Mallory Shelbourne/USNI News President Donald Trump tapped Adm. Daryl Caudle to serve as the next chief of naval operations, nearly four months after the removal of Adm. Lisa Franchetti. The Senate Armed Services Committee received the nomination Tuesday, according to a Congressional notification. Caudle, who is currently the head of...

Dave Levinthal/Fortune Rep. Tim Moore (R-N.C.) appears to have missed a required disclosure deadline under a federal transparency law, failing to properly disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of personal stock purchases he made immediately before or after President Donald Trump’s April 2 “Liberation Day” tariff declaration, according to...

David A. Lieb/The Associated Press Louisiana is poised to hike taxes on sports betting to pump more than $24 million into athletic departments at the state’s most prominent public universities. Legislation pending before Gov. Jeff Landry would make Louisiana the first state to raise taxes to fund college sports since...

John Staton/Wilmington StarNews A gritty, soapy thriller of a TV series whose locations showcase Wilmington will soon be seen by viewers worldwide. “The Waterfront,” which shot in and around Wilmington and Southport in 2024, will drop all eight episodes of its first season on Netflix at 3 a.m. Thursday, June...

Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise An initiative launched nine months ago to increase pay for Guilford County Sheriff’s Office deputies and detention officers to boost recruitment to fill job vacancies hasn’t worked out as county officials hoped. Now county leaders are facing a nearly $4 million funding gap nearing...

Port City Daily After a successful three weekends launching a pilot program in February, the Brooklyn Arts District Collective is approaching city council by August about the permanency of a social district. The proposal to allow the district to launch every Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. will be considered...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Mecklenburg County’s nine-year partnership with The Peebles Corporation could be nearing its end. The county hired the firm in 2016 to redevelop Brooklyn Village in Second Ward. Nine years ago, Mecklenburg County commissioners made a crucial decision: They selected the Miami Beach-based Peebles Corporation to redevelop Brooklyn,...

Amanda Harry/QCity Metro The NAACP won’t invite President Donald Trump to its national convention, scheduled for July 12 – 16 at the Charlotte Convention Center — the first time the national civil rights organization has so rebuffed a U.S. President. At a Charlotte press conference on Monday, NAACP President and...

Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press North Carolina congressional and legislative districts drawn by Republicans that helped them retain majorities in Raleigh and Washington are in court, as federal lawsuits accuse mapmakers of illegally eroding Black voting power in the process. A three-judge panel convened Monday in Winston-Salem for a trial...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Two years ago, state lawmakers allocated $500 million to a group that helps academic researchers turn their work into business startups. But as the organization issues its first grants, the legislature could soon take back the money. The funding for NCInnovation was designed as a one-time appropriation...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Less than 1% of people affected by Tropical Storm Helene in Western North Carolina had flood insurance. That means that most of the personal property and business property losses incurred as a result of the costliest disaster in North Carolina history will not be reimbursed...

WRAL News It’s a project that was first identified in 2003 – the lack of a Wake County park facility in the eastern portion of the county. Now 20 years later, commissioners took a major step in the creation of Lake Myra County Park in Wendell. On Monday, Wake County...

Keaton Eberly/CBS 17 News As local governments face ongoing challenges such as high inflation and rising crime rates, a pair of cities in the Triangle is being viewed as having two of the most effective leadership teams in the country. WalletHub released its report on the “Best & Worst-Run Cities...

April Laissle/WFDD Radio Alamance County Commissioners have approved next year’s budget, which includes a property tax increase aimed in part at supporting local schools. The tax hike was a central point of debate during Monday’s hours-long meeting. Several community members spoke during the public comment period, urging commissioners to avoid...

Morgan Casey/CityView Cumberland County and the City of Fayetteville are expected to receive millions of dollars from the national opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma and the company’s owners, the Sackler family. N.C. Attorney General Jeff Jackson was among the 55 attorneys general who signed on to the $7.4 billion settlement,...