Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh After hitting the doldrums in the years after the pandemic, demand for office space in the Triangle and Charlotte appears to be picking up momentum. Why it matters: Vacancy rates at office towers from downtowns to suburban office parks spiked after the pandemic as companies downsized and...

WWAY News Lower Cape Fear LifeCare has named Karen Brubaker Miller as its next president and chief executive officer following a national search. According to LifeCare, Brubaker Miller will become only the fourth CEO in the organization’s 46-year history, succeeding Gwen Whitley. The organization said its board of directors partnered...

Kimberly King/WLOS News Asheville leaders, business owners and community partners gathered at The Orange Peel on Tuesday, April 14, for the annual State of Downtown, as the area faces ongoing challenges following Helene and a $30 million budget shortfall. Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer addressed the crowd of nearly 300 people...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Nearly half of all people detained by federal immigration agents during “Operation Charlotte’s Web” last November had no criminal record, according to new data obtained by the Deportation Data Project. The records show that 402 people were arrested in North Carolina during the first week of the...

Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press A review of the state’s juvenile detention centers by a state advocacy group, which concluded with a report in February, revealed excessive use of solitary confinement at multiple facilities, even though the practice is banned in North Carolina. One mountain county juvenile facility was forced to...

Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer The town of Canton hopes to use a $2.7 million windfall from a lawsuit against Pactiv Evergreen to do what the former paper mill owner failed to do: provide jobs in the manufacturing sector. The state sued Pactiv Evergreen after the mill closure for not living...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  Four counts against a North Carolinian accused of communicating and disclosing national defense information could be punishable for 10 years each. U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Meyers on Monday released Courtney Williams to home detention and location monitoring. She awaits a potential trial at a date to...

Dan Kane/The Raleigh News & Observer Nearly every month since Terry Sult’s hiring as Cary’s police chief, he’s logged hundreds of miles driving an assigned “take-home” vehicle — a black 2022 Ford F-150 hybrid pickup. At least some of those trips, a town official confirmed, are to his home in...

Gerard Albert III & Laura Hackett/Blue Ridge Public Radio More than 100 Asheville homeowners — most of whom are low-income and socially vulnerable — will get turned away from a Hurricane Helene recovery program if City Council doesn’t change a funding decision made one year ago. Now, some Asheville leaders...

Elvis Menayese/WFAE Radio Community members gathered in uptown Charlotte to view alternative concepts for adding toll lanes to Interstate 77 south of uptown. The concepts were showcased during a three-month pause in the project by the N.C. Department of Transportation. Hundreds of people gathered in uptown Charlotte on Monday to...

Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News A new preliminary report from a state-funded research group identifies “key pressure points that need to be addressed” to fully implement Iryna’s Law, which passed quickly late last year. The report also outlines some initial recommendations for lawmakers to help address existing gaps in North Carolina’s...

Christine Zhu/NC Newsline A North Carolina House committee voted on Tuesday to approve interim recommendations to improve public safety in the state, but lawmakers say they’re a long way from finishing their work on involuntary commitment. The House Select Committee on Involuntary Commitment and Public Safety is recommending that county...

Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The Watauga County Board of Education has voted to extend the length of the school day starting next academic year. Elementary and middle schools in Watauga County will have an extra 25 minutes added to each day. The high school will get an extra ten. The move...

Dave Faherty/WSOCTV It’s win or go home for the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday night, and tens of thousands of fans will cheer them on with the help of custom t-shirts being made by a North Carolina outfitter. The Hornets will host the Miami Heat in the NBA Play-in Tournament with...

Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro From general art history courses to niche topics like artwork in ancient Pompeii, there is always an interesting class to take at UNC-Chapel Hill. But a course the university does not offer is one exclusively focused on the business side of the art world — that is...