Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press A recent state audit of Elm City found almost $64,000 in outstanding checks dating back to 2012 and a series of financial policy violations by town officials, which the auditor said “increased the risk of fraud, waste, or abuse of tax dollars.” Elm City is a...

William F. West/Rocky Mount Telegram The town of Speed is on track to give up its town charter, with a dissolution set to officially happen by June 30 if everything goes according to plan. Once those final steps are complete, the Edgecombe County town will be a town no more....

Joe Marusak/The Charlotte Observer A defiant Mooresville Mayor Chris Carney said Tuesday he sees no reason to resign after Monday night’s 4-2 no-confidence vote by the town board. “There is nothing that came out last night that would make me believe that should be an option,” Carney said in an...

DJ Simmons/WFDD Radio Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough called for better funding to support his staff during a press conference on Wednesday. The press conference follows a county commission meeting, where it was revealed that his office could be over budget by more than a million dollars. Sheriff Kimbrough says...

Kara Fohner/Gaston Gazette Gastonia has a baseball stadium, but its parking lot is off-limits. The now defunct Gastonia Honey Hunters baseball team owns it, according to the city. The owners, N.C. Gas House Gang, have been embroiled in a lawsuit with the city of Gastonia for years. The Atlantic League...

Cierra Noffke/WilmingtonBiz Wilmington-based Off the Hook Yachts has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Bellhart Marine Group LLC, a Wilmington-based boat dealer, according to a press release. “This is an infrastructure-driven acquisition,” said Jason Ruegg, founder and president of Off the Hook Yachts, in the release. “We are building what...

Charlie Kingree/Wilmington StarNews Pender County residents showed up in full force at the April 7 Board of Commissioners meeting. With more than 200 people in attendance, they couldn’t even all fit in the room. They spilled out into the adjacent hallway, straining to see and hear the proceedings. Eventually, they...

Will Atwater/NC Health News Within months of becoming chief of Double Creek Volunteer Fire and Rescue in November 2025, Jimmy Brown received sobering news: His station’s well water was contaminated with PFAS at levels that exceeded federal limits. The station in Pinnacle, northwest of Winston‑Salem near Pilot Mountain, is one...

Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog Lucero Sierra was in high spirits at Mission Hospital on Sept. 25, 2025, despite the newly inserted metal rod holding her femur together. The 88-year-old Miami resident had fractured her left hip just hours earlier when she fell while visiting a daughter living in Asheville. The surgery...

The Associated Press A judge on Tuesday ordered that a Marine veteran charged with three counts of first-degree murder in a mass shooting at a North Carolina waterfront bar last year undergo psychiatric treatment after it was determined he is unable to understand his legal proceedings enough to help his...

Bill Moss/The Hendersonville Lightning Since 2012, the 11th Congressional District in the southwestern corner of North Carolina has not blipped on anyone’s radar as a competitive seat. After taking control of the state Legislature in 2010, Republican lawmakers made sure it would be a safe haven for the GOP. That...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Does a culture that obsesses with achievement drive the UNC System to a “pursuit of prestige” at the cost of ignoring other goals? Wendy Murphy, chair of the UNC System Board of Governors, told the other board members last year that she worries this is happening....

Liz Schlemmer/WUNC News Wake County School administrators presented a budget proposal to the school board Tuesday night that no longer includes previously proposed cuts to special education. However, district staff did not yet provide details about all the alternative cuts that might be made to make up the difference. An...

Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise More capital improvements are coming to the below-grade railroad corridor that runs through the heart of High Point. The City Council on Monday approved an agreement for the owner of the corridor to stabilize the steep embankment to prevent erosion along the part of the...

Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer The Haywood County Board of Commissioners have appointed Greg West to serve as the interim tax collector for the county until his official term begins in December. The appointment comes after former Tax Collector Sebastian Cothran suddenly resigned last month.  Haywood tax collector suddenly resigns West...