Rodney Overton & Mary Smith/WNCN News After criticism for hours-long lines and tremendous customer backlogs, the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles launched wait time estimates and real-time capacity status indicators for offices across the state, officials said Thursday. According to the NCDMV, the eventual goal is for customers to...

Marshall Terry/WFAE Radio The former Sycamore Brewing reopened this past weekend in time for St. Patrick’s Day holiday. It has a new name, Club West Brewing, and is in the process of getting a new owner. Sycamore Brewing closed in early January, a few weeks after one of its co-founders...

WSOC News North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein announced on Thursday that 400 jobs are coming to Mecklenburg County thanks to the new PSA Airlines’ new headquarters. The investment is expected to bring nearly $250 million, Stein said during the grand opening in Charlotte. PSA’s relocation will help North Carolina remain...

Ally Kadlubar/WRAL News After a national search, William Peace University has named Jennifer E. Walsh as its 13th president. Walsh has 25 years of strategic leadership experience, including being senior vice president for strategic initiatives and chief strategy officer at Hawai‘i Pacific University. The William Peace University Board of Trustees...

Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView Since she was a teen, Rebekah Witter dreamed of becoming a commercial airline pilot. But she put her career on hold when she and her husband, who serves in the Army, found out they were having a baby. “I was like, I gotta stay home, especially with...

Sabrina L. Greene/The Waynesville Mountaineer Before the sun came up on primary day, a generator was already humming on Panther Creek Road. The zero tape was signed before most people rolled over and went back to sleep. A miscommunication between the electric company and the election board had left the...

Will Doran/WRAL News North Carolina elections officials on Wednesday rejected a request by state Senate leader Phil Berger to adjust rules for the state’s recount process, as he seeks to defend the seat he’s held in the state legislature for nearly three decades. Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page challenged Berger...

Emily Peck/Axios Even for those accustomed to the indignities of air travel, it’s clear that right now is a particularly terrible time to fly. The big picture: The Iran war is creating major travel headaches on top of an already chaotic situation at airports in the U.S., raising the prospect...

Cierra Noffke/WilmingtonBiz Amazon’s robotics fulfillment center is slated to open by the third quarter of this year, said Holly Sullivan, vice president of worldwide economic development at Amazon, during the Greater Wilmington Business Journal’s Power Breakfast on Wednesday. The facility, situated on U.S. 421 in Pender Commerce Park, is expected...

David Lightman/NC Newsline Sure, Sen. Thom Tillis has become the most visible, outspoken Republican insider critic of the second Trump administration. But don’t mistake Tillis for a maverick. The North Carolina senator is being who he’s long been, the sort of GOP stalwart known as an establishment Republican. A Republican...

Tammy Grubb/The Raleigh News & Observer Orange County could put the brakes on big data centers in April, even though there are no proposals yet and very few places with the water and electricity to power them. The Orange County commissioners voted Tuesday to hold an April 21 public hearing...

Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & Charlotte Ledger Two years after North Carolina legalized mobile sports betting, counselors say they are seeing the fallout: drained bank accounts, strained relationships and young people — especially young men — spiraling into anxiety and depression after losing more than they can afford. A young...

Katie Myers/Blue Ridge Public Radio & Grist New data from a national insurance-comparison platform, Insurify, shows that homeowner’s insurance rates are rising across the nation – in many cases, due to climate risk. Insurify projects North Carolina’s insurance premiums to rise only by about 5% in 2026, and have risen...

Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily A legal investigation into Councilmember Frank Pendleton’s attempt to expedite a town-purchased laptop has concluded no laws were broken, though official Leland town policies were violated. Detailed in a legal advisory opinion by Town Attorney Stephen Coggins, the investigation determined Pendleton bypassed standard procurement procedures in...

Lily Levin/Smoky Mountain News Former Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Principal Chief Patrick Lambert and Beloved Woman Myrtle Driver proposed a resolution renaming the tribe the “Eastern Cherokee Nation” and later encouraged tribal council to withdraw it. In those 30 minutes between Resolution 147’s introduction and withdrawal, tribal council and...