Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press The North Carolina State Board of Elections released the beginnings of a plan Monday to address voting access in the western part of the state following devastation wrought by Tropical Storm Helene. “As rescue and recovery efforts continue after (Tropical Storm) Helene, North Carolina election officials...

Dianne Gallagher & Michelle Watson/CNN It had been 48 hours since the winds and rains from Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina and Sam Perkins still had not heard from his parents. So, on Saturday morning, he got in his vehicle and started driving toward their home, nestled on...

Christopher Long/The Wilson Times N.C. House of Representatives District 24 candidates Dante Pittman and Rep. Ken Fontenot, R-Wilson, faced off Thursday evening in a candidate forum hosted by the Wilson County Public Library. More than 100 supporters and interested community members filled the library’s assembly room and adjacent hall. Fontenot...

Morgan Casey/CityView Patients googling Harnett Health facilities might see different results in their search. Instead of “Angier Medical Services,” they will see “Cape Fear Valley Primary Care – Angier.” “Harnett OB-GYN” will come up as “Cape Fear Valley OB/GYN – Dunn.” It is all part of the final step of...

Kelly Kenoyer/WHQR The New Hanover Community Endowment announced $14 million in housing program grants Monday, September 30. These grants mark the first investments based on the Endowment’s housing strategy unveiled earlier this year. The grants will help address the fact that 35% of households in New Hanover County are cost-burdened,...

Brady Dennis/The Washington Post There was no worship service Sunday morning at the First Baptist Church. No hymns or sermons or Communion. But there were hugs in the parking lot and tears running down tired faces — and, importantly, food and water for anyone finally able to make their way...

Marshall Terry/WFAE Radio Western North Carolina is reeling from the devastating floods, landslides and storm damage brought by the remnants of Hurricane Helene. The storm has left thousands of people stranded in the mountains and is being blamed for at least 11 deaths across the state, according to the North...

Brian Gordon/The News & Observer For three decades, North Carolina kept striking out on a major car factory. Mercedes-Benz spurned the Tar Heel State for Alabama in 1993, and in subsequent years, fellow foreign manufacturers Volkswagen, Audi, Volvo, Toyota and Mazda bypassed North Carolina to open factories in nearby Southeastern...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press  University of North Carolina Chapel Hill students will no longer be able to use their mobile student IDs to vote after an appellate court ruling against the State Board of Elections on Friday evening. In late August, the State Board of Elections approved UNC-Chapel Hill’s request...

Makiya Seminera/The Associated Press As Laurie Buckhout made her way around Nash County GOP headquarters in Rocky Mount, she seemed to be in high spirits. The Republican congressional candidate bounced around the crowded room, hugging and laughing with volunteers set to canvass local neighborhoods that afternoon. But a scandal emerging...

Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice In a recent four-day span, three Rodanthe homes were claimed by the sea, bringing the total to 10 homes that have been lost since 2020. That does not include the two homes the National Park Service (NPS) purchased and demolished earlier this year. The two homes...

Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC A national webinar hosted on Wednesday highlighted how two North Carolina rural school districts — Polk and Bertie — used federal COVID-relief funds to respond to student and community needs during the pandemic. The webinar, hosted by the Rural Education Special Interest Group of the American...

Shea Carver/Port City Daily A request to adjust a 5,000-acre development master land use plan left councilors with more questions than answers and ultimately prevented them from taking action Thursday. At the Leland Town Council meeting, the five-member board, including the mayor, took up a land use amendment to Brunswick...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review If everything goes accordingly, Surf City’s ocean shore may begin getting massive sand injections by the end of next year. The town’s federal coastal storm risk management project — more than 20 years in the making — will put a total of 21.8 million cubic yards of...

Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh GoTriangle, the regional transit agency for Durham, Orange and Wake counties, is looking for a new leader after its president and CEO, Charles Lattuca, resigned from his position. Why it matters: The resignation puts GoTriangle at a crossroads on how it will serve one of the fastest-growing...