Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times Based on remarks by the county’s tax director at the Guilford County Board of Commissioners’ Friday, Jan. 30, annual retreat, most property owners are about to get a shock in their mailboxes. When new reappraisal notices for the 2026 countywide revaluation of all property in the...

Mebane Rash/Education NC From remote learning to transportation costs to school meals, North Carolina’s winter storms are presenting an array of challenges for school districts. Gov. Josh Stein has declared a state of emergency, and much of the state is coping with significant snowfall and extremely cold temperatures. “This has...

Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News This past fall, administrators at Elon University and Queens University of Charlotte announced that the two private schools intended to merge. The announcement called the merger an opportunity to create a “more sustainable model of higher education in Charlotte.” It came as a shock to faculty, alumni,...

Daniel Larlham Jr./NC Health News & Charlotte Ledger Medical providers in Charlotte and across the state say more patients are landing in emergency rooms with problems stemming from cannabis use. A lot of them are young patients complaining of nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Those are symptoms of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis...

Jackson Auchincloss/The Daily Tar Heel UNC Health has instituted a new policy that restricts access to gender-affirming care to those under 19 years of age, changing the previous policy which included 18-year-olds in care coverage. The new guidelines go beyond the requirements of North Carolina state law, under which gender-affirming...

Joseph Williams/The Whiteville News Reporter After building his career in local government, Whiteville native Sean Martin has been chosen as the city’s next city manager. Following a months-long search, Whiteville City Council unanimously approved his hiring at its Tuesday night meeting. Martin will replace Darren Currie, who retired Dec. 31...

Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily A proposal to begin the process of redrawing Pender County’s voting districts was tabled this week and moved to next month for consideration. Pender County commissioners voted 3-2 — Brad George and Jimmy Tate dissenting — on Jan. 20 to take up the redistricting resolution on...

WRAL News The Outer Banks lost four houses in two days in Buxton. Since 2020, 31 houses have fallen into the ocean along Hatteras Island. The latest winter storm brought a historic snow to the coast, creating blizzard conditions. With over 60 mph wind gusts, Buxton saw high tides that...

The High Point Enterprise The Guilford County Board of Commissioners on Friday afternoon announced the appointment of Carolyn Thompson, a former state appellate court judge, as the new county attorney for Guilford County government. Thompson, whose background includes serving as a District and Superior Court judge, starts in her new...

Elena Marsh/The Southern Pines Pilot As Carthage grows, so too does its utility needs. To prepare for all growth scenarios, the town’s Board of Commissioners is set to weigh the merits of creating a policy based on how they want to allocate water and sewer. Carthage’s water treatment plant currently...

Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News The clock is ticking for lawmakers in North Carolina — the only state in the nation without an approved budget — to settle on a plan to cover rising administrative costs for Medicaid. That was the key takeaway from a presentation that Melanie Bush, assistant secretary...

Jesse Pierre/WCNC News LaChunda Hunter didn’t think she could have kids. When she learned she was pregnant, she called it a miracle. That miracle quickly became a nightmare after birth. A mother is suing Novant Health and local doctors after she says serious mistakes left her wondering if the child...

Mike Schneider/The Associated Press Move over Florida and Texas. The United States has new hot spots for growth, and they both have Carolina in their name. North Carolina last year attracted more new residents, 84,000 people, from other parts of the country than any other state, a title held by...

Dylan Halper & Rebecca Fan/The (Duke) Chronicle Discussion of the National Institutes of Health’s contentious moves over the past year to cut research funding for universities was notably absent during a Tuesday virtual fireside chat with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya. Instead, Bhattacharya — who has served as the 18th director...

Doug Coats/WJZY A new John Deere factory will bring more than 150 jobs to the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. The agricultural equipment Tuesday company announced a new $70 million facility in Kernersville, to manufacture excavators. The factory will assume production of future generation excavators previously produced in Japan,...