WRAL News The president of the UNC System, which oversees all public universities in North Carolina, must give written approval of any contract for the Tar Heels’ next men’s basketball coach, a byproduct of the messy process that led to the hiring of football coach Bill Belichick and one that...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The New Hanover County Board of Elections has begun the process of removing its director, according to sources close to the board. The board met in a closed session Monday night to discuss a personnel matter, though previous reporting from Port City Daily and WHQR indicated...

Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio North Carolina recovery officials are cautiously hopeful that newly confirmed Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, will speed up the flow of federal disaster aid to the state. The Senate confirmed Mullin Monday night in a 54-45 vote. He will be...

Drew C. Wilson/The Wilson Times Almost a decade after Hurricane Matthew rains caused Hominy Creek to overflow its banks into public housing units in Wilson, local officials hosted a visit to the site to explain the positive impacts of demolition and stormwater improvement projects. Wilson city officials hosted N.C. Department...

The Hendersonville Lightning The N.C. Department of Transportation, in partnership with local municipalities, will remove barricades and open U.S. 64 to traffic this weekend, ahead of schedule. Blythe Construction will reopen the highway in a temporary pattern on Saturday as crews finish reconstructing the hurricane-damaged corridor. “We are excited to...

Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise The state has OK’d the city of High Point’s revised timeline for financing an upcoming road project. The North Carolina Local Government Commission recently granted the city’s request for a three-year extension to issue general obligation bonds for the Triangle Lake Road reconstruction. It’s among...

Barbara Ortutay/The Associated Press & WRAL News Fortnite publisher Epic Games said Tuesday it is laying off 1,000 employees to save money as it grapples with industry-wide and company-specific challenges. The Cary, North Carolina-based video game publisher said in a memo to employees that the job cuts are not related...

Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online Something potentially and significantly consequential is underway now in North Carolina that could alter management of the state’s increasingly battered Atlantic coastline. The state Coastal Resources Commission’s Science Panel is in the process of finalizing an analysis of beach erosion-control structures, a report that is expected...

Chloe Courtney Bohl/IndyWeek Wesley Knott will continue to serve as chair of the Wake County Democratic Party (WCDP) following a successful vote of confidence in his leadership at Saturday’s county party convention. Some Wake Democrats called for Knott’s resignation last week based on his decision to endorse Nida Allam in...

Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer To make ends meet, the county has dipped into its cash reserves to the tune of $24.7 million this fiscal year — more than four times what it normally borrows from reserves and twice what the county initially anticipated. The deplenished piggy bank is now a...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The New Hanover County Board of Elections met in closed session on Monday night, reportedly to discuss Director DeNay Harris’ job performance. Put on administrative paid leave, the director has made email-tampering claims toward the county, with preliminary results of a third-party investigation and computer forensic...

Mebane Rash/Education NC The week after Chatham County Schools announced his retirement in a press release, the Public School Forum of North Carolina announced it has hired Dr. Anthony Jackson to serve as its chief executive officer after a national search. Jackson is known and respected for “leading from the...

Brian Burns/WUNC News After announcing last week an intention to sell the record studio Fidelitorium Recordings, owner Mitch Easter now says those plans are on “indefinite hiatus” due to complications with the sales process. Easter did not delve into those complications, but stressed that people shouldn’t read too much into...

April Laissle/WFDD Radio The Boone Town Council unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on data center development Monday night. The move was cheered by a capacity crowd of residents at the town hall. That was gratifying for Mayor Dalton George, who brought the issue to the council. “That’s the whole point...

Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise An appointed city board now has review and approval authority for special-use permits in High Point. The City Council on Monday approved an ordinance change transferring this responsibility from it to the Board of Adjustment. The city requires these permits for things such as cellphone...