Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The North Carolina Board of Elections said in a court filing Tuesday that only 1,675 voters will be impacted by Republican Jefferson Griffin’s challenge against Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs for a seat on the state Supreme Court. The board said it will require 1,409 overseas voters in...

Bradley George/WUNC Radio Planners have come up with four options to relieve congestion on Capital Boulevard between Interstate 540 and Wake Forest. Drivers would have to pay tolls on all of them. The Raleigh City Council got its first look Tuesday afternoon at four pricey options for converting a ten-mile...

Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro A new birth center recently opened its doors to the Triangle community. Located along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Chapel Hill, the North Carolina Birth Center will offer a safe alternative to hospital births, but it’s not the first maternity health organization to occupy the space....

Mark Jurkowitz/Outer Banks Voice  A number of Dare County municipalities are expressing opposition to HB 765, a proposed measure titled “An Act To Reform Local Government Development Regulations In This State.” Filed in early April, its sponsors say the bill is intended to address affordable housing needs, but critics say...

Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio  Renée White laughed and jumped for joy Tuesday evening when she lay eyes on Asheville’s newly-refurbished Memorial Stadium for the first time. “This is worth all the blood, sweat and tears!” White, president of the East End/Valley Street Neighborhood Association, said as she surveyed the...

Monica Casey/WRAL News North Carolina Central University police detained five people Wednesday during a rally on campus. University students told WRAL News that adjunct history professor Daniel Atwood was one of the people detained at the rally, in which students advocated for more student housing. The school told WRAL News...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  North Carolina is ranked No. 4 in the country in economic outlook in the 18th annual Rich States, Poor States ranking. Fifteen state policy variables are measured in the ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index, released Tuesday by the American Legislative Exchange Council. Better scores go to...

Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline As the North Carolina Senate fast tracks a newly released two-year budget proposal through the chamber this week, members of the state’s Progressive House Caucus held a press conference Tuesday to call out what they say is the lack of public input and accountability in the budgeting...

WRAL News In August 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil lawsuit against the real estate company RealPage, because the company was using artificial intelligence to inflate rents across America. The DOJ found that landlords who used the software caused rents to skyrocket and compete with...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio The IRS can now share some undocumented immigrants’ tax records with immigration enforcement — a policy shift raising concerns in immigrant communities. The IRS is now allowed to share the personal tax information of undocumented immigrants who are under criminal investigation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News  Nearly two dozen law enforcement professionals from across Western North Carolina stood behind Attorney General Jeff Jackson — literally and figuratively — at the Historic Haywood Courthouse April 14 to warn grifters who might be looking to take advantage of Hurricane Helene’s victims. “What we want...

The High Point Enterprise A section of Interstate 74 has been named in honor of the late Dave Phillips of High Point, a businessman and government leader who died in December 2022. The State Board of Transportation passed a resolution April 3 renaming I-74 in High Point between N. Main...

Grace Vitaglione/NC Health News Julie Crockett’s 8-year-old granddaughter, Sophia McConkey, relies on Medicaid every day. She has a rare genetic disorder called TBCK syndrome that causes low muscle tone, seizures and fragile bones. McConkey requires 24-hour nursing care, which allowed her to qualify for a Medicaid waiver called Community Alternatives...

Jonathan Bym/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Overlooking Bear Creek high atop its banks, the large structure that is the former Robbins water plant nearly blends in with the wooded landscape, with weeds and smaller trees sprouting around it. The water plant is an eyesore located at the start of the gravel...

Ryley Ober/Asheville Citizen Times A wildfire burning in the Nantahala National Forest forced portions of the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness to close April 15 near Robbinsville, U.S. Forest Service officials said. A lightning strike April 12 started the Haoe fire, according to an April 15 Forest Service news release. When it...