The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission deferred action to initiate the regulatory process for PFAS standards under consideration in a series of contentious meetings this week. It also discussed expanding its power to issue water permits for dischargers. The EMC is a 15-member body appointed by the governor, General Assembly...

On July 12, Pactiv Evergreen Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Pine Bluff, Arkansas, paper mill and Waynesville extrusion facility, to global paper and pulp producer Suzano S.A. (“Suzano”) for $110 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments for closing amounts such as working capital....

Voters in Midwestern states are seeing ads railing against President Biden’s gas car ban. But there’s one catch: the Biden administration hasn’t prohibited gas-powered vehicles. That’s not stopping fossil fuel industry groups and former President Donald Trump from targeting swing state voters with warnings of car bans. The American Fuel...

About 37% of voters in North Carolina are now registered as unaffiliated, but until this year, not one of them has run for Congress in at least decades — and it’s rare to see an unaffiliated candidate for any partisan office in the state. Shelane Etchison, an Army Special Operations...

Both of Heidi Zanan’s parents died between 2017 and 2021, which meant she had to plan two funerals in the span of four years. Working with the funeral home left her feeling frustrated, lost and abused. “You block out parts of it,” the 54-year-old Garner, North Carolina, resident said. And...

Before North Carolina Central faces Alabama State in the Orange Blossom Classic on Sept. 1, the athletics department must tackle a budget deficit first. The Charlotte Post reports that the NCCU Athletics Department has some major challenges to overcome. At the last Board of Trustees meeting, Akua Matherson, NCCU’s chief...

At a July 11 meeting, Buxton Civic Association (BCA) Board Members Brian Harris, Heather Jennette and Wendi Munden outlined a plan of action to address continuing concerns about the contamination from the former Naval Station site and the actions the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are taking to correct...

Though July has, thus far, received more rainfall than this past June, farmers in the county are still struggling through the drought facing the state. The National Weather Service continues to report a moderate drought across most of the southeastern United States. Rainfall, while expected over the weekend, often falls...

Mission Health System, owned by HCA, continues to see lawsuits about the hospital systems commitment to the asset purchase agreement signed in 2019. Buncombe County cannot intervene in North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein’s lawsuit against HCA Healthcare, the NC Business court held this week. The county is already part...

With the nation’s best education system and policies that give companies room — both literally and figuratively — to grow, Virginia is America’s Top State for Business in 2024. This is the Old Dominion’s sixth time at the top of CNBC’s rankings, and its third win in five years —...

In a rare public appearance Wednesday, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson declined to speak with reporters and decried attempts to ask him questions about past comments as “pure shameful,” as his security detail shuffled him into an elevator leaving the building. It came weeks after Robinson, the Republican nominee...

A contractor at the Greensboro-Randolph megasite has tolerated drug use and serious safety violations by its workers and racist language and behavior by its supervisors, according to a federal lawsuit filed by a subcontractor hired to monitor safety compliance. Shiron Vick and Vick Cos. of Charlotte filed the lawsuit in...

Clemson’s request to dismiss an Atlantic Coast Conference lawsuit that was filed in response to the school challenging the conference bylaws in court was denied Wednesday by a judge. The case stems from Clemson’s attempt in March to release itself from the ACC’s grant of rights and a potential $140...

EBCI Tribal Council has reversed its decision to ban “hemp shops” not “wholly owned by the tribe … or one of its wholly owned subsidiaries.” Any enrolled member of the tribe has 10 days following the passage of an ordinance to submit a protest. In this case, that protest was...

North Carolina state superintendent candidate Michele Morrow has made protecting students central to her campaign. The Republican home-school mother running to oversee the state’s public school system has assembled a 10-person school safety advisory board, pledged to rid schools of pedophiles and vowed to address gun violence by putting in...