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 The vote repealed a previous diversity policy, effective immediately, and replaced it with a policy that emphasizes “equality of all persons and viewpoints.”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...

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...