Faculty at Fayetteville State University will hold a no confidence vote on Friday regarding Provost Monica Terrell Leach, the school’s chief academic officer. The Faculty Senate is scheduled to vote on its no confidence resolution during a virtual meeting at 2 p.m. Professors are angry that Leach is advancing a...

Kelly Daughtry wasn’t too thrilled with her father’s idea. She had a good life practicing law in Johnston County, and was resistant to upending it to seek a congressional seat. “‘I don’t know anything about politics. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know the people,’” Leo recalled his...

North Carolina Senator Jim Burgin, a Republican from Harnett County, remembers a trip he took with Disability Rights North Carolina last spring to inspect two psychiatric residential facilities. To say he was disappointed in what he saw is an understatement. “It was basically a warehouse for children,” Burgin said. “I...

On March 6, 2023, Pactiv Evergreen announced the closure of the paper mill that sat in the heart of downtown Canton. The mill served as one of the largest employers in the community — but also as the heartbeat of a community dubbed “Mill Town.” One year later, I found...

Dogwood Health Trust announced Tuesday the appointment of the new independent monitor responsible for ensuring HCA Healthcare lives up to the commitments it made when it purchased Mission Hospital for $1.5 billion in 2019. Affiliated Monitors, Inc. (AMI) will replace former monitor Gibbins Advisors, Dogwood announced in a Tuesday news...

State Treasurer Dale Folwell declined again on Tuesday to endorse Republican Lt. Governor Mark Robinson in North Carolina’s closely watched gubernatorial contest. Folwell, who lost the GOP nomination race to Robinson in the March primary, has refused since that time to endorse Robinson in his general election showdown with the...

Because North Carolina is one of the seven states likely to determine the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, and also boasts highly competitive contests for governor and other statewide offices, local races may not be top-of-mind for most voters. Nevertheless, North Carolinians will elect hundreds of county and municipal...

A new development that could add 350 apartments to southern Durham won unanimous approval from the City Council on Monday night, despite surrounding neighbors speaking out against it. The project is called Aura 751 and it’s located on 12 acres on the west side of N.C. 751, less than a...

In 2019, Amazon chopped down almost every tree on a 95-acre site to build a distribution center off Wilkinson Boulevard, near Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Only two small patches of forest were left, sandwiched near Interstates 85 and 485. Charlotte’s tree-save ordinance requires developers preserve 15% of the trees on...

After a month of deliberations, Brunswick leaders agreed to enforce a new rule for traffic-generating developments in the county. Traffic impact analyses — studies to determine necessary roadway improvements and to get an understanding of congestion in an area — have always been required of developers if their project will...

The memorandum of understanding between Jackson County Public Schools and the Catamount School is up for annual review, and this year, JCPS is reconsidering the agreement that permits the Catamount School to operate on the campus of Smoky Mountain High School, where it occupies valuable classroom space in a system...

Almost 3 in 10 child care centers throughout North Carolina say they’d be forced to close if state lawmakers don’t step in with financial support when pandemic-era grants expire this summer. Why it matters: That many closures (29%) would mean a loss of care for some 91,660 children in the...

Ariel Wolf unpacks Newt, her German Wirehaired Pointer, from the back of her car. She trains dogs for competitions and has trained Newt as her service dog. Wolf is diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that affects her skin and joints. “All the little things that he does,...

Major freight railroads will have to maintain two-person crews on most routes under a new federal rule that was finalized Tuesday in a milestone in organized labor’s long fight to preserve the practice. The Transportation Department’s Federal Railroad Administration released the details of the rule Tuesday morning after working on...

Thousands of North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities rely on caregivers, known as direct support professionals, for help with everyday tasks like bathing and eating. But those workers are in short supply. A recent study by The Arc of North Carolina, a nonprofit that advocates for people with cerebral...