A social media post accuses unnamed North Carolina lawmakers of drunk and disorderly behavior at a bourbon-tasting event in Kentucky. The scene was described Saturday in a post on Reddit by a person who says they work at a bourbon distillery in the Louisville area. The distillery was the site...

The state Department of Transportation has released a new study of the Pinehurst Traffic Circle, with a recommendation that scraps the circular intersection for a series of left and right turns. The favored design, called a “continuous flow intersection,” would allow more “operational capacity” without building bridges or requiring a...

At its May 7 Town Council meeting, Southern Shores may become the second Dare County municipality to approve a ban on releasing balloons within town boundaries. During the Town Council’s March 12 meeting, it passed a resolution supporting the balloon release ban after hearing about the potential negative impacts “on...

A local distillery has filed a civil suit against two transportation and logistics companies for a holiday heist the company said cost them more than $300,000 in product loss, not to mention damages. Daytoon Distributors is suing Tazmanian Freight Forwarding Inc. and Landstar Express America for damages exceeding $75,000 and...

Toussaint Romain, a former public defender who rose to prominence for his role as a peacekeeper and activist in Charlotte’s 2016 Keith Scott protests, and later for his campaign for Mecklenburg County district attorney, has been fired as CEO of Charlotte’s Center for Legal Advocacy. Staff learned of the firing...

Waynesville’s town government has kept taxes as low as possible for as long as possible, but is quickly finding truth in the adage, “It’s easier to keep up than to catch up” — over the years, capital spending hasn’t kept up with the town’s needs, and now taxpayers may be...

West Virginia and North Carolina’s refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a case likely headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-6 in the case involving coverage...

About a decade ago, Dana and Tim Rhoney found themselves locked in battle with the state after struggling for years to get needed services for their daughter Samantha, who has a moving disorder and an intellectual disability. “The only thing that we were asking for was just some additional service...

Last week Sen. Graig Meyer (District 23) released a digital ad showing two people stopped by the police for using pot. The Black user is arrested and hauled off to jail; the white user is let go and heads to the golf course. Meyer is the lead sponsor of Senate...

In December 2023, officials from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC, often referred to as ‘SACS’) issued a warning to Cape Fear Community College for significant non-compliance with issues relating to full-time faculty and student achievement. The release about the warning had few details, so...

Brunswick County school district is refining its attendance policy, prompted by high student absences in the 2023-2024 school year. During the first semester, the district observed 20.1% or roughly 873 high school students classified as chronically absent. In the middle school range, 10.62% or roughly 293 students were identified as...

While the idea of robot helpers may seem farfetched, the City of Sanford has put several to work over the past month. Visitors to the Sanford Municipal Center have likely seen autonomous lawn mowers moving around the campus lawn. While they are fun to watch, these small, efficient robots offer...

You cannot help but appreciate how E.E. Smith High School alumni feel about this revered place along Seabrook Road. They cherish this school. It’s a part of who they were, who they are and who they have become. “I love E.E. Smith,” Dee Major Hardy said Tuesday as about 200...

For the sixth time in six months, Elm City’s water system was flagged by the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. The town posted a notice Wednesday afternoon for its fourth violation since Oct. 31 related to the presence of trihalomethanes, a cleaning byproduct chemical in the water. Trihalomethanes, or TTHMs,...

Anyone who’s been flying in and out of Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI) in recent years has noticed constant work going on all around the place – and not just work related to the new 1000-acre aviation megasite that’s drawing in new companies. The airport’s main terminal, the parking lots...