Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News In Alamance County, Ivey Broadnax works with young people who may be struggling with mental health issues. Instead of focusing on mental health symptoms or deficits, Broadnax and other “youth partners,” through Vaya Health, want to build positive childhood experiences for the young people they are...

Aaron Beard/The Associated Press The legal fight between Duke and Darian Mensah is over. Now the quarterback can transfer elsewhere after bringing the Blue Devils an unexpected Atlantic Coast Conference title. The school and Mensah’s agency released statements Tuesday confirming they had reached settlement without providing any details. It came...

Glenn H. Burkins/Q City Metro The Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg has announced its endorsements for the Democratic primary elections, scheduled for March 3. Notable was the absence of two long-serving incumbents: Mecklenburg Commissioner Vilma Leak and state Rep. Carla Cunningham. Mecklenburg Sheriff Garry McFadden, who has faced accusations of...

Jose Sandoval/WFAE Radio As Western North Carolinians braced for an incoming winter storm last week, professor Doug Miller and his students in the University of North Carolina Asheville’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences weighed a key question: Should they deploy the weather balloon? Forecasts from the National Weather Service last week...

Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times Wow. Just wow. If you thought Guilford County had its hands full overseeing and funding $2 billion in school bond projects, a new Sheriff’s Office headquarters and lots of other ongoing projects – well, at a Thursday, Jan. 15 work session, county staff unveiled plans for...

Ashley Fredde/NC Health News The number of family caregivers is rising across North Carolina, and so are the financial and health costs borne by the people providing that care, according to the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP in a joint report. Advocates say new Medicaid work requirements could intensify...

Nick de la Canal/WFAE Radio Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is calling for a “thorough and impartial investigation” into the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal U.S. Border Patrol agents this weekend, putting him among a small number of Republican lawmakers publicly questioning the...

WRAL News Much of North Carolina endured power outages and dangerous road conditions during the Jan. 24-25, 2026, ice storm. There were hundreds of crashes reported across the state but few reports of serious injuries. Now that the wintry precipitation is over, the focus turns to lingering ice on roads...

Colin Campbell/WUNC News For more than two years, Williamston’s local hospital has sat empty, with a faded banner blocking the entrance that tells people with emergencies to call 911. The closure of Martin General Hospital has meant much longer ambulance rides and big concerns about the state of healthcare in...

Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Officials with India-based graphite manufacturer Epsilon Advanced Materials recently said the company is re-evaluating the timeline for its proposed Brunswick County facility, which was once slated to break ground early this year. Epsilon CEO Sunit Kapur wrote in an emailed statement that the proposed 1.5-million-square-foot facility is fully...

John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog What an absolute mess Black Mountain has on its hands. I’m not talking about the recent ice storm, or even Tropical Storm Helene recovery. Or the recent strange collapse of an old ticket booth wall at White Horse Black Mountain, an entertainment venue. (Hey, when it rains...

David Beasley/The Center Square Managing a state university system comes with many challenges – educating thousands of students while also providing security while they are on campus. That requires many universities to operate large police departments, sometimes as big or bigger than the cities where the campuses are located. Recruitment...

Coastal Review Online Millions of dollars have been marked for coastal freight rail upgrades and improvements to include tracks, trestles, culverts and port infrastructure. The projects are part of a total $16.3 million to go toward freight rail infrastructure improvements to a dozen short-line railroads and at the state Port...

Shelby Swanson/The Raleigh News & Observer Mike Krzyzewski said he would defer to Roy Williams as the debate over the future of North Carolina’s basketball arena continues, adding that any changes should preserve Dean Smith’s legacy. The retired Duke coach, who had a 17-19 record at the Smith Center, said...

Sarah White/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A main water line break in Waynesville has caused low pressure and outages across the town, leading to a boil water advisory issued for all residents on Sunday morning. The break occurred just off Allens Creek Road on Camp Branch. The town does not yet know...