Michael Koh/WCHL Chapelboro The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded $28 million by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). The money will be used to develop a new clinical trial for breast cancer which has spread to other part of the body. The trial, “Translational Breast...

Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A section of Interstate 40 just over the state line from Haywood County has washed out due to localized heavy rain in the area — prompting a closure of I-40 in both directions. In Haywood County, the interstate is closed west of exit 20. Extent of...

Jordain Carney & Robert King/Politico Senate Republican leaders are working to assuage a group of key megabill holdouts — “the Medicaid moderates” — as they try to lock down votes next week for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota and Finance Chair...

David Beasley/The Center Square The University of North Carolina at Asheville plans to lease some of its land for a $250 million mixed-used development that will include student housing, a soccer stadium and retail space, the university said Wednesday. The project, which will create 300 jobs, will not cost the...

Makiya Seminera/The Associated Press A panel of North Carolina judges dismissed one of Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s cases against Republican legislative leaders Monday, upholding part of a power-shifting law that prevents Stein from selecting the State Highway Patrol commander. Three Superior Court judges made the decision unanimously. The judges’ decision...

Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News The second time appears to be the charm when it comes to North Carolina building a statewide system to assess and track children in its child welfare system. The Partnership and Technology Hub, or PATH NC, launched in 15 counties on June 2 and has been...

WRAL News North Carolina lawmakers approved sweeping foster-care reforms Wednesday, sending a comprehensive bipartisan bill to Gov. Josh Stein. House Bill 612, which sponsors call the Fostering Care in NC Act, would give the state more power to hold county-run social services departments accountable. House lawmakers on Wednesday unanimously approved...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro Exactly 13 months ago, Hope Renovations in Carrboro was hosting a special guest: the acting U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Julie Su. She visited the award-winning nonprofit to see firsthand the efforts being supported by a $713,000 grant from her office’s Women in Apprenticeships and Non-Traditional Occupations...

Hendersonville Lightning The state is accepting applications for a new program to repair or rebuild homes in Western North Carolina that were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Helene, Gov. Josh Stein announced on Monday. The program is the first of a series of recovery initiatives to be offered by the...

Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom Governments across North Carolina are set to receive about $145 million from OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma and its former owners as part of a nationwide settlement that was signed Monday. “We’re now up to $1.6 billion that will be coming to North Carolina. The vast majority of...

Paul Woolverton/CityView Explosive targets are now prohibited at outdoor gun ranges in Cumberland County. The county Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 on Monday to pass the ban. The vote was a win for board Chair Kirk deViere, who spearheaded the ordinance that had previously failed twice to win enough votes...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio When Mecklenburg County signed a contract with The Peebles Corporation to redevelop the former Brooklyn neighborhood, the firm and its founder were making headlines for lawsuits and delayed projects. Michael Swerdlow is one of Florida’s biggest developers. Now in his early 80s, he’s been building across the...

Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News A federal proposal to impose a work requirement on Medicaid recipients could have far-reaching consequences for North Carolinians who rely on the government-funded health insurance program. The Republican-backed measure in Congress, which was part of the budget reconciliation bill passed last month by the U.S. House...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Legislation to expand fireworks sales in North Carolina fizzled out in a state House committee Tuesday, potentially dooming the latest effort to allow bigger explosives here. North Carolina limits the sale of fireworks to smaller devices like sparklers. Larger fireworks that shoot into the air aren’t legal,...

Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning The decades long conflict between the city and county over utility extensions, annexation and high-density development may have come to an end on Monday with decisions by the two governing boards to endorse a compromise in the state Legislature. The Henderson County Board of Commissioners and the...