Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The Chatham County government took its latest step in responding to a lawsuit alleging its elected officials violated the religious rights of Summit Church, as it filed a motion to dismiss the case last week. After petitioning for more time to craft its retort in court, the...

The New York Times Calling his announcement a “declaration of economic independence,” President Trump imposed sweeping retaliatory tariffs at a Rose Garden ceremony. He said he would establish a universal baseline tariff of 10 percent, and additional rates that apply to certain countries. Some of the rates he announced —...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Most days, Brandon Rogers has dirt under his fingernails — a badge of honest labor. Owner of a small auto repair shop on the outskirts of Canton, Rogers usually wakes up, puts on some sturdy workwear and heads to the shop to support his family, one...

Bradley George/WUNC Radio North Carolina farms grow lots of soybeans, tobacco, and sweet potatoes. Wheat may not come to mind when you think of N.C. agriculture, but a popular snack couldn’t be made without it. The Kellanova bakery is tucked into an office park, just off Weston Parkway in Cary....

Kate Denning/(NC State) Technician Two NC State graduate students have left the country after the U.S. State Department revoked their visas. The Office of International Services notified the two students, who both studied in the College of Engineering, that the U.S. government had terminated their student visas last week. OIS...

Chris Megerian/The Associated Press DOGE’s days appear to be numbered. Elon Musk recently suggested that he will be done with his work in the near future. President Donald Trump told reporters this week that “at some point, he’s going to be going back” to running his companies. As far as...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Six months later and still out of a job. That’s the reality for nearly 13,000 Asheville residents half a year after Tropical Storm Helene struck Western North Carolina. In the wake of the historic storm, hundreds of businesses closed. The region’s multibillion dollar tourism sector...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Immigration attorneys from Charlotte will travel to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to demand immigration reform from national lawmakers. More than 20 Charlotte immigration attorneys will take part in the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s National Day of Action. AILA members will urge Congress to protect...

Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise About 75 Guilford County taxpayers came to a community town hall in Jamestown about the county budget Tuesday night to hear from their elected leaders and share their point of view on the county budget. People raised questions about how the county uses N.C....

Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Tim Glance, owner of Old Grouch’s Military Surplus, was the first in Clyde to get back to business post-storm, thanks to a lucky combination of factors. His shop is on slightly higher ground at the top of the street, his electrical system was above the high...

Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online Two University of North Carolina Wilmington professors are collaborating this semester on a documentary celebrating community resilience, adding a new perspective to the overall effort of the Down East Resilience Network. The network, often referred to as DERN, evolved in the years after Hurricane Florence ravaged...

Matthew Sockol/CBS 17 News North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a lawsuit Tuesday to prevent the federal government’s termination of more than $230 million in health care funding for the state, his office said. The lawsuit was filed in United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island...

Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press North Carolina Senate Republicans chose a new majority leader on Tuesday, elevating a veteran lawmaker who’s won close swing-district races to a top position in the chamber’s GOP caucus. A news release said the caucus elected Sen. Michael Lee of New Hanover County to the...

Brian Gordon/The (Raleigh) News & Observer Within an hour of trading Friday morning, the Durham semiconductor manufacturer Wolfspeed had lost half its value. Its shares dove below $2.80 before eventually plateauing around lunchtime. By percentage, it ended up being the biggest single-day decline in Wolfspeed’s 32 years as a public...

Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News As measles cases climb to 400 in Texas, the epicenter of an outbreak of the highly contagious illness, North Carolina is taking steps to prepare for an outbreak here. Though the state hasn’t recorded any cases this year, officials want to keep it that way. “We’ve...