As New Hanover County looks to update its comprehensive plan addressing development on the west bank of the Cape Fear River, planning board members at Thursday’s meeting took issue with a few considerations being left out. Rebekah Roth, planning director for the county, suggested to the board a handful of...

Vast swaths of the United States are at risk of running short of power as electricity-hungry data centers and clean-technology factories proliferate around the country, leaving utilities and regulators grasping for credible plans to expand the nation’s creaking power grid. In Georgia, demand for industrial power is surging to record...

Some military families say they feel caught in the middle from the repeated threats of federal government shutdowns, which could leave them without paychecks, suspend federal programs they rely upon, and shutter facilities on military bases. “It’s one thing if it happens randomly, but it seems like it’s happening more...

Polls officially closed at 7:30 p.m. on March 5 and the counting of votes began statewide in North Carolina’ primary election. More than 1.5 million North Carolinians cast their ballots in 2,600 polling sites across the state on Tuesday or voted early. North Carolina was among 15 other states and...

On Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson won the GOP primary to become his party’s nominee for North Carolina governor, presumably with the help of female voters. But just four years ago, Robinson invoked a bizarre hypothetical in which he said he’d “absolutely” like to return to the days when the...

On paper, Michele Morrow didn’t look like an Election Day threat. The Republican candidate for state superintendent didn’t have a career in education, let alone experience as a public school parent in North Carolina. The homeschool mom regularly spoke out against public schools, calling them “indoctrination centers,” urging parents not...

A concrete plaque with the Fireman’s Prayer etched in black letters sits at the base of a flag pole hoisting the American flag in front of Chapel Hill’s White Cross Fire Station #1. The first paragraph reads: “When I am called to duty, God, wherever flames may rage, give me...

The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) recently announced the first full-time director for the NC Center on the Workforce for Health (the Center). Andy MacCrackken joined the team in February and will help lead the Center in their efforts to tackle North Carolina’s health care workforce challenges....

A Charlotte private school that gets North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship money but didn’t seem to have a location lists a new address in Cabarrus County. After checking seven previous addresses for Teaching Achieving Students Academy with no sign of a school, I found a small group of students working at...

Haywood County commissioners got an overview this week on the county’s efforts to expand broadband, and it was a glowing report. One of the board’s top goals for the past few years has been expanding high-speed internet access across the county. Monday’s report showed 75% of the households in the...

Months after a couple withdrew their rezoning request to build on an ecologically vulnerable Topsail property, residents are pushing to enshrine long-term environmental protections in the town’s regulations. Nonprofit Conserve the Point formed last year to fight against Todd and Laura Olson’s conditional rezoning application to develop around 20 acres...

The Democratic attorney general and the Republican lieutenant governor won North Carolina’s primaries for governor on Tuesday, setting the stage for what will be an expensive and high-stakes November contest in a state that the two parties see as a pivotal battleground. Josh Stein and Mark Robinson, each of whom...

With 100% of precincts reporting, Michele Morrow won the Republican primary election of the superintendent of public instruction with 455,245 votes — 52%. Morrow ran against incumbent Superintendent Catherine Truitt. Morrow is a wife and mom, nurse and homeschool teacher According to her campaign website, Morrow describes herself as a...

Longtime pastor Mark Harris completed a political comeback Tuesday, five years after his earlier win was thrown out in a fraud-tainted race that ended up being one of the only congressional do-overs in U.S. history. Harris appeared to squeak out a victory, with 30.44% of votes cast — just above...

A Wilmington business is being sued for copyright infringement by a nationally known organization that alleges the establishment has been playing protected musical works for its customers without permission. According to a news release from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, or ASCAP, Bull City Ciderworks at 615...