Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online Imagine that a hurricane skirted the coast, causing the power to go out. You wait for the green light to blink on your backup power. Getting the all-clear, you flip on the switch connected to the community’s wave-powered alternate generator, and your refrigerator is humming again....

Brian Murphy/WRAL News Before the University of North Carolina ended up here — here being an introductory press conference for one of the most successful professional football coaches ever, but one who has never coached a single collegiate down, seated between a chancellor who comes from finance and not academia...

The Associated Press North Carolina’s Supreme Court issued mixed rulings Friday for businesses seeking financial help from the COVID-19 pandemic, declaring one insurer’s policy must cover losses some restaurants and bars incurred but that another insurer’s policy for a nationwide clothing store chain doesn’t due to an exception. The unanimous...

Kevin Griffin/Greensboro News & Record When the time came for the final override vote on Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of House Bill 382 on Wednesday, two Democratic representatives were absent. One of them, Rep. Joe John of Wake County, issued a statement after the vote explaining he had recently been...

Diane Wilson/WTVD A couple living in Pittsboro, North Carolina learned that 20 acres of their land was nearly sold off without their knowledge. This involves 20 acres of land along Olive Chapel Road in Apex, which has been in Bob Kelly’s family since the 1800s. “My grandmother was born (on...

Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Work on Project Grace is moving full speed ahead at the corner of North Third and Grace streets in downtown Wilmington. New Hanover County’s $56 million redevelopment of its downtown library branch and the Cape Fear Museum reached a key milestone last month when crews removed a tower...

Jakob Emerson/Becker’s Hospital Review Barriers to accessing GLP-1 medications are beginning to break down as drug manufacturers, insurers, and lawmakers look to expand availability, lower costs, and address continued high demand. In December, Eli Lilly partnered with telehealth company Ro, enabling eligible patients to receive Zepbound prescriptions during telehealth visits...

Christopher Miller/Independent Tribune As part of a new era of county leadership, Chris Measmer, the new chairman of the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, laid out his vision for the year ahead in an exclusive interview with The Independent Tribune. More than anything, Measmer, who is in his second term...

Mebane Rash/Education NC Janet Blount, the director of human resources for the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, has announced updates to the leadership and organizational structure of the department under Superintendent-elect Maurice “Mo” Green’s leadership that are “designed to drive growth, efficiency, and collaboration across the organization.” The announcement says...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily Protestors are planning to gather at Wilmington Police Department headquarters to push for reforming the agency’s handling of sexual assault cases, but police say some of the proposed policy changes could make the process harder. Cassie Payton, a Wilmington resident and organizer of Saturday’s protest, is...

Paul Nielsen/The Mountaineer Repairing the closed Depot Street bridge may take just a month, maybe less, once work begins. But that may be the easy part. Getting a contractor to bid and then begin construction on the estimated $331,000 project may be a major hurdle as there is plenty of...

Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio Inside the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety’s hail lab, lab technician Michelle McClain loads a 3D-printed hailstone into a cannon. She’s running a simulation on a patch of IBHS-certified roof. The goal is to create a roof that can guard against wind and water penetration....

Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Hurricane Helene has taken a devastating toll on the region’s economy, with Buncombe County’s unemployment rate soaring — from the state’s lowest to its highest in October. This week, the North Carolina Department of Commerce announced some relief: an extension to Jan. 7 to apply...

Vicki Hyatt/The Mountaineer If Spirtas Worldwide and Two Banks, LLC (the corporation formed by Spirtas to purchase the Canton properties) is successful in its effort to purchase the Canton mill site owned by Pactiv Evergreen, the town has a more certain path forward, particularly when it comes to its wastewater...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online Go ahead and call Evan Gadow a Boy Scout. The shellfish farmer, lifelong North Carolinian, husband and card-carrying Eagle Scout, the Boy Scouts of America’s highest achievement, had a record as pure as the driven snow. “I pride myself on that,” he said. “I’ve never gotten...