Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz The Wilmington metro area population grew by more than 12,000 between July 2024 and July 2025, an increase of 2.6%, according to data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. Among all U.S. metro areas with a population of 20,000 or more, the Wilmington metropolitan statistical area,...

Greg Childress/NC Newsline State lawmakers should focus on fixing existing state programs to provide property tax relief for seniors and disabled homeowners, says Hudson Vaughan, director of the Community Justice Collaborative at the N.C. Housing Coalition. Vaughan’s comments come as lawmakers weigh a constitutional amendment that would give them authority...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square Refunds to families and businesses in North Carolina totaling $3.5 billion are being sought by the first-term Democratic attorney general from the Republican majority chambers of Congress. Jeff Jackson, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, said a U.S. Supreme Court ruling the Republican Trump...

Elena Marsh/The Southern Pines Pilot The Moore County Airport is one more than one-third of the way toward reaching its funding goal to bring commercial air service back to the area after 20 years. Through efforts with the Moore County Economic Development Partnership, the airport has thus far raised more...

Thomas Lester/Furniture Today Gordon Brothers‘ plans to reintroduce and revitalize the Broyhill brand will be on full display at the April High Point Market. The Boston-based global asset firm announced three new licensees that will produce Broyhill-branded products: Living Style, Bedding Inds. of America and Town & Country Living. “Over...

Mike Schneider/The Associated Press Growth rates in U.S. metro areas dropped the steepest last year in communities along the border with Mexico because of declines in immigrants, while counties along Florida’s Gulf Coast lost residents due to a series of hurricanes, according to population estimates released Thursday by the U.S....

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio A board member for the North Carolina Department of Transportation said Wednesday night that if Charlotte rejects a plan to build toll lanes on Interstate 77, he would question whether the state should fund other transportation projects in the city. Opponents of the I-77 project said DOT...

DJ Simmons/WFDD Radio A new study shows firearm homicides and nonfatal shootings in North Carolina are trending downward. The N.C. Criminal Justice Analysis Center released the report, “Firearm Violence Across North Carolina,” this month. It shows trends in rural, urban and suburban communities to help officials improve safety policies. Rose...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press In the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Tim Hall, a K-12 Social Studies Instructional Specialist at Vance County Schools and former president of the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies, learned in real time that he didn’t know how to teach...

Morgan Casey/CityView After a five-week search, the Cape Fear Valley Health System Board of Trustees named Daniel Weatherly as its new chief executive officer on Wednesday. Weatherly will take charge of one of the region’s largest private, nonprofit health systems. The announcement brought a chorus of applause from trustees gathered...

Taylor Knopf/NC Health News Every Saturday, Linda McDonough picks up her 26-year-old daughter in Raleigh so they can spend the weekend together at her home in Chapel Hill. Typically, they go thrift shopping, visit family and friends and take in a church service before she takes her daughter back. There...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press Anyone who wants to work as an officer for the High Point Police Department will have to do more than simply meet the basic requirements, according to Police Chief Curtis Cheeks III. When Cheeks took over the department of around 250 sworn officers in 2024, he...

Mebane Rash/Education NC For those of you who lived and worked in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene, you have seen a glimpse of the future. Many of us remember the near constant whirr of helicopters. Earlier this month, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced eight proposals that could define...

Will Atwater/NC Health News Stokes County resident Tim Mabe likes to use a boat analogy to convey the size of a data center proposed for a nearly 2,000‑acre parcel along the Dan River that county commissioners voted to rezone for heavy industrial use in January. “Stokes County wants to get...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The Charlotte City Council has not explained why it canceled Wednesday afternoon’s special meeting on the Interstate 77 toll lane project. Council members had scheduled a special meeting on Tuesday about I-77, but then abruptly cancelled it hours later. They have not offered an explanation as to...