Eighteen months after the Wilmington Police Department closed the case on the death of Joseph Valentine Flor D’Auvray III, his father has filed a Superior Court complaint claiming the agency enabled the wrongful death of his son through gross negligence. Joseph Valentine Flor D’Auvray III, known as “Val,” was found...

Pactiv Evergreen wants a refund for property taxes it paid on equipment last year at the now-shuttered Canton paper mill. Property taxes on equipment and machinery are calculated based on whatever’s in place as of Jan. 1 for any given calendar year. And as of Jan. 1, 2023, the mill...

With a sizable cargo ship docked Wednesday at the N.C. Port at Wilmington on the Cape Fear River in the background, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan announced the launch of a federal program to improve air quality at U.S. ports. Regan was joined by Gov. Roy Cooper, Wilmington Mayor...

Electric power rates and other fees for customers of the Fayetteville Public Works Commission will rise as of May 1 this year and again on May 1, 2025. The PWC is boosting prices by about 4% — 2% this year and 2% next year — on average to cover its...

Town Attorney Bob Hornik tendered his resignation last week, telling Summerfield it’s “clear to me that the time has come for us to go in different directions.” Hornik’s resignation, effective April 1, came a week after the majority of the Town Council voted to put Town Manager Scott Whitaker on...

In light of a warning from a state agency, an increase in water bills could be on tap for utility customers in Mount Airy, based on recent discussions among city officials. “I don’t think we have any choice,” Commissioner Tom Koch said during a strategic planning retreat earlier this month...

UNC’s interim Chancellor Lee Roberts currently serves on the board of directors of Variety Wholesalers, Inc., a private retail company whose CEO and chair is James Arthur “Art” Pope, a conservative donor, former state government official and current member of the UNC Board of Governors. During his tenure on the...

The group that owns PNC Arena made its initial choice for an architecture and design firm for its $300 million renovation project. The Centennial Authority’s building and construction committee voted to pick Gensler and local partner LS3P. The full authority board must approve the selection and could do so as...

The receiver overseeing the liquidation of Klaussner Furniture Industries has sold all that it can and received a judge’s permission this week to abandon furniture and other property in dozens of shipping containers as well as at three former Klaussner sites in Randolph and Montgomery counties. The receiver, Focus Management...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools experienced a 7.43 percent decline of the average number of students enrolled in its schools from the beginning of the 2019-20 school year to the end of 2022-23 — a decrease likely driven by demographic changes in the Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities and growing involvement...

The most recent round of a decades-long project to maintain an inlet on the North End of Wrightsville Beach has faced delays, but the county remains hopeful it will complete by the March 31 deadline. On Feb. 25, New Hanover County and engineering firm Gahagan and Bryant Associates sent a...

Mission Hospital is no longer in immediate jeopardy, but inspectors will return to the hospital for another survey in three months, according to a U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services statement and letter obtained by Asheville Watchdog on Wednesday. The finding, based on a visit to the hospital last...

Mike Causey has no shortage of enemies in his own party. The two-term insurance commissioner brought down a major North Carolina Republican donor for bribery in an FBI sting in 2019 that also entangled the head of the state GOP, a former congressman who’d once been the party’s nominee for...

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has submitted the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement project for federal grant consideration, which could cover up to half the cost of the over $400 million new bridge. The grant application for the federal Bridge Investment Program requests the maximum amount allowed, $242.15 million....

The phones at many dental offices across North Carolina have been ringing repeatedly in recent months with requests for oral health care from newly enrolled Medicaid recipients. The state’s expansion of Medicaid benefits to nearly 600,000 low-income residents on Dec. 1 opened a robust array of services such as dental...