A residential complex, wholly dedicated to workforce housing, is on track for approval in Wilmington. Wilmington Planning Commissioner Ace Cofer told his colleagues at its Aug. 7 meeting this is the first time he had seen a 100% workforce housing development come before the board. Unanimously approved, Avenue Flats will...

Western Carolina University is coming off the most successful year of philanthropic giving in the institution’s history — momentum it hopes will carry through to the public launch of the “Fill the Western Sky” comprehensive fundraising campaign this fall. The WCU Foundation received more than $35.8 million in gifts and...

A North Carolina appellate court has reopened the possibility of Mission Hospital building a new emergency room in Arden. Last year, a lower court ruled in favor of two other hospital systems, Pardee and Advent, which sued, arguing state officials’ process of approval for Mission deprived competing systems. A Court...

Autumn Davis stood on her front porch Wednesday, gesturing toward the mounds of dirt in the vacant lot next door. The house where Davis, 32, grew up used to sit on that lot, along Sessoms Street in Fayetteville, until Hurricane Matthew slogged by in 2016. Afterward, almost everyone on Sessoms...

Recreational fishermen have been barred from catching the state’s most valued finifish, the Southern flounder, this year because they exceeded last year’s quota. But anglers say this season’s cancellation reflects a larger management issue at the state level. The Division of Marine Fisheries, part of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental...

North Carolina has tens of thousands of moderate Republicans — and some solidly conservative voters — who have the potential to help Democrats flip the state blue in November. Swaying those voters isn’t a guarantee. But they’re gettable, said Rick Wilson, the former Florida GOP operative who’s now a leading...

For two years, Austin Collins consumed roughly 14 mg of nicotine a day — the equivalent of nine to 14 cigarettes — while vaping. Now, he consumes more than double the amount of nicotine, the equivalent of at least two packs of cigarettes, using nicotine pouches. They’re one of the...

Construction crews continue to make progress on buildings for two new academic programs at High Point University that involve an investment of $92.5 million. The new buildings will become the home for the Workman School of Dental Medicine and the Kenneth F. Kahn School of Law. Each building near the...

Jessica Nichols emerged from college with a bachelor’s degree in communications with her sights set on a broadcast journalism career. But after spending six years in the U.S. Army and becoming a mom, she felt called to an entirely different work path — nursing. Now, Nichols is one of seven...

Facing an Aug. 10 deadline, hundreds of thousands of Marine Corps veterans, family members, and others have filed claims in one of the biggest toxic exposure cases in the nation’s history. From 1953 to 1987, tainted water on Camp Lejeune, N.C. was laced with chemicals that have been linked to...

At an August 6 special meeting of the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission (CRC), the commissioners voted unanimously to begin the process of reinstituting Area of Environmental Concern (AEC) protections for Jockey’s Ridge State Park. Those protections include a prohibition on removing sand from the park and restrictions on development...

Buncombe County residents use an astounding number of single-use plastic bags every year — 130 million, by one estimate — and, despite being recyclable, nearly all end up in landfills where they become a health hazard, an Asheville Watchdog investigation found. Plastic bags taken to grocery store drop-off bins may...

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality said Wednesday it had granted a Title V air quality permit to CTI of North Carolina Inc. for its newly acquired Wilmington Terminal. On Dec. 1, Colonial Terminals Inc., a division of Savannah-based Colonial Group Inc., acquired the Buckeye Terminal...

A new state study recommends about $1 billion of wastewater upgrades for High Point to help accommodate growth in the region. The “Regional Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Concept Plan” for the U.S. 421 corridor looks at what it will take to serve upcoming economic development projects like the Toyota battery...

For the second time in three years, Greensboro-based Cone Health is planning to become part of another health system — but Cone President and CEO Dr. Mary Jo Cagle says this time will be different. The current deal is for Cone Health to become part of Risant Health, an offshoot...