Charlotte City Council is considering spending hundreds of millions of dollars to renovate Bank of America Stadium. Council will potentially provide $650 million to the construction of the renovations. In return, the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC will commit to staying in Charlotte for another 20 years. It’s a story...

More than 30 people have applied for the job of Summerfield Town Manager Scott Whitaker, who is leaving June 10, according to councilman Heath Clay. Town Council started advertising the opening about a week ago, Clay said in an interview after the council’s special called meeting yesterday. He and Mayor...

A City Council committee endorsed a route for the Silver Line that runs along I-277 north of uptown and then into Fourth Ward, bypassing the core of the center city. Only part of the line is likely to be built now, however. A version of this news analysis originally appeared...

New proposals to make hiring and retention easier inside state government passed a key state Senate committee Tuesday, as North Carolina’s government agencies remain understaffed at well-above-average levels. A year ago, 20 state departments, offices and boards were grappling with the highest number of vacant positions in five years. Vacancies...

For decades, state legislators and criminal justice advocates have worked to change the juvenile legal system, striving to expand access to rehabilitation and keep young people from returning to crime. During this year’s legislative session, nearly every state has considered some form of juvenile justice legislation, according to a National...

For 16 years New Hanover County Schools has been involved in the reading competition Battle of the Books. However, some members of the county’s board of education are now speaking out against title selections. At the board’s May 28 agenda review meeting, a presentation about the Battle of the Books...

North Carolina has one of the newest — and least regulated — private-school voucher programs in the country. Given those traits of the N.C. ‘school choice’ program, which offers financial aid for students to attend private school regardless of income, a debate has emerged over the program’s accountability. “In North...

The longest-serving member of the Fayetteville City Council, D.J. Haire, has been accused of violating the city’s code of ethics by a constituent who claims the councilman covertly attempted to stop a house demolition on behalf of an alleged family member who had sold the resident the condemned property. Haire’s...

In 1999, the N.C. 211 corridor between Oak Island and St. James looked much different than it does today. Back then, residents on Oak Island’s west end had to travel several miles to the G.V. Barbee Bridge if they wanted to leave the island, the Midway Commons Shopping Center had...

The North Carolina Industrial Commission has ruled Training Officer Jeff Lyon’s November 2022 death from cancer a line of duty death, as announced by Asheville Fire Department. After serving with the fire department for 26 years, Lyons was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer in 2022, the May 28 fire department news...

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced this week that he has rejected proposed increases in mobile home fire and casualty policies and has set a hearing for next April. The N.C. Rate Bureau had requested an overall state average increase of 82.9% for mobile home fire policies (MH-F) over...

The Catawba Nation is set to begin construction of a more than $700 million permanent casino resort in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, about 35 minutes from downtown Charlotte, after finalizing a settlement with its former casino developer over the ground lease for its trust lands. The Catawba Nation finalized the...

A silver tsunami has washed over Buncombe County for nearly 25 years and shows no signs of receding. During the pandemic years of 2020-2022, adults over 65 accounted for an astonishing 96.1 percent of the increase in Buncombe’s population, according to the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management....

Discussion continues at the county level after proposed state legislation this past month could have ended Moore County’s 11 municipalities’ control of zoning and planning for land immediately adjacent to their borders. The issue will now be subject to a legislative study over the next year, allowing local officials and...

The Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization reviewed some alternative funding sources for future transportation projects at its Wednesday meeting. Kristina Whitfield, a transportation engineer with Kimley-Horn, presented alternative ideas to generate local funding in the Wilmington metro area to supplement dwindling state funding and competitive federal dollars. Whitfield said...