Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise High Point University has donated $250,000 to Business High Point for the development of the Washington Street Historic District, HPU President Nido Qubein announced Monday at the university’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast. Mayor Cyril Jefferson and Business High Point President and...

Brianna Atkinson/WUNC Radio Many athletic directors at the state’s public universities have gotten used to pinching pennies to run their departments. They expected the trend to continue this year, with some even projecting multimillion-dollar deficits or significant staff cuts. Instead, sports betting has become an unexpected fairy godmother, granting the...

Liz Bell/Education NC The Saturday in September after Hurricane Helene hit Watauga County, David Jackson found himself walking the aisles of the local Harris Teeter, the only grocery store in town with power. “We were all just kind of wandering around, not really with an agenda, just like, it was...

Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer North Carolina’s new attorney general, Jeff Jackson, made a stop in Canton on Thursday to discuss the ongoing litigation between the state and Pactiv Evergreen over millions of dollars in grant money the state wants back from the paper manufacturer. “This is one of the first...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio As the city of Charlotte was negotiating a multimillion-dollar deal to help build a new practice facility for the Charlotte Hornets, attorneys for the city had deep reservations about how economic development director Tracy Dodson was handling the talks. They wrote in internal emails that they thought...

Brian Murphy & Will Doran/WRAL News Republican President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House on Monday, vowing swift action on a host of issues that could impact nearly every American — and could have a particularly profound effect on North Carolina’s economy. Trump, just the second person to serve...

Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & Charlotte Ledger OrthoCarolina, one of the nation’s largest independently owned orthopedic practices, is close to a deal to sell its physical therapy business to PT Solutions Physical Therapy, an Atlanta-based company backed by private equity, the Charlotte Ledger/NC Health News has learned. OrthoCarolina CEO and...

Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A Brunswick County town is in the final stages of finalizing a draft comprehensive plan to outline the community’s goals for growth and development. Officials and residents noted Southport’s ability to implement its vision is limited after losing authority of its extraterritorial jurisdiction to the county...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Between late September and the holiday break, Pasquotank County Election Director Janae Hedgepeth didn’t take a day off.  After her predecessor and the deputy director resigned just months before the 2024 general election, Hedgepeth quickly transitioned into the position — but found herself faced with one...

Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise High Point officials say the city is already compliant with provisions of a new state law aimed at expediting the approval process for new housing and other types of development. Senate Bill 166 imposed certain requirements on local governments that supporters describe as “regulatory reform”...

Paul Garber/WFDD Radio Winston-Salem’s chief of police says the department should have been more forthright with information about a shooting that occurred early New Year’s Day in which a top aide to former Lieutenant Gov. Mark Robinson was injured. The shooting took place more than two weeks ago but police...

Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Renters in fast-growing Buncombe County received a rare glimmer of hope late last summer: The housing market was on track to deliver lower rents for many as supply caught up with demand. For the first time in six years, the fair-market rent in the region...

Ben Humphries/Education NC It would be challenging to find a gas station or corner store in North Carolina that doesn’t sell lottery tickets. (But if you need help, there exists an interactive map of retailer locations.) Among scratch-off games sold are Triple Red 777’s, Xtreme Cashword, Money Bag, Pot of...

Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer The new owner of the Canton paper mill has vowed to do everything in his power to protect what he calls the town’s two most important assets — the mill site and its people. In a Monday interview, Eric Spirtas, owner of Spirtas Worldwide and Two...

Linley Sanders  & Amelia Thomson-Deveaux/The Associated Press Worries about everyday expenses helped return President-elect Donald Trump to the White House. But with his second term quickly approaching, many U.S. adults are skeptical about his ability to bring down costs. Only about 2 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” confident...