April Laissle/WFDD Radio The town of Boone is holding a public hearing Monday to discuss a potential moratorium on local data center construction. Officials are considering a one-year pause on permits for data centers and crypto-mining operations due to concerns about energy use, water consumption and noise. Planning documents also...

Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press A recent state audit this month found that millions of dollars in the Rocky Mount city budget were mismanaged in recent years, which the auditor blamed on a lack of oversight and due diligence by the City Council. Dave Boliek, the state auditor for North Carolina,...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  From first to fourth, North Carolina’s administrative ratio remains among the best in the country in the Reason Foundation’s Annual Highway Report. The Tarheel State was among the most cost-effective road systems, measuring condition, safety and costs of roads and bridges in all 50 states. In...

Peter H. Lewis/Asheville Watchdog In advance of its annual shareholders meeting on April 23, HCA Healthcare’s board of directors once again is urging voters to reject a proposal by state Sen. Julie Mayfield, D-Buncombe, that would require HCA to report on the health consequences of its acquisitions over the past...

Greg Childress/NC Newsline North Carolina voters could be asked to consider a constitutional amendment requiring state lawmakers to limit city and county property tax increases. The state House Select Committee on Property Tax Reduction and Reform signaled its support for the measure on a voice vote Wednesday during a meeting...

Rodney Overton & Mary Smith/WNCN News After criticism for hours-long lines and tremendous customer backlogs, the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles launched wait time estimates and real-time capacity status indicators for offices across the state, officials said Thursday. According to the NCDMV, the eventual goal is for customers to...

Marshall Terry/WFAE Radio The former Sycamore Brewing reopened this past weekend in time for St. Patrick’s Day holiday. It has a new name, Club West Brewing, and is in the process of getting a new owner. Sycamore Brewing closed in early January, a few weeks after one of its co-founders...

WSOC News North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein announced on Thursday that 400 jobs are coming to Mecklenburg County thanks to the new PSA Airlines’ new headquarters. The investment is expected to bring nearly $250 million, Stein said during the grand opening in Charlotte. PSA’s relocation will help North Carolina remain...

Ally Kadlubar/WRAL News After a national search, William Peace University has named Jennifer E. Walsh as its 13th president. Walsh has 25 years of strategic leadership experience, including being senior vice president for strategic initiatives and chief strategy officer at Hawai‘i Pacific University. The William Peace University Board of Trustees...

Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView Since she was a teen, Rebekah Witter dreamed of becoming a commercial airline pilot. But she put her career on hold when she and her husband, who serves in the Army, found out they were having a baby. “I was like, I gotta stay home, especially with...

Sabrina L. Greene/The Waynesville Mountaineer Before the sun came up on primary day, a generator was already humming on Panther Creek Road. The zero tape was signed before most people rolled over and went back to sleep. A miscommunication between the electric company and the election board had left the...

Will Doran/WRAL News North Carolina elections officials on Wednesday rejected a request by state Senate leader Phil Berger to adjust rules for the state’s recount process, as he seeks to defend the seat he’s held in the state legislature for nearly three decades. Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page challenged Berger...

Emily Peck/Axios Even for those accustomed to the indignities of air travel, it’s clear that right now is a particularly terrible time to fly. The big picture: The Iran war is creating major travel headaches on top of an already chaotic situation at airports in the U.S., raising the prospect...

Cierra Noffke/WilmingtonBiz Amazon’s robotics fulfillment center is slated to open by the third quarter of this year, said Holly Sullivan, vice president of worldwide economic development at Amazon, during the Greater Wilmington Business Journal’s Power Breakfast on Wednesday. The facility, situated on U.S. 421 in Pender Commerce Park, is expected...

David Lightman/NC Newsline Sure, Sen. Thom Tillis has become the most visible, outspoken Republican insider critic of the second Trump administration. But don’t mistake Tillis for a maverick. The North Carolina senator is being who he’s long been, the sort of GOP stalwart known as an establishment Republican. A Republican...