Cierra Noffke/WilmingtonBiz Wilmington-based Off the Hook Yachts has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Bellhart Marine Group LLC, a Wilmington-based boat dealer, according to a press release. “This is an infrastructure-driven acquisition,” said Jason Ruegg, founder and president of Off the Hook Yachts, in the release. “We are building what...

Charlie Kingree/Wilmington StarNews Pender County residents showed up in full force at the April 7 Board of Commissioners meeting. With more than 200 people in attendance, they couldn’t even all fit in the room. They spilled out into the adjacent hallway, straining to see and hear the proceedings. Eventually, they...

Will Atwater/NC Health News Within months of becoming chief of Double Creek Volunteer Fire and Rescue in November 2025, Jimmy Brown received sobering news: His station’s well water was contaminated with PFAS at levels that exceeded federal limits. The station in Pinnacle, northwest of Winston‑Salem near Pilot Mountain, is one...

Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog Lucero Sierra was in high spirits at Mission Hospital on Sept. 25, 2025, despite the newly inserted metal rod holding her femur together. The 88-year-old Miami resident had fractured her left hip just hours earlier when she fell while visiting a daughter living in Asheville. The surgery...

The Associated Press A judge on Tuesday ordered that a Marine veteran charged with three counts of first-degree murder in a mass shooting at a North Carolina waterfront bar last year undergo psychiatric treatment after it was determined he is unable to understand his legal proceedings enough to help his...

Bill Moss/The Hendersonville Lightning Since 2012, the 11th Congressional District in the southwestern corner of North Carolina has not blipped on anyone’s radar as a competitive seat. After taking control of the state Legislature in 2010, Republican lawmakers made sure it would be a safe haven for the GOP. That...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Does a culture that obsesses with achievement drive the UNC System to a “pursuit of prestige” at the cost of ignoring other goals? Wendy Murphy, chair of the UNC System Board of Governors, told the other board members last year that she worries this is happening....

Liz Schlemmer/WUNC News Wake County School administrators presented a budget proposal to the school board Tuesday night that no longer includes previously proposed cuts to special education. However, district staff did not yet provide details about all the alternative cuts that might be made to make up the difference. An...

Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise More capital improvements are coming to the below-grade railroad corridor that runs through the heart of High Point. The City Council on Monday approved an agreement for the owner of the corridor to stabilize the steep embankment to prevent erosion along the part of the...

Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer The Haywood County Board of Commissioners have appointed Greg West to serve as the interim tax collector for the county until his official term begins in December. The appointment comes after former Tax Collector Sebastian Cothran suddenly resigned last month.  Haywood tax collector suddenly resigns West...

David Ford/WFDD Radio The Winston-Salem City Council has voted in favor of sweeping changes to the city’s public transportation system. After years of study and gathering customer feedback, the Winston-Salem Transit Authority’s agenda item was approved unanimously by councilmembers in a matter of seconds. WSTA’s most popular routes will run...

WRAL News Durham police are asking for the public’s help in picking its next police chief. The department is requesting that residents help direct the process by filling out an online survey. The exercise asks the participant what traits he or she values in a chief. The survey also asks...

Bradley George/WUNC News North Carolina is working with the federal government to expand passenger rail service, according to the head of the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s rail division. Jason Orthner testified before the General Assembly’s Joint Transportation Oversight Committee on April 2. He answered questions from lawmakers about the...

Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi/The Raleigh News & Observer Two top Republican North Carolina lawmakers who help decide how health care dollars are spent and shape health care policy in the state spoke out Tuesday against findings from a governor-created council recommending marijuana legalization for adults, a sign the issue could...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Does a culture that obsesses with achievement drive the UNC System to a “pursuit of prestige” at the cost of ignoring other goals? Wendy Murphy, chair of the UNC System Board of Governors, told the other board members last year that she worries this is happening....