Vietnamese electric car maker VinFast is looking at further delaying a planned $4 billion factory in North Carolina, a person briefed on the matter said, as the loss-making company struggles to gain favour with U.S. consumers. VinFast announced in 2022 that it would build an EV and battery factory in...

The Charlotte City Council on Tuesday voted 9-1 to approve a new power-sharing agreement with a countywide body, the Metropolitan Transit Commission, to determine how decisions are made about transit funding and leadership. The vote came after the city made last-minute concessions to Mecklenburg County and the six towns represented...

A federal program that provided subsidized internet access to low-income families is expected to end on Friday, affecting more than 900,000 households in North Carolina. Created through the federal 2021 infrastructure law, the Affordable Connectivity Program was touted by the Biden administration as the “largest high-speed internet affordability” initiative in...

Tameka Ford of Cabarrus County said she cries often at night about her housing situation, contemplating moving away. Ford and about 30 others with Down Home North Carolina rallied in support of allocating funds towards affordable housing development ahead of the May 20 county commissioners meeting, where she also spoke...

In August 2021, when a student was shot at New Hanover High School, panic and fear rippled through the community. The shooting was a result of a fight that broke out in the hallway with dozens of students watching. The incident left one student with non-life-threatening injuries that required surgery....

Members of the Durham Association of Educators marched through downtown Durham to a public hearing Tuesday night to call for the Durham County Board of Commissioners to fully fund the school board’s budget request. The Durham Public Schools’ board of education has requested a $27.4 million increase in local school...

Administrators for the Town of Canton have presented a conservative fiscal year 2024-25 budget that seeks some sense of sustainability after last year’s closing of the Pactiv Evergreen paper mill, which created a substantial revenue deficit and has now forced the small town to plan for a huge new expense...

The New Hanover Community Endowment announced it is allocating up to $19 million as part of its affordable housing investment strategy. According to a press release sent out Wednesday morning, the funding will toward existing and future housing programs. “Our investment strategy underscores our unwavering commitment to addressing this challenge...

Hall of Fame college basketball coach Roy Williams says the NCAA is simply reacting rather than having a plan to address last week’s settlement with players that opens the door for athletes to be paid. “Right now what we’re doing is reacting to everything instead of making some plans in...

UNC’s academic year wrapped up with several weeks of contentious demonstrations against the war in Gaza, culminating (but not ending) with a tent encampment that drew a forceful response from campus police. Organized by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the encampment went up on April 26 and lasted through...

Two weeks after the Dare County Commissioners terminated their housing partnership with Coastal Affordable Housing (CAH) and voted to return $35 million in state housing funds, an attorney for CAH principal Jordan Hennessy wrote to Dare Commissioner candidate Katie Morgan accusing her of “false and defamatory statements” and threatening litigation...

Before the F-15E Strike Eagle divestment can happen at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina, the Air Force and the Department of Defense will need to produce reports and research contracts outlining the risks involved. Funding for a Combat Arms Training & Maintenance Complex at the base is...

The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees did not have the authority to amend the university’s budget and divert millions of dollars in diversity, equity and inclusion funding to campus safety, UNC System President Peter Hans said Thursday, effectively nullifying the trustees’ action. The trustee board voted last week in a...

The future of a city-funded hydroponic farm in Winston-Salem is still unclear after being delayed by five years and exceeding its original budget by 100%. Housed inside a greenhouse, the hydroponic farm is in Kimberley Park, in the historically Black Boston Thurmond neighborhood. It is managed by a local anti-hunger...

Leaders of UNC Charlotte are awaiting further direction on what last week’s UNC System Board of Governors vote will mean for Charlotte’s Diversity and Inclusion Office. The vote repealed a previous diversity policy, effective immediately, and replaced it with a policy that emphasizes “equality of all persons and viewpoints.” The...