Appalachian State University is planning to launch its own 911 dispatch center. The move comes as a surprise to Boone officials who spent years consolidating emergency services between the town and county. It’s raising tensions and questions over the emergency response implications for local residents. App State is in the...

Coastal communities will see more than $55 million of the $238 million the state is awarding across North Carolina for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater projects, and lead service line inventories and replacements. The water and wastewater infrastructure funding and stormwater planning grants will go to help pay for 114...

Alamance-Burlington School System Superintendent Dain Butler says he has a plan that could help balance the district’s budget without cutting employees or salaries. Instead, the district would need to close the Alamance Virtual School at the end of the year. On Thursday, Butler sent a message to the ABSS community...

HCA Healthcare-owned Mission Hospital in Asheville laid out plans to fix deficiencies in a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report made public Feb. 15, after regulators found violations that posed “immediate jeopardy” to patients’ health and safety. The hospital must rectify those issues by Feb. 24 or it may...

A recent US congressional hearing illustrated how the wanton use of the word “cartel” has made it virtually meaningless and gets us further, rather than closer, to understanding modern-day criminal organizations and how best to direct resources to fight them. The overuse of the term was abundantly clear at the...

Classified workers in Durham Public Schools will receive a flat 11 percent raise over their 2022-23 compensation for the rest of the school year, the Board of Education decided on Thursday. The vote came at 11:30 p.m., five hours into the much anticipated and emotional meeting. It passed 5-2, with...