Stacie Borrello/NC Health News “Don’t leave me alone with knives” was the startling plea that echoed through two very different families in North Carolina—and exposed the one broken system that is failing children going through mental health crises. David, a 14-year-old in Raleigh, and Ashley, a 10-year-old in Fuquay‑Varina, each...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The Charlotte City Council voted on Monday to extend the contract of interim city attorney Anthony Fox through the end of the year. They also voted to give him a $75,000 bonus. Fox started in January to replace Patrick Baker. He was supposed to work on a...

Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro The Town of Pittsboro recently adopted an agreement with the county government that could help reshape its downtown. The interlocal agreement with Chatham County, which Pittsboro’s Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted at a meeting on May 12, allows the two local governments to collaboratively decide the future...

WFDD Radio President Trump has been promising his tariffs will help make America more prosperous. There’s already evidence that tariffs are helping the government’s bottom line. The federal government collected $68.9 billion in tariffs and excise taxes during the first five months of the year, according to Treasury Department data...

Paul Woolverton/CityView To help Fayetteville and Cumberland County attract industry, the Fayetteville Public Works Commission is considering increasing the discount it offers to companies that build plants that consume a large amount of electricity. The new discounted rate, called an economic development rider, would last for five years, just as...

Rickie Houston/WilmingtonBiz The New Hanover County Airport Authority this week approved $78 million worth of work on a project at Wilmington International Airport (ILM) and adopted the airport’s $94 million budget for fiscal year 2026. The $78 million is for phase 2 of the airport’s road, curb and parking garage...

Eric Olson/The Associated Press Conference commissioners lauded a judge’s approval of a $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit settlement as a means for bringing stability and fairness to an out-of-control college athletics industry but acknowledged there would be growing pains in implementing its terms. In a 30-minute virtual news conference Monday, commissioners...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio In addition to the potential federal funding cuts that public broadcasters across the country are facing, PBS North Carolina could also lose a big chunk of its state funding this year. The Senate budget would slash $4 million of the roughly $10 million the TV network receives...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press In April, Attorney General Jeff Jackson stood shoulder to shoulder with local law enforcement outside the Haywood County courthouse to launch Safe to Rebuild, an effort to fight looting of property and contractor fraud amid Tropical Storm Helene reconstruction. The gesture, Jackson told Carolina Public Press,...

WRAL News North Carolina’s car insurance rates will increase by an average of 5% statewide, according to the Department of Insurance. The increase will take effect on new and renewed policies on and after Oct. 1, according to the state. The 5% increase is far less — 17.6% — than...

James Farrell/WFAE Radio Thousands of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools employees could see a pay raise in July. The proposal would be funded by recently approved Mecklenburg County funding. The proposed raise is the second phase of an overhaul in CMS’ compensation for nonteaching staff such as bus drivers, custodians, maintenance workers and...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  Only five months since inception and three this fiscal year topped the tax proceeds from sports wagering in May, the North Carolina State Lottery Commission reported Monday morning. Eight licensed sports books produced $11,740,881 for state coffers. Sports wagering since inception has averaged $347,921 per day....

Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice Dare County Health and Human Services Director Sheila Davies introduced the resolution opposing offshore drilling. After learning that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is considering opening the waters of the East Coast to offshore drilling for gas and oil, the Dare County Commissioners unanimously...

Diana Matthews/The (Whiteville) News Reporter The Lake Waccamaw Town Council could vote Tuesday on a budget that would raise residents’ property tax rate 36% from what they are now paying. It would be the second hike in the rate since 2023. Water and sewer rates would rise as well. Citing...

Anne Vilen/Education NC When calamity strikes, as it often has in the Appalachian community of Swannanoa, North Carolina, the “proud, fierce, and maybe a little crazy” working folks who live in the valley along the Swannanoa River “get up off their knees and get to fix’n the problem together,” says...