Srilakshmi Venkatesan/The (Duke) Chronicle Tune Therapeutics, a Durham biotechnology startup co-founded by a Duke professor, announced the completion of its Series B fundraising round on Jan. 12, in which it raised $175 million to support clinical trials for its epigenome editor. The company will use the funding to advance clinical...

Anne Blythe & Will Atwater/NC Health News Three years have passed since a massive fire broke out at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant in the heart of Winston-Salem. The blaze started at close to 7 p.m. Jan. 31, 2022, and soon raged out of control. Within hours firefighters feared they...

Adam Wren, Lisa Kashinsky & Brakkton Booker/Politico Top Democratic elected officials and billionaire donors found out they don’t have much pull at the Democratic National Committee, where party insiders on Saturday chose a steady hand — Ken Martin — over their preferred choice for chair. Neither Martin nor the pick...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press A federal judge will decide whether two people have legal standing to sue after being brutalized by Washington County sheriff’s deputies in 2022. A video of a violent interaction involving Gary Thomas Jr. and Mary Moore outside the courthouse in Plymouth shocked many after it was...

Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Public officials have received hundreds of comments in support of preserving a forested property on Independence Boulevard after a commissioner spoke out against developing a major new rental complex at the site. A local professor is advocating to use the area for educational opportunities and enduring...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  Protection of access to care for Medicare beneficiaries, particularly in rural and underserved areas, has drawn a proposal from a North Carolina congressman in part combatting a 2024 rule finalization from the Biden administration. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in November finalized the rule...

Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News With President Donald Trump back in power, a Republican-led push for work requirements for Medicaid is gaining momentum. In recent days, Republican governors in South Carolina, Arkansas and Ohio have sought permission from the federal government to kick jobless beneficiaries off their states’ rolls. Russell T....

Caroline Parker/Education NC Four schools took on so much damage during Hurricane Helene that their students needed to relocate. Some temporarily, some permanently. Public schools in Henderson, McDowell, Watauga, and Yancey counties had to pivot once students returned after the storm. Here are updates on those buildings from the superintendents...

Rusty Jacobs/WUNC Radio Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin is getting financial help from fellow Court of Appeals judge Tom Murry in his legal battle to win a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. That contribution raises ethical questions the state’s judicial code of conduct does not clearly answer. In November,...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Asheville’s Mission Health has been trying to help the city recover in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene. But medical staff and state officials have not softened their stance toward the beleaguered hospital. New North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson, for one, is not backing...

Richard Stradling/The (Raleigh) News & Observer Raleigh-Durham International Airport’s governing board held a meeting Wednesday to hear ideas for redeveloping part of Lake Crabtree County Park. Instead, for more than 3 1/2 hours, the board mostly heard why people think the park should remain as it is. RDU is looking...

Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Work to remove tree trunks, stumps and natural debris strewn in creeks and rivers by Fred flooding in 2021 had finally gotten underway — but was abruptly put on pause after Helene hit That’s because the federal funding awarded to Haywood County to remove Fred debris...

Marshall Terry/WFAE Radio This week The Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter focused its attention on East Charlotte, which is undergoing tremendous change. At the heart of it is Eastland Yards, an 80-acre mixed-use development on the former Eastland Mall site. The Charlotte Ledger’s Tony Mecia joins me now for more. Marshall...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online The nation’s burgeoning offshore wind energy industry has created thousands of jobs, boosted work in shipyards and ports, and includes a supply chain that spans 40 states, according to a new report. Billions of dollars have been invested in things like new and retrofitted vessels for...

Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education voted against a policy change that would have allowed the district to hire applicants who test positive for cannabis. The district’s current policy states that candidates with positive drug tests would not be eligible for employment for six months. If they...