Brenna Flanagan & Shea Carver/Port City Daily The New Hanover County NAACP has publicly entered the fray over recent allegations that Wilmington Police Chief Donny Williams has created a toxic work environment. On Tuesday, LeRon Montgomery, president of the local NAACP chapter, hosted a press conference to address “current race...

Algenon Cash/The Carolina Journal Donald Trump has proposed raising tariffs in a second term. But how would this impact North Carolina? While the notion of protecting American industries might sound appealing, history shows that aggressive tariffs lead to higher inflation, drive up consumer costs, and create harmful ripple effects for...

Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio North Carolina lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a veto override of a bill that would commit nearly $6.5 billion in state funding for private school vouchers over the next decade. The Opportunity Scholarships have evolved over the past decade from a small $10 million...

Dan Kane/The (Raleigh) News & Observer A federal grand jury that recently obtained hundreds of records related to $50 million in state funds for dredging and affordable housing projects has now subpoenaed six North Carolina county commissioners to testify. The Dare County commissioners were in office when their board approved...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Tropical Storm Helene didn’t exact the same degree of destruction in the Qualla Boundary, home to the sovereign nation of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, as it did in areas further east in Western North Carolina. Still, the Cherokees suffered serious economic losses, from...

Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online The Environmental Management Commission has advanced proposed changes that would codify an existing, long-term agreement with a coalition of wastewater dischargers in the Tar-Pamlico River Basin. The changes mainly include incorporating into the existing Tar-Pamlico wastewater discharge requirements rule the 1990 agreement between the state and...

Jacob Biba/Asheville Citizen Times Buncombe County’s former tax assessor, Keith Miller, had an extra-marital affair with another county employee, according to a Nov. 7 complaint filed by Miller’s wife in Buncombe County District Court. In September, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners terminated Miller for engaging in an inappropriate business...

Business North Carolina Australia’s Sayona Mining agreed to buy Belmont-based Piedmont Lithium, which is hoping to add a lithium mine in Gaston County. The companies already jointly own a lithium project in Quebec in Canada. Having a combined firm will create a stronger business and create the largest North American...

Morgan Casey/CityView About one in every 9 pregnancies in Cumberland County resulted in a preterm birth last year. The figure isn’t new. It’s been about this number since 2019. Yet, the county is being asked to decrease its stagnant preterm birth rate to meet the goals of North Carolina’s Perinatal...

Stuart Chirls/Freight Waves The Port of Virginia has announced the delivery of the first of four new ship-to-ship cranes to be installed at the East Coast container gateway. The port said the new 170-foot cranes will double the number of ultra large container vessel (ULCV) berths at Virginia International Gateway,...

Jule Hubbard/Wilkes Journal-Patriot The North Wilkesboro commissioners are considering buying a 13,869-square-foot building at 711 Main Street for $2.2 million and leasing it to a company not yet identified at a reduced rate for five years. The company would have an option to purchase the building from the town at...

Laura Hackett/Blue Ridge Public Radio Asheville lifted its boil water notice, city spokesperson Clay Chandler shared Monday morning at a press briefing. The notice was lifted after the city’s water department tested 120 samples over the weekend. Turbidity is under 15 and the city expects it to remain low enough...

Regan Butler/The Daily Tar Heel Socio-economic equity concerns surrounding Morehead-Cain Scholarship nominations for both sophomore and first-year applicants were reignited by the Nov. 4 announcement of the Morehead-Cain Foundation’s new Sophomore Selection Scholars. Some Morehead-Cain recipients questioned the program’s equity, while others commended diversity and inclusivity among scholars. Selected incoming...

Liz Bell/Education NC Legislators return next week for their last session before state child care stabilization funds run out at the end of December, and advocates are requesting a one-time allocation of $100 million to avoid closures and price hikes for parents. Rep. Donny Lambeth, R-Forsyth, said in June that...

John Hood/The Carolina Journal The North Carolina General Assembly has made our state a more attractive place to live, work, and do business by reforming our tax code, reshaping our regulatory system, renovating how we fund infrastructure, and taking some initial steps toward a more competitive hospital market. When it...