Rebecca Sitzes/Shelby Star As new neighborhoods, subdivisions and housing developments continue to pop up all around Cleveland County, a small developer is bringing a brand-new housing concept to the city of Kings Mountain that is centered around convenience, community, affordability and walkability. Stacy Label, a broker and Realtor based in...

Frank Daniels IV/The Southern Pines Pilot Recently released county unemployment statistics show a shrinking labor force in Moore County. The number of employed and unemployed individuals both fell over the year, with 163 fewer people reported as employed between March 2025 and 2026 and 72 fewer reported as unemployed, meaning...

Sean Coffey/WTVD Plans for Raleigh’s long-discussed Downtown South development took another step forward after new filings outlined a residential and commercial project on the site, even as plans for a proposed stadium remain unresolved. The Downtown South project was first proposed in 2019 and was originally envisioned as a mixed-use...

Trevon McGlone/The Sampson Independent More than 10 Sampson County fire departments recently received matching grants from the North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM), allowing departments to purchase needed equipment while receiving reimbursement assistance from the state. The grants help departments across the county offset the rising costs of...

Greater Fayetteville Business Journal A portion of the All American Freeway and its Fort Bragg gate will close starting this summer for up to two years for a major restoration project. The closure is needed for an N.C. Department of Transportation contractor to replace the 50-year-old Gruber Road bridge over...

Shea Carver/Port City Daily A north-south corridor that has been discussed by area leaders and transportation organizations locally and at the state level for five decades will no longer move forward. The Wilmington Transportation Metropolitan Planning Organization voted 12-1, to remove the Independence Boulevard Extension from the North Carolina Department...

James Farrell/WFAE Radio Technology has played a larger role in U.S. classrooms since the coronavirus pandemic. All students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools receive their own devices and use online programs like i-Ready. But some families are questioning whether educational software is helping children learn — or hurting them. Sixth-grader Anastasia Bates...

Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News The project to repair the eastbound lanes of I-40 washed away in Haywood County during Hurricane Helene is progressing on-time, but the heavy lift has really just begun. When Helene tore through Western North Carolina in 2024, it inundated the embankment supporting the highway so vital...

Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog The availability of as much as $88 million in federal affordable-housing grant funds from the city of Asheville and the state has sparked a stunning surge in development interest, and, housing advocates say, created a rare opportunity for the region to address its crushing need for subsidized...

Paul Nielsen/The Waynesville Mountaineer Chick-fil-A’s plan to expand its drive-through at its location on Russ Avenue was unanimously voted down by the Waynesville Town Council. Chick-fil-A hoped to expand its drive-through capacity by adding a second lane. Instead of a single drive-up window, servers would run food to vehicles lined...

Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC News For decades, the mobile home park known as Chatham Estates was an oasis of affordability off of East Chatham Street, one that allowed working-class families to live and work in the heart of Cary. Today, it’s a patchwork of empty lots, leftover debris, and homes torn from...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press  “Where calling meets college.” That’s the pitch of Elevation College, an offshoot of Matthews-based Elevation Church opening for students this fall. The college will offer eight four-year bachelor’s degree programs in majors like pastoral care and counseling, production, biblical studies and digital media and design, as...

Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise The site of a proposed pharmaceutical research park in north High Point that never went forward has a new owner. An affiliate of a New York finance company on May 15 acquired out of foreclosure two parcels at 737 Gallimore Dairy Road that total about...

Kip Tabb/Coastal Review Online Speaking before a standing-room-only audience at the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education in Corolla on Tuesday, Coastal Protection Engineering (CPE) Senior Project Manager Ken Wilson said that beach nourishment on the north end of Corolla “appears to be the preferred alternative of the ones that...

Cierra Noffke/WilmingtonBiz Wilmington-based nCino held an earnings call for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, reporting revenue growth above expectations set in March. According to Sean Desmond, nCino’s CEO and president, the company outperformed guidance across all key metrics, including subscription revenue growth and non-GAAP operating margin. The cloud...