Wes Platt/SouthPoint Access Tariffs pushed by President Donald Trump – especially those against China and Canada – are expected to prompt steep cost increases for (among other things) board games and comic books. “It will take time for the effects of the tariffs to be fully realized at the retail...

Mark Plemmons/Independent Tribune Cabarrus County Commissioners voted to replace Chairman Chris Measmer with Lamarie Austin-Stripling during an 11-minute meeting Thursday morning at the Cabarrus Governmental Center in Concord. Measmer is replacing Sen. Paul Newton in the N.C. State Senate. Measmer was appointed to the senate by N.C. Gov. Josh Stein...

Helen Chickering/Blue Ridge Public Radio North Carolina is experiencing its deadliest flu season since the state began broad tracking in 2009. More than 500 flu-related deaths have been reported during the 2024–2025 respiratory virus season, according to a news release from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. Six...

The (Hendersonville) Lightning The N.C. Department of Transportation opened new lanes on Thursday morning following an overnight closure to safely remove temporary traffic control. New lanes opened from the Fletcher-Mountain Home exit to Long Shoals Road. The opening of the new lanes mark a major milestone in one of the...

Kristen Blair/Education NC A Durham charter school facing imminent closure received a lifeline this week from the North Carolina Charter Schools Review Board (CSRB). The CSRB voted on Monday, April 7, to grant a three-year renewal to the Community School of Digital and Visual Arts (CSDVA), reversing its earlier decision...

Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Local elected officials are pushing a broad range of bills to address toxic chemical pollution in North Carolina, including legislation co-sponsored by Rep. Deb Butler (D-New Hanover) to prohibit non-essential PFAS uses and eliminate discharges in drinking water. Rep. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford), Rep. Deb Butler (D-New...

Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC Radio Several North Carolina universities have announced that the U.S. government has terminated the visas of some of its international students. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte confirmed to WFAE on Wednesday that the visas of six international students were terminated. On Tuesday, the University of North...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Accusations of understaffing. Weekend pay bonuses slashed. A death in the emergency room. It’s been an exhausting start to 2025 for nurses at Mission Health in Asheville. Mission Health operates the hospital in Asheville and five smaller, rural hospitals across the North Carolina mountains. The...

Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The chief financial officer for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools resigned Tuesday night in the wake of a significant budgeting error. An audit found that Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools overspent its budget last year by about $16 million. Chief Financial Officer Thomas Kranz presented that information to the school board...

WRAL News A Durham nonprofit announced more layoffs Thursday following the Trump administration’s reduction in federal funding. FHI360 said it will reduce its workforce as a result of “the U.S. government’s reduction of federal funding and termination of projects,” reducing 144 employees in North Carolina and another 340 staff members...

Jonah Valdez/The Intercept The Trump administration is expanding its campaign against international students to target not just those active in pro-Palestine advocacy, but also students entirely uninvolved in protests and campus activism. With little or no justification, the Trump administration is revoking the visas and immigration statuses of hundreds of...

Morgan Casey/CityView Fort Bragg’s over 50,000 active-duty military personnel, and their families, are gaining an additional local support system. Blue Star Families, a national nonprofit military family support network, is launching the Fayetteville Greater Region Chapter to help the families of service members build community. The chapter provides seven counties...

Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A non–profit is sounding alarm bells on the state of housing in Haywood County. Rent prices have become increasingly unattainable for the working class. Making matters worse, the federal government has frozen funds for a voucher program that covers the gap between what low-income renters can...

Paige Gross/NC Newsline The next time you’re on a Zoom meeting or asking ChatGPT a question, picture this: The information zips instantaneously through a room of hot, humming servers, traveling hundreds, possibly thousands of miles, before it makes its way back to you in just a second or two. It...

Mebane Rash/Education NC North Carolina’s community college system is 58 colleges strong, and no longer are they the state’s best kept secret. April is Community College Month, according to the Association of Community College Trustees, and this year EdNC is surfacing stories about why attending community college is the “best...