Bailey Stamos/WRAL News The Holly Springs Town Council on Tuesday unanimously passed an ordinance regulating the use of e-bikes and similar modes of transportation. The ordinance covers e-bikes, e-motos and other electric personal travel devices. It emphasizes that  pedestrians have the right of way on sidewalks, side paths and greenways...

Adam Wagner/WUNC Radio Gov. Josh Stein introduces his 2026-27 spending proposal on Tuesday, April 21. The plan would pause planned cuts to the corporate and individual income tax rates while increasing pay for state employees and teachers. North Carolina is at a turning point, Governor Josh Stein said Tuesday in...

Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer Canton’s narrow downtown streets turn into a thoroughfare between Asheville and the rest of Haywood County anytime a wreck backs up traffic on Interstate 40 — a trend that’s becoming more frequent as the number of people traveling between Buncombe and Haywood increases. Now the looming...

Richard Stradling/The Raleigh News & Observer Delta Air Lines has become the first airline to suspend service from Raleigh-Durham International Airport at least in part due to the soaring cost of jet fuel. Delta will not fly between RDU and Las Vegas from June 2 until Sept. 8. TOP VIDEOS...

James Farrell/WFAE Radio Residents fill the County Commission meeting room in Catawba County on Monday to oppose a merger of Catawba’s three school districts. After hours of public comment, the Catawba County Board of Commissioners shortly before midnight Tuesday voted in favor of a controversial proposal to merge Catawba County...

Jonathan Bym/The Southern Pines Pilot In the middle of the hustle and bustle of Monday afternoon grocery shoppers, local and state political officials were circled up near the meat section commending the value of the Carlie C’s grocery store in Robbins. Carlie C’s moved into the former space of Lowes...

Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh A Carolina Hurricanes flag is hung on a vehicle outside Lenovo Center on April 18. Photo: NHL Images/NHLI via Getty Images The parking lots around Lenovo Center are packed again for a Stanley Cup playoff series, with thousands of cars paying $50 a spot and traffic on...

WRAL News Creedmoor Mayor Antwane Downey has asked to speak on Tuesday night before the Creedmoor Board of Commissioners nearly two months after he was charged with DWI, his fifth in seven years. Downey made the request last week by calling City Manager Mike Turner, according to an agenda for...

DJ Simmons/WFDD Radio The Alamance County Board of Commissioners approved a permit on Monday for a controversial landfill. The move allows property owner Kenneth Phillipie to establish a 99-acre landfill in the southern part of the county. Commissioners delayed a vote earlier this month to let those opposed to present...

Ashley Mahoney/Axios Charlotte Major League Baseball has its sights set on expansion, with potential new teams in the Eastern and Western parts of the country. Why it matters: North Carolina’s bid is strong, but competing markets may have clearer momentum, infrastructure and branding advantages. State of play: Nashville, the Triangle...

Paul Woolverton/CityView The potential of a moratorium on data center construction in Cumberland County increased on Monday when the Board of Commissioners voted 6-0, with one absent, to hold a public hearing on the idea on May 18. A vote on a moratorium could take place sometime after the hearing....

Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog When Frank Carey saw two men smoking methamphetamine outside the rear entrance of Spicer Greene Jewelers on March 27, he shooed them away and escorted four customers – a husband, wife and their 12-year-old twins – out the store’s front door on Patton Avenue. Moments later, one...

Jay Price/WUNC News A military spouse from Sanford was walking the halls of power last week to fight for better rules to keep low-performing — and in some cases predatory — colleges and universities from receiving federal funding. The Education Department is retooling its accreditation standards, which among other things...

Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro After Chatham County residents voiced privacy concerns for Pittsboro’s Flock Cameras, the town recently met to clarify its policies around the surveillance technology and data collection. The Flock Safety system aims to help local police identify suspects and locate missing persons by taking still images of a...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News   The tiny Haywood County Town of Clyde has joined a growing number of Western North Carolina communities by formalizing its opposition to data centers through a 12-month moratorium, but with limited jurisdiction beyond its borders and the possibility of preemption by Raleigh looming, Clyde knows...