Shaun Gallagher/WRAL News A video showing a Cary man jackhammering a trail entrance has garnered a major reaction online. A Reddit user posted the video to the social media site on Monday. It shows the confrontation between two men over a trail entrance between two properties on Montibello Drive in...

Christopher Miller/Independent Tribune New details of the new Coltrane-Webb/Beverly Hills STEM Replacement School were shared with the public during a construction update meeting Tuesday at the new R. Brown McAllister school. The $50.6 million school will be built on the property of the old Coltrane-Webb school and will be similar...

Mary Smith/CBS 17 News State Sen. Mary Wills Bode is advocating for changes to the law and processes at register of deeds offices statewide after a woman was accused of filing a fraudulent warranty deed on a home in Wake County. Homeowner Dr. Craig Adams, a local dentist, contacted Senator...

Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Maggie Valley’s former police chief has filed a lawsuit against the town, claiming his firing was an act of retaliation. Russell Gilliland filed the lawsuit on Sept. 12, alleging that his termination was the result of the chief his pursuit of criminal charges against the son...

Evey Weisblat/CityView Local educational and grassroots efforts to raise awareness about the dangers of consuming PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, seem to be paying off. According to new research, Fayetteville area residents who enrolled in a N.C. State study testing the levels of toxic forever chemicals in their blood...

The Associated Press North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson vowed Monday to rebuild his campaign staff after several top aides quit and a key Republican group backed away from his race following a CNN report alleging he made explicit racial and sexual posts years ago on a pornography website’s...

Jay Price/WUNC Radio The military is increasingly relying on robots, drones and AI on the battlefield. But it’s also focusing on a simpler way to boost its performance: more sleep for the troops. The Government Accountability Office released a study earlier this year that said most troops report getting six...

Mark Bergin/WRAL News The Carolina Hurricanes submitted their rezoning application late Monday to the city of Raleigh for mixed-use development of the area around the Lenovo Center. New renderings show what the development could look like in the future for the arena, which serves as the home of Carolina Hurricanes...

Pat Kimbrough/High Point Enterprise The city plans to pass on its costs to upgrade a regional water plant to High Point ratepayers. Officials expect to recommend that the City Council approve a 2% water and sewer rate increase to pay for treatment to remove “forever chemical” contaminants from a small...

Port City Daily The New Hanover Community Endowment announced Monday that Executive Vice President of Programs and Operations Lakesha McDay has submitted her resignation. “I am proud of the role I served as part of the inaugural years at the Endowment,” McDay said in a press release. A reason for...

Elena Marsh/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Carthage is seeking to appoint new volunteers to the Historic Preservation Commission following the resignation of two members. That is, presuming the town doesn’t disband the new board in the coming weeks. The commission, formed earlier this year, has not been well-favored by some residents...

Will Hofmann/Asheville Citizen Times Geotechnical drilling operations for preliminary work on the Interstate 26 Connector project will begin along the French Broad River between the Jeff Bowen Bridge and Pearson Road Bridge next week, the North Carolina Department of Transportation announced Sept. 23. Work on two 9-foot-wide platforms will begin...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro After more than a decade of trying to work together on a solution to the coal ash at 828 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the Town of Chapel Hill and state government are close to finalizing a deal on remediation and development. A final step in the...

Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A heated and personal exchange between the Haywood County commission chairman and a Pathways critic became public at Monday’s board meeting when Waynesville resident Erich Overhultz read a text message sent to all board members as well as the texts from the sole respondent, Kevin Ensley....

Paul Specht & Jack Hagel/WRAL News North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson rejected multiple offers from supporters to connect him with information technology specialists to help the Republican gubernatorial nominee investigate racist and lewd comments on a pornographic website made by someone with a username that CNN tied to Robinson,...