Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press Securing federal relief funds after Tropical Storm Helene has been a challenge. Now, a new NC agency must prove it can wisely manage a $1.4 billion home rebuilding program after the last effort fell short. State lawmakers are still fuming after ReBuild NC, the recovery office...

Richard Stradling/The (Raleigh) News & Observer The Raleigh City Council has endorsed charging tolls on Capital Boulevard between Interstate 540 and Wake Forest, but, as some council members made clear, not enthusiastically. The tolls will allow the N.C. Department of Transportation to accelerate plans to turn the congested four-lane road...

Adam Wagner/WFAE Radio Raw milk sales in North Carolina would only be available through herdshares, under a provision introduced in the N.C. Farm Act. This photo shows a sign at the Chapel Hill Farmer’s Market advertises raw milk on a recent Saturday morning. After receiving hundreds of phone calls and...

Port City Daily A local senator’s bill to regulate e-bikes moved one step forward Tuesday. This came two weeks after New Hanover County commissioners also took up discussions about whether it should give a second look at ordinances regarding e-bikes. Senate Bill 576 was referred to the Senate Transportation Committee;...

Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer There is a potential buyer for property on Buck Mountain, which was once home to Ghost Town in the Sky. Owner Jill McClure said a deal looks promising, though there is no contract in place. McClure inherited Ghost Town from her late aunt Alaska Presley, who...

Morgan Casey/CityView The North Carolina Senate is considering regulating for-profit companies that make money by charging veterans for help when they apply for federal benefits. The regulations are part of Senate Bill 693, titled “Veteran Access, Liberty, Options for Recovery.” The proposed legislation comes as many claim companies, including one...

Jennifer Bendery/Huffington Post Republicans may have just tanked President Donald Trump’s controversial nominee for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told reporters Tuesday that he informed the White House that “I wouldn’t support his nomination.” It...

Rebecca Santana & Olga R. Rodriguez/The Associated Press Travelers who haven’t obtained a REAL ID by this week’s deadline received assurances from the head of Homeland Security that they will be able to fly after additional identity checks. Her comments came Tuesday as people were waiting in long lines outside...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  With seven days available for appeal, a federal judge on Monday evening ordered the North Carolina State Board of Elections to certify Allison Riggs the winner over Jefferson Griffin in the election for eight years in Seat 6 of the state Supreme Court. Chief Justice Richard...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Many new developments in urban and suburban areas of North Carolina are governed by homeowners associations, and the state legislature wants to put new restrictions on HOA regulations. State lawmakers want to restrict the powers of homeowners associations, proposing legislation that would address everything from unpaid dues...

Rachel Crumpler & Grace Vitaglione/NC Health News Patient-doctor dynamics in an exam room could soon change for minors. Republican lawmakers in the state House of Representatives have introduced a bill seeking to limit confidentiality between minors and their health providers — and to grant parents greater access to their children’s...

WRAL News During a Tuesday meeting of the Raleigh City Council, members endorsed a plan to make a portion of US Highway 1 a toll road. Council members voted 7-1 to endorse charging drivers a toll to drive on Capital Boulevard between Interstate 540 in north Raleigh and Purnell Road...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The Charlotte City Council on Monday agreed in closed session to head off a potential lawsuit by reaching a six-figure financial settlement with Police Chief Johnny Jennings. Jennings was upset about a series of threatening text messages he received last year from former City Council member Tariq...

The (Whiteville) News Reporter An East Columbus IT instructor is among 17 K–12 teachers from across North Carolina selected to advise Gov. Josh Stein “on issues related to education and serve as education ambassadors throughout the state,” according to a news release Tuesday. Anthony Martin, who teaches at East Columbus...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The May employment report released by the federal government last week is relatively promising for the United States’ labor market. But underlying trends and declarations by President Donald Trump’s administration have experts saying there are still reasons to expect an economic slowdown — including economists at the...