Emily Mikkelsen/WGHP News The Republican candidate for North Carolina lieutenant governor gave an impassioned and conspiratorial speech at a religious gathering over the weekend. Republican Hal Weatherman, former chief of staff for past Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, now lieutenant governor hopeful, spoke at Parks Crossroads Church in Ramseur on Sunday...

Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio Hundreds of investors – hoping to become U.S. residents by funding expansion of one of Western North Carolina’s largest sports facilities – may miss out as a key entity wrangles with immigration officials over an unpaid annual fee. A local economic-focused group, called the...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  Lawmakers in North Carolina’s House of Representatives took the final step to immediately make law a proposal on building codes and regulatory reform over the objection of the governor. Another bill vetoed by Gov. Roy Cooper on court-filed documents was scheduled for the first week of...

Justin Welch/Technician NC State has revised its anti-discrimination policy following a settlement with the Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under the Law. Some experts believe the obligations in the agreement could challenge freedom of speech on campus. The settlement arose from a Title VI complaint alleging the University failed to...

Celeste Gracia/WUNC Radio A constant stream of 18-wheeler trucks file into the Sampson County landfill, located next to a small, historically-Black community named Snow Hill. The front of the facility is adorned with lush landscaping. From afar, it looks like a large hill of dirt. “I call it a toxic...

Makiya Seminera/The Associated Press North Carolina’s Republican House and Senate leaders said Friday that they have agreed with each other on a supplemental spending proposal that includes hundreds of millions of dollars to eliminate the state’s waitlist for private school vouchers. The new proposal includes funding for Medicaid, broadband access...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press A question over whether presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will appear on North Carolina ballots has reached the state Supreme Court. Friday evening, the North Carolina Board of Elections appealed the Court of Appeals’ order issued Friday morning to reprint all ballots without Kennedy’s...

Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC North Carolina public schools showed progress on school accountability measures during the 2023-24 school year, according to new data released by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) on Wednesday. In North Carolina, school grades are based on each school’s achievement score, weighted 80%, and on students’...

Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Just over a year ago, the city of Wilmington completed its purchase of a downtown campus that once belonged to a pharmaceutical firm. Since then, more than 300 city employees have moved into the former PPD-headquarters-turned-Thermo-Fisher-building even as officials work to upfit the new space and sell and...

Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News People in rural communities depend on local pharmacies for more than just prescription medicines. Many rural pharmacies offer immunizations, blood pressure testing and other services that can be difficult to get in remote places where traditional health care providers are few and far between. In some...

Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh Black and Hispanic students make up a smaller proportion of the University of North Carolina’s newest class of students compared to previous years, according to data released by the university Thursday. Why it matters: The data on admitted students is the first to be released since the...

Peter Castagno/Port City Daily   A North Carolina couple is requesting the Department of Environmental Quality set interim rules for eight PFAS compounds to aid groundwater remediation after finding high concentrations of the contaminants in nearby wells. Some New Hanover County residents supported the action due to similar findings. The...

Brionna Dallara/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Maggie Valley has taken the first step toward enacting a steep slope ordinance to safeguard the stability of mountainside development. Haywood County has had steep slope rules since 2007, but Maggie Valley never adopted their own rules governing construction and excavation methods on the steepest slopes....

Eliot Duke/State Port Pilot Oak Island Planning Board recently voted down a pair of town council proposals intended to limit the size of new house construction. Town council sent the planning board a directive in July to discuss two possible options related to maximum house sizes and come back with...

Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Dr. Bryan Hodge remembers his struggles to find lodging when he was a medical student doing rotations in rural areas in the early 2000’s. Sometimes, he would have to live in someone’s basement. Other times, he would live with a roommate or in an apartment...