Paul Garber/WFDD Radio Winston-Salem’s chief of police says the department should have been more forthright with information about a shooting that occurred early New Year’s Day in which a top aide to former Lieutenant Gov. Mark Robinson was injured. The shooting took place more than two weeks ago but police...

Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Renters in fast-growing Buncombe County received a rare glimmer of hope late last summer: The housing market was on track to deliver lower rents for many as supply caught up with demand. For the first time in six years, the fair-market rent in the region...

Ben Humphries/Education NC It would be challenging to find a gas station or corner store in North Carolina that doesn’t sell lottery tickets. (But if you need help, there exists an interactive map of retailer locations.) Among scratch-off games sold are Triple Red 777’s, Xtreme Cashword, Money Bag, Pot of...

Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer The new owner of the Canton paper mill has vowed to do everything in his power to protect what he calls the town’s two most important assets — the mill site and its people. In a Monday interview, Eric Spirtas, owner of Spirtas Worldwide and Two...

Linley Sanders  & Amelia Thomson-Deveaux/The Associated Press Worries about everyday expenses helped return President-elect Donald Trump to the White House. But with his second term quickly approaching, many U.S. adults are skeptical about his ability to bring down costs. Only about 2 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” confident...

Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News The N.C. Department of Adult Correction has a new leader: Leslie Cooley Dismukes was sworn in as secretary on Jan. 6. Addressing the growing health care and mental health needs of the state’s prison population will be among the toughest challenges. Dismukes, who took over from...

Santiago Ochoa/WFDD Radio On a cold winter night, just over 60 Guilford County residents sit inside the Fellowship Hall of the Church of the Covenant in Greensboro. From college students to retirees, they’re all here to learn more about Williams Companies’ Southeast Supply Enhancement Project. The proposed development calls for...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Last week, Venezuelans in Charlotte gathered to protest President Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration, as he declared victory despite allegations of election fraud. Since Maduro came into power in Venezuela in 2013, succeeding strongman Hugo Chavez, the economy has crumbled. Political repression soared. And millions have descended into poverty,...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily Novant Health and two physicians with a local medical practice have been named defendants in an ongoing lawsuit over an alleged wrongful death, medical malpractice and negligence at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Kyle Horton — Wilmington resident, internal medicine physician and former candidate for the...

Camdyn Bruce/Greensboro News & Record Over 100 parents and students representing Page High School turned out Tuesday at a meeting of the Guilford County school board to protest ongoing issues with Page’s building, including its HVAC system, and to question the district’s priorities for spending about $2 billion in bond...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro Chapel Hill Transit’s future bus rapid transit project got a funding boost on Wednesday, as U.S. Rep. Valerie Foushee announced it earned $24.4 million in grant funding from the federal government. A release from Foushee’s office said the Chapel Hill North-South Bus Rapid Transit System landed the...

Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer The mill sale, flood recovery and Canton’s new future took centerstage during a visit from N.C. Gov. Josh Stein Tuesday — which also marked the first public sneak peak of the massive new Champion Credit Union headquarters on a hill above Canton. “We’ve been down in...

Brianna Atkinson/WUNC Radio Since 2023, Saint Augustine’s University has been fighting an uphill battle to remain financially solvent in efforts to retain its accreditation. A last-ditch loan in August staved off some of the more immediate problems, but it may end up a problematic deal for the historic HBCU, according...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio A top aide to former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is recovering from a New Year’s shooting in Winston-Salem. Krishana Polite was shot in the neck outside a church on Old Lexington Road and taken to a nearby hospital, according to a police report. Winston-Salem police say they’re...

Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & The Charlotte Ledger When Mominul Mahim’s daughter needed a refill of her eczema medication, the Huntersville dad made the request through Novant Health’s MyChart app, which connects him to his daughter’s medical record and to the clinic. He assumed the process would be cost-free and...