A new proposal could bring a highly anticipated sports complex to Eastland Yards with a lower price tag. The new proposal for the 29-acre complex would come with an indoor sports center and six full-sized, multipurpose outdoor fields. Several plans for the old Eastland Mall site have fallen by the...

North Carolina State University and a former grad student end employee have resolved a legal dispute related to the Poe Hall shutdown, according to a court filing Friday. NCSU has asked the state Supreme Court to lift a stay in the case. That action would allow a trial judge to...

UNC System president Peter Hans did not waste any time in appointing the committee that will recommend a replacement for NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson. Woodson, the longest serving chancellor in the University of North Carolina System, announced on Thursday that he will retire at the end of June of...

CrowdStrike experienced a widespread data outage on Thursday, affecting thousands of its clients globally. Among them, media, transportation, healthcare, and government facilities across North Carolina. Currently, North Carolina DMV offices are closed due to the outage, and flight delays are plaguing airports nationwide. “NC Ports’ systems are experiencing issues due...

For the third straight year, small businesses had a record year working for the N.C. Department of Transportation. NCDOT awarded nearly $65.4 million to small business enterprises (SBEs) through contracts under $1 million in the 2024 fiscal year, generating a 35% increase over the previous record of about $48.4 million...

NC Medicaid costs fluctuate each year. The state Department of Health and Human Services forecasts how costs might change and asks the legislature for funding adjustments based on those predictions. For the 2024-25 fiscal year, the department asked for almost half a billion dollars extra to meet higher costs —...

After the driest June in recorded North Carolina history, farmers across the state are coping with the impacts of intense drought. According to the US Drought Monitor, 22 North Carolina counties are experiencing severe drought, while one county — Columbus County, a rural, agriculturally driven county in the southeastern part...

A summer COVID-19 spike has become an unwelcome trend that’s tied to the change of seasons. Medical professionals say that coronavirus cases have spiked so far this summer, a development that has occurred each summer since the pandemic emerged in early 2020. Nationally, COVID-19 case rates and emergency room visits...

Princeville, North Carolina, the oldest community in the United States founded by formerly enslaved people, has been trapped in a cycle of disaster and disinvestment for decades. The town of around 1,200 people sits on a plain below the banks of the Tar River, and it has flooded more than...

The ransomware group linked to a June cyberattack against auto industry software provider CDK Global received a payment of more than $25 million two days after the attack that hobbled software used by roughly 15,000 car dealerships in the U.S. became public, researchers told CyberScoop. A cryptocurrency wallet likely controlled...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders say they’re promoting equity with a new schedule that standardizes what teachers get paid for taking on such extra duties as band, dance, drama, yearbook and academic clubs. The new stipend schedule, which does not cover athletics, ranges from $200 for teachers who advise student clubs to...

An Onslow County deputy is out of a job after a video released this week appeared to show his role in a fight between residents and protesters in a neighborhood where Native American artifacts were found. On Wednesday, a group of Indigenous activists called 7 Directions of Service shared the...

A new skyscraper is coming to Raleigh, and it’s going to be one of the tallest buildings in the city. Real estate company CBRE said ground is set to break on the 37-story luxury apartment building by the end of the year. It will beat out The Eastern in North...

Is Old Well Management the collective that Carolina needs? It is not unusual for conference powers to be fiddling with their NIL programs, since the enterprise of paying college athletes is still in its embryo stages. There are lots of ways schools are constantly maneuvering to get the best athletes....

Last month, UNC Asheville chancellor Kimberly van Noort proposed the closure of several academic programs and departments in response to budget deficits. The cuts were prompted by UNCA’s declining enrollment and subsequent financial difficulties. But the proposed cuts significantly undermine UNCA’s liberal-arts mission. The school proposes to cut the following...