Monica Casey/WRAL News North Carolina Central University police detained five people Wednesday during a rally on campus. University students told WRAL News that adjunct history professor Daniel Atwood was one of the people detained at the rally, in which students advocated for more student housing. The school told WRAL News...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  North Carolina is ranked No. 4 in the country in economic outlook in the 18th annual Rich States, Poor States ranking. Fifteen state policy variables are measured in the ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index, released Tuesday by the American Legislative Exchange Council. Better scores go to...

Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline As the North Carolina Senate fast tracks a newly released two-year budget proposal through the chamber this week, members of the state’s Progressive House Caucus held a press conference Tuesday to call out what they say is the lack of public input and accountability in the budgeting...

WRAL News In August 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil lawsuit against the real estate company RealPage, because the company was using artificial intelligence to inflate rents across America. The DOJ found that landlords who used the software caused rents to skyrocket and compete with...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio The IRS can now share some undocumented immigrants’ tax records with immigration enforcement — a policy shift raising concerns in immigrant communities. The IRS is now allowed to share the personal tax information of undocumented immigrants who are under criminal investigation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News  Nearly two dozen law enforcement professionals from across Western North Carolina stood behind Attorney General Jeff Jackson — literally and figuratively — at the Historic Haywood Courthouse April 14 to warn grifters who might be looking to take advantage of Hurricane Helene’s victims. “What we want...

The High Point Enterprise A section of Interstate 74 has been named in honor of the late Dave Phillips of High Point, a businessman and government leader who died in December 2022. The State Board of Transportation passed a resolution April 3 renaming I-74 in High Point between N. Main...

Grace Vitaglione/NC Health News Julie Crockett’s 8-year-old granddaughter, Sophia McConkey, relies on Medicaid every day. She has a rare genetic disorder called TBCK syndrome that causes low muscle tone, seizures and fragile bones. McConkey requires 24-hour nursing care, which allowed her to qualify for a Medicaid waiver called Community Alternatives...

Jonathan Bym/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Overlooking Bear Creek high atop its banks, the large structure that is the former Robbins water plant nearly blends in with the wooded landscape, with weeds and smaller trees sprouting around it. The water plant is an eyesore located at the start of the gravel...

Ryley Ober/Asheville Citizen Times A wildfire burning in the Nantahala National Forest forced portions of the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness to close April 15 near Robbinsville, U.S. Forest Service officials said. A lightning strike April 12 started the Haoe fire, according to an April 15 Forest Service news release. When it...

Karen Kistler/The Salisbury Post     Awareness was one thing that many spoke about at this year’s Earth Day Jam. Whether it was telling about a particular nonprofit or the mission of the event in general or a group raising environmental awareness, that was the message they wanted to share. Earth Day...

Liz McLaughlin/WRAL News More than a month after the Fayetteville Public Works Commission reported that $60 million in federal funding for a PFAS filtration system was under review, the money remains in limbo. The project is intended to remove harmful “forever chemicals” from the city’s drinking water and help the...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Extensive personnel shortages at the NC Forest Service hampered the agency’s ability to manage the wildfires that raged in Western North Carolina this spring, state and county officials say. According to Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, 100 positions are vacant at the agency. Fast forward to...

Luke Garrett/WFAE Radio The Trump administration is considering new semiconductor tariffs, after the White House exempted certain electronics from reciprocal tariffs. “We are taking a look at Semiconductors and the WHOLE ELECTRONICS SUPPLY CHAIN in the upcoming National Security Tariff Investigation,” Trump posted on social media. Kevin Hassett, director of...

Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A triumphant victory in mining rock for Interstate 40 slide repairs from the nearby national forest was announced by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration two weeks ago — but the reality isn’t quite what was telegraphed by the agency. A press release declared that the federal...