Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News UNC-Chapel Hill is set to spend $4.79 billion next fiscal year, according to a new all-funds budget approved by the Board of Trustees. Chief Financial Officer Nathan Knuffman presented the plan to the trustees this week. He said UNC-Chapel Hill is still facing multiple funding uncertainties, both...

Akilah Davis/WTVD News Fort Bragg serves as a major economic engine for the Fayetteville area, but when soldiers deploy, small businesses often feel the strain. Now, with new deployments on the horizon, some owners say they are already bracing for the impact. “I know it is tax time right now....

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press After the State Board of Elections conducted the statewide canvass Wednesday, nearly all primary election results are official. That may not be the case in Yancey County, where there is at least one pending election protest that may be considered by the state elections board. Each...

Morgan Casey/Border Belt Independent Ben Bahr, an internationally recognized researcher of neurodegenerative disorders, had two job offers in 2009: one from the University of Hawaii and another from The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. When he picked the latter, a lot of people asked why. “I get more work...

Martha Quillin/The Raleigh News & Observer Tessa and Leo Sharp figured things couldn’t get much worse than Hurricane Helene, which dropped up to 2 feet of rain across mountainous Mitchell County in September 2024. The storm and resulting record flooding sent so much debris down the Nolichucky River, which runs...

Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz The Wilmington metro area population grew by more than 12,000 between July 2024 and July 2025, an increase of 2.6%, according to data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. Among all U.S. metro areas with a population of 20,000 or more, the Wilmington metropolitan statistical area,...

Greg Childress/NC Newsline State lawmakers should focus on fixing existing state programs to provide property tax relief for seniors and disabled homeowners, says Hudson Vaughan, director of the Community Justice Collaborative at the N.C. Housing Coalition. Vaughan’s comments come as lawmakers weigh a constitutional amendment that would give them authority...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square Refunds to families and businesses in North Carolina totaling $3.5 billion are being sought by the first-term Democratic attorney general from the Republican majority chambers of Congress. Jeff Jackson, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, said a U.S. Supreme Court ruling the Republican Trump...

Elena Marsh/The Southern Pines Pilot The Moore County Airport is one more than one-third of the way toward reaching its funding goal to bring commercial air service back to the area after 20 years. Through efforts with the Moore County Economic Development Partnership, the airport has thus far raised more...

Thomas Lester/Furniture Today Gordon Brothers‘ plans to reintroduce and revitalize the Broyhill brand will be on full display at the April High Point Market. The Boston-based global asset firm announced three new licensees that will produce Broyhill-branded products: Living Style, Bedding Inds. of America and Town & Country Living. “Over...

Mike Schneider/The Associated Press Growth rates in U.S. metro areas dropped the steepest last year in communities along the border with Mexico because of declines in immigrants, while counties along Florida’s Gulf Coast lost residents due to a series of hurricanes, according to population estimates released Thursday by the U.S....

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio A board member for the North Carolina Department of Transportation said Wednesday night that if Charlotte rejects a plan to build toll lanes on Interstate 77, he would question whether the state should fund other transportation projects in the city. Opponents of the I-77 project said DOT...

DJ Simmons/WFDD Radio A new study shows firearm homicides and nonfatal shootings in North Carolina are trending downward. The N.C. Criminal Justice Analysis Center released the report, “Firearm Violence Across North Carolina,” this month. It shows trends in rural, urban and suburban communities to help officials improve safety policies. Rose...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press In the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Tim Hall, a K-12 Social Studies Instructional Specialist at Vance County Schools and former president of the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies, learned in real time that he didn’t know how to teach...

Morgan Casey/CityView After a five-week search, the Cape Fear Valley Health System Board of Trustees named Daniel Weatherly as its new chief executive officer on Wednesday. Weatherly will take charge of one of the region’s largest private, nonprofit health systems. The announcement brought a chorus of applause from trustees gathered...