Small purple boxes have become a promising tool in Wilson County’s fight to lessen the deadly toll of the opioid epidemic. ONEbox is a first aid-like kit that contains doses of naloxone, a nasal spray that can rapidly reverse the effects of opioid overdose. When the kit is opened, a...

National conservative parents rights group Moms for Liberty brought a town hall — and frustration toward public schools — to North Carolina on Wednesday night. Speakers focused on problems in public schools — chiefly, worsening student behavior and test scores that remain below pre-pandemic levels — and suggested more discipline...

Groundwater beneath the former Tarheel Army Missile Plant in Burlington contains two types of toxic PFAS at levels hundreds, even thousands of times higher than proposed state standards. Yet the military never informed the Department of Environmental Quality of its findings — even though officials from both agencies attended the...

Fayetteville State University Chancellor Darrell T. Allison has postponed a controversial new teaching workload policy at the university until January 2025, following the faculty’s “no confidence” vote this month of university Provost Monica Terrell Leach. “The Faculty Workload policy is still under administrative review, but I was happy to announce...

One of Asheville’s community farms may be dismantled to make room for a $200,000 playground. The half-acre Southside Community Farm has provided fresh produce for residents of the historically Black neighborhood for a decade, but a proposal by the Housing Authority’s new CEO, Monique Pierre, would eliminate the farm. In...

With a vast amount of capital improvement projects, the Town of Chapel Hill is weighing the possibility of another bond referendum to borrow more money for a variety of projects. At its work session on Monday night, the town council weighed whether its members would prefer to pick get a...

The night before state Rep. Destin Hall’s wedding in southwest Virginia in December, one of his groomsmen was seriously injured after falling off the back of a pickup truck. Police records and a 911 call indicate that the truck—driven by another groomsman, with Hall as a passenger—briefly left the scene...

President Biden knows that steel is the backbone of the American economy, and a bedrock of our national security. American steel fueled the country’s industrialization and helped build the middle class. American-made steel remains critical for our economic and national security. American companies must lead the future of more sustainable...

Meeting one week after the county commissioners voted to cut ties with its remaining affordable housing partner and return $35 million in housing funds to the state, the Dare County Housing Task Force made several decisions on how to move forward—including one that involves broadening and restructuring the group. Following...

Nearly nine months after VinFast broke ground on its planned $4 billion electric vehicle factory in North Carolina, construction at the Chatham County site has stalled while local officials await updated building plans from the Vietnamese carmaker. Chatham County confirmed Tuesday what News & Observer drone footage makes clear: No...

A celebration of all things cannabis is poised to draw hundreds of people to Haywood County this weekend, and is drawing its share of critics, as well. The first annual Stoner’s Ball coming to the Smoky Mountain Event Center is making no bones about serving up a “legal high” with...

Guilford County has been tracking infant deaths for decades, yet officials there continue to struggle with high death rates and no answers. Jean Workman and Leandra Vernon with Every Baby Guilford hope to change that with the formation of North Carolina’s only Fetal and Infant Mortality Review program. “As time...

Gross wagering revenue at an 18% tax rate brought the state $11,969,318 in March, the North Carolina State Lottery Commission says. Bettors won more than $590 million, and it wasn’t even a full month. Legal online gambling opened March 11, just in time for the Tobacco Road spectacle known as...

A preference in Moore County to keep businesses local doesn’t just apply to thrift stores and ice cream parlors, for the county commissioners, it also applies to healthcare. At the Tuesday evening meeting, chairman Nick Picerno presented a resolution requesting the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to...

This Saturday, North Carolina will become the 39th state with access to medical marijuana as the Eastern Band of Cherokee opens the first marijuana dispensary in the state. The Great Smoky Cannabis Company will host a ribbon cutting ceremony followed by a grand opening at 10 a.m. A spokesperson for...