Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press Sharon Cripe is angry. Her uncle, Stacy T. Britt, died on Jan. 25, and she has questions about the care he received that night from the county’s EMS, she said. For more than 40 years, Britt was a resident of Wagram, a small town in rural...

Bailey Stamos/WRAL News A proposed $84 million railroad project in Cary is designed to make a busy crossing safer and improve traffic flow, but it could also force businesses in the area to relocate. The North Carolina Department of Transportation is proposing to take Northeast Maynard Road underneath the railroad...

Heather Hollingsworth & Collin Binkley/The Associated Press An effort to address decades of underfunding at some historically Black colleges and universities kicked off Wednesday with a lawsuit against the state of Missouri. Students and graduates of Lincoln University in the state’s capital of Jefferson City allege the lack of financial...

Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh UNC Health broke ground Tuesday on a new hospital on the edge of Research Triangle Park. Why it matters: The hospital, expected to open by 2032, is a key part of UNC Health’s local growth strategy and will add 144 new beds to the area and employ...

Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC News A nationally-renowned, Texas-style barbecue food truck in Cary has decided against opening its first brick-and-mortar restaurant in the heart of downtown Durham. The decision by Dampf Good BBQ comes after weeks of backlash over past social media posts made by owner Nick Dampf and his wife Kimmy,...

The Greater Fayetteville Business Journal The Moore County Chamber of Commerce is entering the final quarter of the year with strong momentum and an increasingly clear focus on the work that matters most to the future of Moore County’s business community. While the Chamber continues to provide opportunities for businesses...

Dasia Williams/CityView Cumberland County Schools employees must power off smart glasses on the job under a new policy adopted after parents raised concerns about teachers wearing the recording-capable devices in classrooms. The new policy for smart glasses applies to AI, Meta, and other smart eyewear capable of capturing, recording, livestreaming,...

WSOC News A CMPD officer is under investigation by the feds, according to multiple sources who spoke with Channel 9 Crime Reporter Hunter Sáenz. Sources told Channel 9 that a Metro Division officer was allegedly buying guns for a convicted felon. Sources said that during a separate incident, a suspect...

David Ford/WFDD Radio On Wednesday, October 7, 2026, State Auditor Boliek release a statement announcing the Local Government Commission taking financial control action over the Town of Ronda. The state is taking financial control over the town of Ronda in Wilkes County. After repeated warnings and recommendations by state officials,...

Frank Daniels IV/The Southern Pines Pilot When people need immediate help, 9-1-1 is the first resource — but dispatchers often must grapple with aging infrastructure built for a time before cell phones. A “next generation 9-1-1” initiative has set North Carolina as an example of change, with centers across the...

Joe Bruno, WSOC News In one of her last acts as superintendent, Dr. Crystal Hill sent an email to county manager Mike Bryant warning him that the questionable financial transactions at the center of the SBI review were made with funds provided by Mecklenburg County. Tuesday night is the first...

Cece Nunn/WilmingtonBiz State lawmakers plan to give North Carolina’s film incentive program a cash infusion, officials announced Tuesday at Cinespace Studios in Wilmington. If approved by the legislature, the appropriation would amount to an additional $31 million for new film projects in fiscal year 2026-2027, said Sen. Michael Lee, R-New...

Trevon Spencer/NC Newsline For thousands of North Carolina families, Head Start is more than a preschool program. It can mean a safe place for children to learn, eat nutritious meals and a schedule parents can rely on while they work. But those services could look different under proposed federal changes...

Nick de la Canal/WFAE Radio Jim Bakker, the televangelist who built the PTL Television Network and the sprawling Heritage USA Christian theme park near Fort Mill, has died. He was 86. At its peak, Heritage USA drew more than 6 million visitors a year. Bakker and his then-wife, Tammy Faye,...

Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News When Clayton Ulm got into his PhD program at UNC-Chapel Hill, he and his wife left their lives behind in Oklahoma. It was Clayton’s dream to come to Carolina to study health behavior, but the real selling point was Baity Hill, the on-campus graduate and family housing...