot After nearly seven months of discussion, meetings and public hearings on the topic, the Carthage Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to dissolve the town’s historic preservation commission (HPC). The town board decided it was best to uphold the property rights of residents in historic homes...