As of April 29, the Henderson County Department of Public Health reports there are now 43 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in Henderson County, which is a 59% rise in just four days. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a serious respiratory disease characterized by a...

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country. The DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House...

At 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning, 30 protesters within the inner part of the pro-Palestinian “Triangle Gaza Solidarity Encampment” that began on Friday were detained by law enforcement and moved to Gerrard Hall. Six of those detainees were arrested and transported to the magistrate’s office in the Orange County Detention...

Nearly half of North Carolina’s population will now have access to a new court case management system even as the rollout has been criticized by members of the legal community. The system, known as eCourts, went live Monday in Durham, Guilford and eight other counties across central North Carolina. Developed...

In one of the nation’s most devastating attacks on law enforcement in generations, a suspect fired a high-powered rifle at officers in east Charlotte Monday afternoon, killing four and injuring four others. A little after 9:30 p.m., Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer died from the injuries he sustained while assisting...

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...