A lawsuit filed against Kituwah LLC that was initially dismissed is heading back to court after the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month that the tribally owned corporation waived its sovereign immunity. The decision both establishes precedent that further limits sovereign immunity and could potentially jeopardize the company’s...

Several meetings are now scheduled to discuss the plan for a new Dare County Early College after it became a focus of the June 3 Dare County Commissioners meeting, with voices raised in opposition and School Superintendent Steve Basnight offering an impassioned response. The Dare County Board of Education will...

A half-dozen public speakers attended the commissioners’ meeting Monday to compel the New Hanover County board against dissolving Port City United in full. Tammie Hall, who works in violence intervention for Novant Health, said she hasn’t been able to secure a lot of alliances in her field of work. She...

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools officials met Tuesday afternoon to discuss what is and isn’t working in the district’s student code of conduct. WS/FCS rolled out the new Code of Character, Conduct, and Support in 2022, after spending a year developing it with community stakeholders. It provides a matrix of varying levels...

Six suspended police instructors from a halted law enforcement program at Blue Ridge Community College in Henderson County are set to appear before a state board with the power to revoke trainer and law enforcement certifications. That is according to the chair of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and...

An effort to exempt autopsy reports from North Carolina’s public records requirements was abandoned Tuesday by a Senate Republican, who said it’s more important to win approval for a streamlined bill that would add punishments for distributing a drug the White House calls an “ emerging threat.” Spearheaded by Robeson...

A North Carolina federal judge overruled a spate of new state laws that imposed new requirements on the use of Food and Drug Administration approved abortion pills. The ruling means that pregnant people can again take the medicine mifepristone at home and can obtain the medication from a pharmacy or...

European leaders are closely following the U.S. elections this fall — and not just for president, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday, days after returning from a business recruitment trip to Germany, France and Switzerland. Cooper said that during his trip people frequently asked him about the presidential race...

Soon trucks traveling to the Port of Wilmington from the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge will have a new route. North Carolina Ports Authority is upgrading its general cargo terminal with two projects: a new terminal entrance and rail yard. The $50 million in upgrades will boost efficiency and handle growth...

Imagine being a patient diagnosed with a severely debilitating illness, only to learn that there’s nothing readily available on the market your doctor can prescribe to ease your symptoms. State Rep. Allen Chesser (R-Nash) said what offers hope is technological advances in the medical community that are happening at such...

Over the last four years, rents have skyrocketed by an average of over 30% nationwide and are a major factor in the overall inflation rate. There are a variety of factors behind the increases, including an overall housing shortage. But the Department of Justice is investigating another potential cause: a...

In May, when the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners voted to evict Cherokee County Schools from the Central Office building at 911 Andrews Road, the board did much more than that – it also took away $1.2 million in annual sales tax revenue. In the same meeting on May 23,...

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened a Title VI investigation on May 5 into UNC for discrimination against Palestinian students. The investigation was opened following a complaint filed by Palestine Legal, an independent organization, that outlined incidents of anti-Palestinian discrimination. According to a post on the...

The eCourts expansion will reach 49 of the state’s 100 counties when Track 6 goes live on Oct. 14, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC) has announced. This latest group of counties will include Moore and Anson, Cabarrus, Cumberland, Hoke, Montgomery, Randolph, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly and Union...

North Carolina’s public universities are charting a new path without diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Last month, the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors voted to end DEI programs at all schools in the system. Channel 9’s Almiya White learned the change could have a serious impact on...