Close to 100 people showed up to hear Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent David Hallac report on Buxton Beach Access petroleum contamination and remnant infrastructure now showing up due to beach erosion. The meeting was held in the Fessenden Center gymnasium in Buxton. The tiered seats were almost full and...

Lawyers for Buncombe County government want to sue the owner of Mission Hospital for $3 million, saying leaders “intentionally understaffed” the ER forcing delays in ambulance drop-offs and extra costs to taxpayers. The county on Wednesday filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit filed in December by North Carolina...

Advocates for Umstead State Park in Raleigh are calling for a new survey of the park. The Umstead Coalition says they’ve discovered a surveying error made in 1976 that wrongly included 14 acres of park land with an adjacent property purchased by the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority. Umstead Park itself was...

The teacher turnover rates for Guilford County Schools and North Carolina soared in 2023 from the previous year, and 1 in 9 educators left the profession statewide, according to the newest state report. But in both cases, that only matches the national average for teacher turnover, and the state’s school...

A group of county residents have retained legal counsel to request Attorney General Josh Stein hold a public hearing to address their concerns about the New Hanover Community Endowment. On April 29, Heal Our People’s Endowment posted a petition expressing concerns about mismanagement, leadership changes, and the lack of transparency...

Omira Thompson sat on the floor Wednesday feeding lunch to two of the boys in her infant classroom at First Presbyterian Child Development Center. One made a face, then tried to wipe out his mouth with his bib, which made Thompson laugh. “Guess he doesn’t like pear,” she said. Thompson,...

Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang is causing increasing concern in the United States, even though the group appears to have no substantial US presence and looks unlikely to establish one. US federal lawmakers recently asked President Joe Biden to declare Tren de Aragua a transnational criminal organization, calling the group...

Currituck County will appeal the March 19 unanimous decision by the North Carolina Court of Appeals that the county has improperly spent occupancy tax funds. The county has 35 calendar days from the date of the decision to file their appeal with the State Supreme Court. Chair of the Currituck...

We use the internet for just about everything. It’s needed for school, work, entertainment. Maybe even your laundry machine connects to it. But internet, let alone good internet is not a given in some rural areas. A lack of internet access in poses challenges for existing businesses and potential growth...

Developers looking to build in rural parts of Moore County could incur higher set-up fees when tapping into county water and wastewater infrastructure under a new draft proposal. At its Tuesday meeting, The Board of Commissioners approved initiating the process of updating the fees that allow for county utilities to...

Fayetteville has missed the deadline to submit its annual audit to the state for the second time in a row. The city had until April 1 to submit its fiscal year 2022-23 audit to the N.C. Dept. of State Treasurer, but will be turning it in late, according to an...

The North Carolina Democratic Party is leading its Republican counterpart in fundraising. Both parties have new leaders but Democrats enter election season with triple what the GOP has in the bank to fund campaign efforts. The state political party organizations help build the infrastructure for successful campaigns. So far this...

Two lawsuits challenging how North Carolina legislators recently tightened same-day voter registration can continue, even though state election officials have recently made adjustments to address a judge’s constitutional concerns. U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder refused on Tuesday to dismiss the suits filed by several voter advocacy groups and a voter,...

The controversial nonprofit operated by Yolanda Hill, the wife of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, appears likely to close at the end of April. In an email obtained by The Assembly, Hill told clients of Balanced Nutrition Inc.—which assists daycares in securing federal funding to feed low-income children—that “with a heavy...

When Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey met last month in Manteo for a brief overview and Q&A with community members worried about property insurance issues, he stressed that his office had limited power over building code changes and insurance company business decisions in North Carolina that have unnerved homeowners. First of...