Sarah Honosky/Asheville Citizen Times UNC Asheville Millennial Campus properties, a designation that includes 45 acres of wooded land on its south campus, will be developed, Chancellor Kimberly van Noort said in a March 7 letter to faculty and staff. Possibilities include affordable workforce and student housing, research industry collaborations and...

WFDD News Wall Street is panic-selling over President Trump’s chaotic new tariffs. Business executives are reportedly making frantic calls to the White House. And on Tuesday, the country’s top CEOs crowded into a closed-door meeting with Trump — setting a record for attendance. Yet in public, corporate America’s leaders are...

Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A federal agency is evaluating Castle Hayne firefighter health concerns after a local fire captain and the International Association of Fire Fighters alleged the county failed to address toxic hazards at a local station. Assistant county manager Lisa Wurtzbacher sent commissioners an email on Monday, March...

Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press Dozens of wildfires are burning across the state following a stretch of unseasonably warm weather, high winds and low humidity. And just like in years past, the majority of blazes can be traced to be one source: people. Between Feb. 24 and March 3, the North...

Will Thomas/WTKR News Nearly 400 birds — mostly brown pelicans — were found dead from suspected highly pathogenic avian influenza, a strain of bird flu, in Hatteras, N.C. in late February, Miranda Turner the state wildlife biologist for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission confirmed to WTKR News 3 Friday....

Brian Murphy/WRAL News  For decades, the Atlantic Coast Conference was synonymous with college basketball excellence. The conference of David Thompson, Michael Jordan, Christian Laettner and Tim Duncan, of Jim Valvano, Dean Smith, and Mike Krzyzewski produced basketball royalty and claimed a bonanza of national titles. Now the league is making...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News A bipartisan collaboration to bolster critical communication resources during natural disasters is gaining momentum in Congress after lessons learned during the devastation of Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina last year. Called the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025, Senate Bill 315 mandates that...

Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Western North Carolina residents presented a show of force at a town hall meeting with U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards Thursday — from a deeply critical audience inside the venue to a massive protest outside. The auditorium at A-B Tech could fit less than 400 people, but...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online The cleanup of more than 7,000 tons of litter in North Carolina cost state agencies, local governments and nonprofits more than $56 million in 2023, according to a new report. Those figures highlighted in “The Cost of Litter in North Carolina,” a 14-page report created through...

Rodney Overton/WNCN News North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control officials said this week that more than 50 establishments were caught on various violations — facing more than $62,000 in fines or suspensions. The violations are for businesses that are licensed to sell alcohol across North Carolina — including bars, clubs, restaurants...

Jah’I Selassie/WFMY News Three men are facing felony charges after Alamance County deputies say they submitted fake documents to bond out one of them out of jail. Deputies say 43-year-old Christopher Lee Fogelman gave digitally altered documents to the Magistrate’s Office within the last month to bond out 23-year-old Brian...

Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A massive windfall has come Canton’s way to fix its ailing water lines, water plant, water tanks and water system — and hopefully end the source of incessant boil water advisories. But that’s not all. The nearly $41 million in federal funding will also be tapped...

Jay Price/WUNC Radio This story has been updated to reflect a U.S. District Court ruling Thursday that the federal government must reinstate thousands of fired workers. The federal government’s chaotic efforts to fire tens of thousands of workers are taking an outsized toll on military veterans, who comprise nearly a...

Grace Vitaglione/NC Health News  Sherrie Wood and her husband, Kenneth, were newly married when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003. He experienced extreme back pain and problems with urinating for over a year, but his general practitioner only treated the symptoms. After all, he was only in his...

Laura Leslie/WRAL News The air filter humming away on her desk is a new addition to North Carolina Rep. Maria Cervania’s office. It’s been there ever since she came around the corner from her office late one night to find a warning sign and tape blocking off the hallway. The...