Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro The Chapel Hill Town Council recently unanimously approved a zoning application for a proposed affordable housing community close to downtown. The three acre property envisions being an attractive addition to town, while also allowing for more workforce housing. Hillside Trace plans to bring 190 affordable units to...

Amanda Seitz & Seung Min Kim/The Associated Press President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to electively lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. or face new limits down the road over what the government will pay. The order...

Will Atwater/NC Health News Allan O’Briant knows that providing clean drinking water to 125,000 customers can be a tall order. As the water treatment plant supervisor for Harnett Regional Water, he’s constantly balancing the need to disinfect the water supply with controlling potentially harmful byproducts. One of the challenges O’Briant...

Richard Craver/The (Greensboro) News & Record JetZero, a fledgling advanced aircraft manufacturer considering opening a plant at Piedmont Triad International Airport, confirmed that it is pursuing billions of dollars in private-equity funding. The company disclosed in April plans for a U.S. production plant with the potential for 10,000 employees. JetZero...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Summer tourism in Western North Carolina — hiking, fishing, driving up scenic mountain roads — is a perfect respite for many from the hot southern season. But those idyllic mountain scenes are competing in the public’s mind with images of Tropical Storm Helene’s aftermath: death,...

Matthew Dembicki/Education NC There are anecdotal stories about how wraparound services — from child care and transportation, to mental health and academic and career counseling — are helping to keep community college students enrolled and on a path to completion. Now, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Richmond Fed) wants...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio The N.C. House recently passed a bill to allow the state treasurer to invest a portion of state pension funds in cryptocurrency and other digital assets. First-term Rep. Mike Schietzelt, R-Wake, made the case for the bill on the House floor, amid concerns from state employees and...

Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh Data analytics company SAS Institute is now using technology from the video game maker Epic Games to make “digital twins” for its customers. Why it matters: It’s the first time that Cary’s two largest tech firms, led by the state’s two richest residents, have ever publicly partnered...

William R. Toler/The Richmond Observer Esther Jones was wheeled into her new home late Friday morning by the man who saved her life: state Rep. Dean Arp. “This is beautiful,” she said as Arp pushed her through the two-bedroom, two-bathroom home built just a few miles south at the Cavco...

Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Dueling civil lawsuits have landed Shining Rock Classical Academy charter school in the crosshairs of an emotional court trial in Haywood County. On one side, parents, former staff and a former board member have portrayed Head of School Josh Morgan as a controlling leader who is...

Daniel Sheehan/Wilmington StarNews New Hanover County purchased the 60-acre Bryan Tract for $11.6 million to create a community greenspace. The county’s two-thirds ownership stake reduced their cost to $3.86 million, funded without raising property taxes. Future development is possible for several large properties, including the 65-acre Beau Rivage tract and...

John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog Western North Carolina’s congressional representative and a state senator pushing a bold Helene-related recovery plan are at loggerheads over the bill’s potential effects, with both issuing barbed statements about the other’s take on the proposal. U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards says a state bill sponsored by Republican state...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily A general aviation project is now in a holding pattern as two of the airport’s tenants seek relief from Superior Court and the Federal Aviation Administration. ARQ Realty has pulled back on its plans to construct a 30-acre private-aircraft base at Wilmington International Airport after airport...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review North Carolinians whose raw drinking water sources are contaminated with chemical compounds will have to wait at least another two months before proposed rules establishing monitoring requirements for dischargers go out for public comment. The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission’s Water Quality Committee unanimously voted earlier this...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Canton’s toilets will continue to flush thanks to an agreement born of urgency but put on paper with cooperation and cautious optimism. After a closed session discussion on May 8, the Town of Canton Board of Aldermen/Women approved an interim agreement with Two Banks Development to...