A simple land use code amendment garnered citizen outrage in the days leading up to Tuesday’s Wilmington City Council meeting, prompting council to continue the item to next month. Apart from its routine maintenance of the land development code, city staff presented council with a slate of amendments Tuesday. An...

Fayetteville State University employees are under investigation for unapproved purchases and misuse of university-issued credit cards. According to an investigative audit from the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor (OSA), staff members in Fayetteville State University’s Office of Strategic Communication (OSC) used FSU-issued travel cards and purchasing cards for...

Southside Community Farm staff were told that they would not be allowed on the property “after the end of 2024” during an early-May meeting with Monique Pierre, president and CEO of the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville, meaning this could be the last for the farm that has...

Conservation groups are asking a federal court to stop the use of a chemical treatment at Lake Mattamuskeet in eastern North Carolina. The lawsuit, filed in the Eastern District of North Carolina, argues the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is violating several national policies with the use of this...

The anglers have spoken. And they apparently did not spare using colorful language to express their thoughts on proposed temporary mandatory harvest reporting rules state regulatory agencies must enforce later this year. The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries and North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission received a combined more than...

Despite pressure from regulators and activists, North Carolina’s top environmental rule-making body delayed action on PFAS water standards. This comes as several decision-makers own stock in companies reliant on the compounds, many opposing new regulations. The Environmental Management Commission is a 15-member body appointed by the governor, General Assembly leaders,...

The House Standing Committee on Community Colleges gave a unanimously favorable report Thursday to a $99 million bill to change how the state funds community colleges. The bill goes in front of the House appropriations committee next. House Bill 1069 is the result of Propel NC, the community college system’s...

Zepbound is one of several new drugs that people are using successfully to lose weight. But shortages have people strategizing how to maintain their weight loss when they can’t get the drug. Over the past few decades, Jonathan Meyers endured several cycles of gaining, shedding, then regaining weight after attempting...

Before Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s GOP candidate for governor, even stepped on stage at the state party’s convention Saturday, several state candidates took time in their own speeches to energize the crowd by vouching for Robinson’s gubernatorial bid. When the state’s lieutenant governor did take to the stage more than...

The North Carolina tourism economy reached its highest level ever in 2023, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday, with travelers spending more than $35.6 billion on trips to and within the state. That’s up almost 7% from the previous record in 2022, according to the governor’s office. The state also rose...

If you are one of the lucky people in the most hotly contested presidential states, you are seeing a lot of advertising. And with just over five months to go until Election Day and only about three-and-a-half months until people start early voting, the deluge is just beginning. The election...

Restaurant owners in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, are feeling the strain as they grapple with higher prices on food and supplies in the wake of a high-inflation period. Despite efforts by the Federal Reserve Bank, inflation has been slow to drop to pre-pandemic levels. For Vimala Rajendran, owner of Vimala’s...

Pactiv shuttered its paper mill last year, but has to maintain the wastewater treatment facility until the agreement concludes next year. Even if Pactiv does not charge, the town must consider what it will do to cover those costs in the spring of next year, long before a new sewage...

Over the last 20 years, Winston-Salem’s downtown has boomed with new businesses in retrofitted buildings, and apartments taking the place of warehouses. But the population growth has come with a rise in crime. Police hope a new fourth district will help address the problem. Captain Jason Gates has been with...

State health regulators are conducting another inspection of Mission Hospital following patient deaths and other compliance problems. A nurse union representative, meanwhile, welcomed the visit, saying management improves conditions when the regulators are present − something a hospital spokesperson denied. The inspection, which began May 20, comes after the hospital...