Moss Brennan/Watauga Democrat UNC Health Appalachian is financially stable for the first time in about a decade — and President and CEO Nathan Nipper says the system plans to use that footing to expand, with a master facility plan headed to its board this summer and a mobile MRI arriving...

Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz New Hanover County’s Holly Shelter Business Park is set to get its first infrastructure and a new name in the coming months. The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a $6.5 million infrastructure construction contract and renaming on Monday. Once developed, the approximately 300-acre master-planned industrial...

James Farrell/WFAE Radio Gaston County commissioners voted Tuesday to provide an additional $5 million to Gaston County Schools, weeks after approving a flat budget for the district and promising to revisit funding later. The new funding package includes $2.1 million to increase the local teacher supplement, along with additional money...

Outer Banks Voice Southern Shores officials are asking residents to oppose a potential NCDOT project at the intersection of NC 12 and US 158 in Kitty Hawk that proposes converting the existing at-grade intersection into an interchange to improve safety and mobility. From July 1–31, the N.C. Department of Transportation...

Ana Risano/The Southern Pines Pilot Local municipalities continue to oppose proposed changes to the county’s highway zoning standards that would drastically reduce guidelines for development along Moore’s main roads. Right now, the county codes include a detailed Highway Corridor Overlay District, which features development rules for construction on thoroughfares outside...

Liz Schlemmer/WUNC News The new state budget raises the rates the state pays licensed child care providers for slots serving children from low-income families. Advocates say this is a lifeline to rural child care centers in North Carolina. “For the providers, it’s really essential to be able to have the...

Dylan Halper/The Duke Chronicle Duke University Health System believes it deserves more money from Medicare, the federal program that provides health insurance to the elderly and those with disabilities. The system’s hospitals are currently involved in two lawsuits against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his capacity as secretary of the...

Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse has lost its top. Now 47 feet shorter than its listed 198 feet, the lantern levels and the watch level directly below it were removed after extensive cracks were found in the brackets supporting the top levels. “These brackets were cracked beyond...

Caroline Yaffa & Paul Specht/WRAL News A North Carolina Republican operative who was hired to be a liaison between State Auditor Dave Boliek and elections boards across the state resigned from the auditor’s office Monday. The move comes just days after Boliek reassigned Dallas Woodhouse — and after some of...

Will Atwater/NC Health News Across North Carolina, the debate over AI data centers is intensifying as local residents, county officials and state lawmakers clash over whether to block or accept new projects — and who should bear the risks and benefits. That tension was on full display at a recent...

Brian Gordon/The Raleigh News & Observer In a unanimous, bipartisan ruling this spring, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accused Durham company American Efficient of operating “one of the largest and most brazen fraud schemes” in the agency’s 49-year history. “We have never been faced before with a scam that robbed...

Hannah Leyva/WNCN Amid an ongoing nationwide outbreak of a parasite that causes intestinal illnesses, Wake County Public Health has launched a webpage that will be updated daily to keep residents informed. Cyclosporiasis, often also called cyclospora, is a sickness caused by a microscopic parasite that can sicken people who swallow...

Elizabeth Casolo/Becker’s Payer Issues CVS Health CEO David Joyner is skeptical as to whether the evidence backs GLP-1 investment right now. “Everybody intuitively believes these medications create long-term health benefits, but the evidence hasn’t yet demonstrated that paying today’s prices generates enough downstream savings,” he said in a July 12...

Chloe Collins/Gaston Gazette Gaston County Schools will not close W.B. Beam Intermediate School ahead of the 2026-27 school year, according to a July 13 announcement. After months of discussion surrounding a feasibility study to determine whether Gaston County Schools should consolidate W.B. Beam Intermediate School, the district announced that it...

Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz New Hanover County leaders will consider investing $2 million in a pilot project from Cape Fear Development (CFD) that aims to take a new approach in meeting the region’s growing demand for workforce housing. On Monday, the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners will weigh contributing $2 million...