Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Asheville Regional Airport is marking a milestone in its expansion: On Wednesday morning, AVL officials opened the doors of a new ticket lobby. The lobby — gleaming, white and full of natural light — is the latest step in a $400 million expansion that’s been...

Mary Helen Moore/NC Newsroom Two pieces of legislation that would involve North Carolina more deeply in the U.S. immigration crackdown passed the Republican-controlled General Assembly on Tuesday. Democratic Gov. Josh Stein now has 10 days to decide if he will sign the bills. A spokesperson said Stein was reviewing the...

Peter Smith/The Associated Press Southern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide. They also called for legislators to curtail sports betting and to support policies that promote...

Jack Hagel/WRAL News Chipmaker Wolfspeed says it’s laying off dozens of workers in Chatham County to adjust to softer demand for high-powered chips. The Durham-based company told state officials in an official notice this week that it plans to cut 73 manufacturing managers, technicians, engineers and other employees at its...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press When Shaneeka Moore-Lawrence was in school, cafeterias and hallways were filled with conversation. Now, they’re quieter. Most students are on their cellphones. “Students, I say jokingly, but not jokingly, come out of the womb swiping,” said Moore-Lawrence, president of the North Carolina Parent Teacher Association. “…Technology...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News A senior administrator at Western Carolina University was secretly recorded describing how the school is continuing to promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives despite a systemwide ban enacted by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors last year. The undercover footage was released June 10...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily An incoming general aviation base has recently added itself to a Federal Aviation Administration complaint against the Wilmington International Airport. This comes after more evidence of alleged unfair treatment from the airport surfaced over the last month. ARQ Realty, which has a private facility in the...

Sharryse Piggott/WUNC Radio Some Fayetteville residents have concerns over the city’s new youth curfew slated to start being enforced in a few weeks. Last month, the city council approved the new ordinance in an effort to address juvenile crime. The Youth Protection Safety Ordinance forbids anyone under the age of...

Ben Humphries/Education NC According to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, there are nearly 1.2 million people in North Carolina that attended college but stopped out before completing their degrees — known as “Some College, No Credential” students (SCNCs). The number of SCNCs under 65 in...

WCHL/Chapelboro The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools system is entering its summer with a new superintendent in charge, as the district finalized its promotion and hiring of Rodney Trice on Thursday. A 12-year veteran to the district, Trice most recently served as CHCCS’ Deputy Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, Systemic Equity...

Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer For political junkies, there will be two events this Saturday sure to provide both inspiration and fun. A “No Kings” rally sponsored by Hands Off Haywood will celebrate Flag Day and the U.S. Constitution. It is one of 1,800 planned across the nation in conjunction with...

Jane Winik Sartwell/NC Health News The first train to run into Asheville in eight months following Tropical Storm Helene. The rail line is operated by Norfolk Southern. Provided Asheville’s train has come. Norfolk Southern, Western North Carolina’s primary rail carrier, resumed rail service from Tennessee into Asheville on May 20....

Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & Charlotte Ledger After Cathy Head of Charlotte fell and fractured her shoulder in 2023, she was pleased that her health insurance covered almost all of the expenses for her care: the emergency room visit, the physician’s charges and months of physical therapy. Then she got...

Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Two big rigs wrecked within an hour of each other while hauling flood debris to a private landfill in Canton last Friday — further fueling complaints that the narrow, curvy road can’t accommodate the nonstop parade of around 1,000 trucks a week. “This road’s not designed...

Laura Ungar & Amanda Seitz/The Associated Press Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks. Major physicians and public health...