Jennifer Berry Hawes & Mollie Simon/ProPublica Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a ProPublica analysis found. In North Carolina alone, we identified 39 of these likely “segregation...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online Dave Hallac called it. Within 48 hours, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore superintendent’s prediction came true. Another unoccupied, imperiled home on Rodanthe’s ocean shore toppled into the Atlantic Ocean. “I would not be the least bit surprised with this weekend’s king tide and elevated seas from...

Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer After Canton Town Planner Byron Hickox donned a pair of muck boots he borrowed from his 15-year-old son recently, he grabbed a clipboard of worksheets used to assess damage on homes within Canton’s flood plain maps and spent the morning in the field. It’s a routine...

Jacob Biba/Asheville Citizen Times Novant Health, a Winston-Salem-based nonprofit health system, is seeking state approval to open an $8.3 million diagnostic center in South Asheville. The proposed diagnostic center will be located at a former Gold’s Gym now housing families affected by Tropical Storm Helene. On Oct. 15, Novant filed...

WFDD Radio In the nearly four years that Joe Biden has been president, the National Labor Relations Board has taken an assertive — some say overly aggressive — approach to protecting workers’ rights to organize and collectively bargain. Now, SpaceX and Amazon are at the forefront of a corporate-led effort...

Ana Risano/The (Southern Pines) Pilot An Aberdeen company that manufactures plastic packaging is undertaking a $7.4 million expansion — an economic boost the town wants to support. Located off N.C. 5, the company has operated in Aberdeen since 2014. It extrudes plastic resin into printed heavy duty plastic bags and...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press County boards of elections across North Carolina met Friday for canvassing, during which they tally official election results. Not everyone completed the job, but the process has already flipped the apparent outcome of multiple contests. First, election officials heard any election challenges over vote counting and...

Alex Veiga/The Associated Press Donald Trump’s election win is clouding the outlook for mortgage rates even before he gets back to the White House. The president-elect campaigned on a promise to make homeownership more affordable by lowering mortgage rates through policies aimed at knocking out inflation. But his proposed economic...

Becky Johnson/The Mountaineer The first inkling of what an I-40 fix might entail was shared this week — and it may not be as complicated or time consuming as initially suspected. For the record, it will still be a monumental undertaking. “The pictures don’t really do it justice. When you...

Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A retired physician and health administrator is introducing a resolution to county commissioners in the hopes it will incentivize Novant to improve its two-star federal hospital rating. This comes as a new national report from a separate healthcare organization downgraded the county hospital’s safety score. Novant...

Will Doran/WRAL News An ambitious new plan to use half a billion dollars in public funds to help turn scientific research at North Carolina universities into job-creating private sector projects is grappling with infighting as political appointees on its board of directors question its practices and transparency. The group, NCInnovation,...

WRAL News A group of attorneys said they will pursue justice for people who worked or studied in North Carolina State University’s Poe Hall and believe chemicals in the building made them sick. The group of four law firms representing students and faculty are targeting several parties, including NC State...

Rusty Jacobs/WUNC Radio In the protest he filed with the Wilson County elections board, Republican candidate for NC House District 24 Ken Fontenot, on left, cited “irregularities” with Election Day administration and “voting patterns” as his reason for wanting a recount. Democrat Dante Pittman (right) won the seat during this...

Hannah Vinueza McClellan/EducationNC The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced on Thursday, Nov. 14 the launch of the final stage of testing (Beta 4) for the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) — which is on track to officially launch for all students and families by Dec. 1....

WFAE Radio Gaston County will eliminate its Community Support Services Division, which includes the county’s homelessness prevention task force, its veterans service office, a domestic violence shelter, its child protection and fatality teams, and staff managing the county’s opioid settlement funds. According to a news release, County Manager Matt Rhoten...