Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News A new preliminary report from a state-funded research group identifies “key pressure points that need to be addressed” to fully implement Iryna’s Law, which passed quickly late last year. The report also outlines some initial recommendations for lawmakers to help address existing gaps in North Carolina’s...

Christine Zhu/NC Newsline A North Carolina House committee voted on Tuesday to approve interim recommendations to improve public safety in the state, but lawmakers say they’re a long way from finishing their work on involuntary commitment. The House Select Committee on Involuntary Commitment and Public Safety is recommending that county...

Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The Watauga County Board of Education has voted to extend the length of the school day starting next academic year. Elementary and middle schools in Watauga County will have an extra 25 minutes added to each day. The high school will get an extra ten. The move...

Dave Faherty/WSOCTV It’s win or go home for the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday night, and tens of thousands of fans will cheer them on with the help of custom t-shirts being made by a North Carolina outfitter. The Hornets will host the Miami Heat in the NBA Play-in Tournament with...

Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro From general art history courses to niche topics like artwork in ancient Pompeii, there is always an interesting class to take at UNC-Chapel Hill. But a course the university does not offer is one exclusively focused on the business side of the art world — that is...

Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online As the United States recognizes the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776, Dare County is celebrating its unique role in American history Saturday with “Liberty, Legacy, and Lift Off in the Land of Beginnings.” The Dare A250 Faire is...

Adam Wagner/WUNC News By the time David Batts spoke in front of the Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners, they had already changed its zoning ordinance to allow data centers and cryptomining facilities to be built in the Kingsboro Industrial Park. The next decision was whether the county should sell 120...

Mebane Rash & Alli Lindenberg/Axios Charlotte When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina (WNC) in late September 2024, it landed on a region already under stress. According to state estimates, the storm caused nearly $60 billion in economic damage, 19,000 jobs were lost in the weeks following the storm, and...

Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press Only three years into the completion of the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forest Land Management Plan, its future hangs in limbo, putting both current and future timber projects in Western North Carolina on pause. A federal court ruled March 31 in favor of several conservation organizations,...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein formally appointed Jonah Garson to the N.C. Senate District 23 seat – which covers Orange, Person and Caswell Counties – on Friday. The move came after Garson’s approval by local Democratic Party members on Apr. 4. Before he headed to Raleigh to...

Mary Helen Moore/Axios Raleigh North Carolina researchers tagging and tracking coastal fish have created an online tracker that lets anyone see where the fish are pinging. Why it matters: Red drum are hugely popular recreational fish, and yet their movement patterns are somewhat of a mystery. Zoom in: The state...

Andrew Marshall/The Waynesville Mountaineer There’s a syrupy quality to the morning light streaming through the windows at Pisgah Barber Shop. It’s a gentle glow — not the blazing fluorescents of a salon chain — but enough to illuminate the steam coming off Ken Warren’s coffee, and enough for the man...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority gave a glimpse this week into needed rate increases to accommodate rising costs — including from PFAS litigation — and the replacement of the Southside Water Reclamation Facility. At the CFPUA board’s April 8 meeting, staff said a recommended budget...

Amber Gaudet/The Charlotte Observer A Charlotte-based hair restoration surgeon cannot reapply for his North Carolina medical license until at least 2027, the state medical board announced Thursday. The board indefinitely suspended the license of Dr. Bruce Howard Marko following his role in a $17 million, multi-state bank fraud scheme that...

Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise South University in High Point wants to be synonymous with academic programming in health care, specifically nursing. Gone are the days when it offered undergraduate and graduate degrees across several fields, including accounting. It recently moved to an expanded space off N.C. 68 at 4050...