Aarik Long/The Waynesville Mountaineer Haywood County Schools missed 10 days this winter for inclement weather, but only one of those was technically a snow day. The rest were all remote learning days — meaning students were given assignments to do a to at home so the day would still count...

Danielle Battaglia/The Raleigh News & Observer Former Gov. Roy Cooper held his first event Wednesday morning after winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate and spoke on how he plans to spend his time in Congress lowering costs for average North Carolinians. “I knew that I needed to run for...

Nick Fogleman/Watauga Democrat The Boone Town Council was briefed on a $538,000 pension liability triggered by a recent staff retirement, with officials warning that similar costs could arise when other longtime employees retire. The notice, called a “contribution-based cap liability,” stems from how the North Carolina retirement system calculates benefits....

Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online Coastal Resources Commission members last week held off on addressing oceanfront septic tank system rules in order to give environmental and health officials the opportunity to collaborate on the process. During the commission’s Feb. 26 meeting in Atlantic Beach, staff with the North Carolina Department of...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden held onto a narrow lead in his race for a third term in Tuesday’s Mecklenburg County Democratic primary, beating out three challengers to retain his office. McFadden pulled off his reelection despite facing significant headwinds. During his time in office, McFadden has...

Lauren Rhodes/WUNC News Former U.S. congressman and state senator Wiley Nickel has clinched the role of Wake County District Attorney. With all precincts reporting, Nickel had secured 49% of the vote in the three-candidate race. Nickel is perhaps the best-known candidate in the Democratic bid to replace Lorrin Freeman, who...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press North Carolina community colleges and public universities are rapidly approaching a federal deadline to ensure their website and mobile content has sufficient accessibility for people with disabilities. When the US Department of Justice updated Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act in 2024, the agency...

Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily A county commissioner’s stalking reports made against a local media publisher have been dismissed by local and state authorities. Pender County’s Commissioner Jerry Groves filed two reports of stalking on Andy Pettigrew, the owner of the Pender Post — one in July and the other in...

Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise A shuttered factory will be put back into use as part of an expansion by its new owner. Davis Furniture last week purchased the former Woodmark Furniture property at 1920 Jarrell St. adjoining its south High Point campus. It plans to begin renovations to the...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood is poised to earn his fourth term in the role, as he is projected to win Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Blackwood led with 58.41% of the vote in Orange County, compared to Durham County Sheriff’s Office employee and David LaBarre’s 41.59%. The race...

Scott Wong & Frank Thorp V/NBC News During a tense public hearing Tuesday, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign over her handling of the deadly Minneapolis immigration operation. And he blasted her for killing her dog, which she had described in her memoir...

Richard Stradling/The Raleigh News & Observer Gas prices have spiked across North Carolina after the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran over the weekend. The average price of regular gas rose 15 cents overnight to $2.91 a gallon, according to AAA. The average diesel price is up nearly 18 cents, to $3.75...

Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News A statewide group that has focused on improving the health of mothers and babies since 2009 has been winding down its work since it lost state funding last October. Work has been going on behind the scenes, however, to get that funding restored, legislators said last...

Ryan Kilgallen & Seyun Park//The Duke Chronicle The Duke community might just be getting a little bigger. The university is close to finalizing an agreement with Durham Technical Community College to guarantee admission into the Pratt School of Engineering for select community college students graduating with an Associate of Engineering...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The Charlotte City Council on Monday night cleared the way for the controversial Interstate 77 toll lanes project to move forward, just days after speaking out forcefully against the expansion. Council members reversed course after the North Carolina Department of Transportation agreed to delay by three months...