Pinehurst Manager Jeff Sanborn, in a Feb. 27 resignation letter to the Village Council, cites a volatile “political environment” within the community and a lack of trust among staff for the council as reasons for his decision. Sanborn, who has led the village for almost nine years, made his resignation...

Soon after Ben Hanna and his wife Mandy bought seven acres of land near Nevada City, California in 2015, the one flaw of the weekend retreat that they’d imagined became apparent. Wildfires were becoming increasingly common and destructive throughout the state, and the property didn’t have cell service. Whenever Hanna...

Gov. Roy Cooper attended the state board of education meeting Thursday morning to share his thoughts on public school funding. Cooper, a Democrat, joined State Superintendent Catherine Truitt and Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, both Republicans, at the head of the boardroom. Cooper and Truitt are now in the lame-duck phase...

Based on the conversation the Guilford County Board of Commissioners had with water infrastructure experts on Thursday, March 7 at the board’s annual retreat, it’s an absolutely critical issue facing Guilford County – one that can either thwart or promote economic development in a huge way. Water infrastructure was also...

When Gastonia resident Michael Whatley was running for chair of the North Carolina GOP several years ago, some of his critics tried to dismiss him as just some “Washington, D.C., guy,” says state Sen. Brad Overcash, R-Gaston. “Oh no,” says Overcash, who’s known the new leader of the Republican National...

The $6 million budget shortfall facing the University of North Carolina Asheville is forcing a reorganization of the school, resulting in faculty layoffs, early retirements, and cuts to academic programs. UNCA’s sharp decline in enrollment — down 22.2 percent from 2018 to 2023, the steepest decline of any of the...

A former Durham city council member is suing the city of Durham, some city council members, city staff members and a developer. City Council Member Monique Holsey-Hyman filed a 59-page lawsuit on Tuesday against the city of Durham, Mayor Pro Tempore Mark-Anthony Middleton, former city council member Jillian Johnson, Planning...

The CEO of Rivian Automotive announced Thursday that the electric truck maker is pausing construction of its $5 billion manufacturing plant in Georgia to speed production and save money. California-based Rivian had planned to start building its new R2 midsize SUVs at the Georgia site east of Atlanta. State and...

After Covid-19 arrived in 2020, a lot of wealthy people fled locked-down California. Elon Musk, the world’s second-richest human, moved to Texas, griping that the Golden State had become “a little complacent, a little entitled.” Venture capitalist Keith Rabois headed to Miami, saying that “San Francisco is just so massively...

Lisa Carter described her problems sleeping. When she hears a noise at night, she said she checks on her daughter across the hall. Carter said she was afraid the floor under her daughter’s bed would fall through soft spots in the floor and into the crawl space. Her daughter, Kierra,...

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...