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...

Richard Stradling/The (Raleigh) News & Observer Raleigh-Durham International Airport says the Federal Aviation Administration requires that it now receive fair-market rent for park land that for decades it has leased to Wake County for $1 a year. But Triangle Off-Road Cyclists, a group that has invested time and money building...

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...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News A small group of property owners in Maggie Valley are taking advantage of Rep. Mark Pless’ offer to de-annex them from the town, with at least one citing development restrictions and others saying they’re not getting what they’re paying for. “I think that’s what drives most...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Parker Poe Law Firm has concluded its review of the New Hanover County Board of Elections, finding the board was aware of the 2024 election’s statutory requirements but set internal deadlines that conflicted with state law. The results of the audit, which New Hanover County...

April Laissle/WFDD Radio In our new series Echoes of the Pandemic, North Carolina’s health care, government, and education leaders reflect on the early days of the COVID-19 crisis and the lessons that continue to shape their work five years after the lockdowns began. Dr. JJ Hoff is now an emergency...