Dozens of fans sat in oversized brick-red chairs, as if relaxing were an option considering the money riding on the college basketball games playing on the 90-foot LED screen. On the massive central screen, Jamal Shead, a guard for No. 2-ranked Houston, rose to fire a winning three-pointer at the...

The Buncombe County Planning Board held its second listening session Monday night as it considers new restrictions on short-term rentals. More than three dozen local residents spoke during the 90-minute session, which was held on the campus of A-B Tech in Asheville. The county planning board is considering a proposal...

AdventHealth has acquired approximately 25 acres of land in Buncombe County, near Weaverville, where — pending a ruling in a court challenge by rival HCA Healthcare — it plans to build a 67-bed acute care hospital to serve Buncombe, Madison, Yancey, and Graham counties. AdventHealth already operates AdventHealth Hendersonville, the...

The end of a federal program that provides internet subsidies to low-income families could leave hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians without access to online health services. Nearly 900,000 households across the state participate in the Affordable Connectivity Program, a $14.2 billion federal program created through a sweeping infrastructure package...

The Lake Logan dam was designated as “high hazard” a year ago, compounding the need to address lingering questions about its future in the wake of the paper mill closure in Canton. Mill owner Pactiv Evergreen also owns the dam, and what will become of it is one the most...

Content warning: This article contains reference to suicide and death. When Sree Yallapragada found out her friend and NC State classmate died unexpectedly of health complications last February, she said she was struck with an indelible pang of shock, regret and deep sadness. The death of Yallapragada’s classmate, Toni Tutt,...

Six hundred and eighty rural advocates and leaders from 79 counties gathered March 20-21 in Raleigh for the NC Rural Center’s annual conference, focusing this year on the essential building blocks of rural community economic development — physical assets, business growth, social and civic vibrancy, talent development, and authentic leadership....

Officials from the Moore County Sheriff’s Office say that a promotional shift in the office has not altered much of the investigation surrounding the Dec. 3, 2022 substation attacks. Following the retirement of Chief Deputy Richard Maness at the end of December, Eric Galloway was one of three promoted within...

Democratic state Rep. Michael Wray plans to appeal the dismissal of one of his election protests. Bruce Thompson, one of Wray’s lawyers, sent the elections director in Halifax an email Thursday notifying her that Wray planned to appeal the county board’s unanimous dismissal of his protest to the State Board...

After seven hours of recounting ballots, county Board of Elections workers confirmed Thursday Democratic Cumberland County Board of Commissioners candidate Ronald Pittman’s loss in the March 5 Dist. 2 primary. Pittman requested a recount last week when certified election results showed him behind fellow Democrat Karla Icaza by 38 votes....

Some Connecticut lawmakers are hoping to lure businesses away from North Carolina by highlighting controversial rhetoric of a high-profile North Carolina politician. Democratic Senate leaders in the Nutmeg State wrote to officials in Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development, urging them to “explore opportunities to attract businesses from the...

On Tuesday, nearly three months to the day since Florida State sued the Atlantic Coast Conference to challenge the league’s grant of media rights and exit fee, Clemson became the second ACC member to file suit against the ACC, albeit with a more tactful approach. The Tigers are seeking a...

HCA Healthcare, which owns Mission Hospital in Asheville, had to submit an amended plan of correction to regulators March 13, which the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved in a notice to Mission Hospital CEO Chad Patrick. That plan was made public March 20. HCA’s amended plan of...

A schedule change could be coming to the Bald Head Island ferry system, and once again, the Village of Bald Head Island is intervening in a case before the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Bald Head Transportation, which currently owns the ferry system but is in the process of selling it,...

A new report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute studied whether evaluations of charter applications by North Carolina’s former Charter School Advisory Board (CSAB) were good predictors of the success of new charter schools. North Carolina removed its statewide cap of 100 charter schools in 2011. The institute’s report tracked...