Michelle Crouch/The Charlotte Ledger & NC Health News Two years after North Carolina legalized mobile sports betting, counselors say they are seeing the fallout: drained bank accounts, strained relationships and young people — especially young men — spiraling into anxiety and depression after losing more than they can afford. Calls...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  Modernization reforming campaign finance reporting in North Carolina is to be guided by 10 principles, a panel of veteran politicos says. First-term Republican state Auditor Dave Boliek, creator of the Modernization of Election Data System Commission, said faster, easier and a more secure election system is...

Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog Mission Hospital has hired an outside consultant following its most recent Immediate Jeopardy sanction and committed to federal regulators that it will make sweeping changes, including reevaluating “the capacity and competency” of its leadership and staff, according to its enhanced plan of correction obtained by Asheville Watchdog....

Amanda Mohamad/WRAL News Latest inflation data showed a 3.4% increase in wholesale prices from last year, hitting grocery prices the hardest and increasing food pantry demand. Notably, vegetable prices jumped by 50% and fruit by 10 percent. This increase comes as oil prices also made a stark jump this month...

Andrew Marshall/The Waynesville Mountaineer Clyde is creating a back-up drinking water supply with a series of large wells — so that it will no longer be hostage to water shortages or water distruptions from neighboring Canton. Clyde gets its water from Canton, which in turn gets water from the Pigeon...

April Laissle/WFDD Radio The town of Boone is holding a public hearing Monday to discuss a potential moratorium on local data center construction. Officials are considering a one-year pause on permits for data centers and crypto-mining operations due to concerns about energy use, water consumption and noise. Planning documents also...

Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press A recent state audit this month found that millions of dollars in the Rocky Mount city budget were mismanaged in recent years, which the auditor blamed on a lack of oversight and due diligence by the City Council. Dave Boliek, the state auditor for North Carolina,...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  From first to fourth, North Carolina’s administrative ratio remains among the best in the country in the Reason Foundation’s Annual Highway Report. The Tarheel State was among the most cost-effective road systems, measuring condition, safety and costs of roads and bridges in all 50 states. In...

Peter H. Lewis/Asheville Watchdog In advance of its annual shareholders meeting on April 23, HCA Healthcare’s board of directors once again is urging voters to reject a proposal by state Sen. Julie Mayfield, D-Buncombe, that would require HCA to report on the health consequences of its acquisitions over the past...

Greg Childress/NC Newsline North Carolina voters could be asked to consider a constitutional amendment requiring state lawmakers to limit city and county property tax increases. The state House Select Committee on Property Tax Reduction and Reform signaled its support for the measure on a voice vote Wednesday during a meeting...

Rodney Overton & Mary Smith/WNCN News After criticism for hours-long lines and tremendous customer backlogs, the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles launched wait time estimates and real-time capacity status indicators for offices across the state, officials said Thursday. According to the NCDMV, the eventual goal is for customers to...

Marshall Terry/WFAE Radio The former Sycamore Brewing reopened this past weekend in time for St. Patrick’s Day holiday. It has a new name, Club West Brewing, and is in the process of getting a new owner. Sycamore Brewing closed in early January, a few weeks after one of its co-founders...

WSOC News North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein announced on Thursday that 400 jobs are coming to Mecklenburg County thanks to the new PSA Airlines’ new headquarters. The investment is expected to bring nearly $250 million, Stein said during the grand opening in Charlotte. PSA’s relocation will help North Carolina remain...

Ally Kadlubar/WRAL News After a national search, William Peace University has named Jennifer E. Walsh as its 13th president. Walsh has 25 years of strategic leadership experience, including being senior vice president for strategic initiatives and chief strategy officer at Hawai‘i Pacific University. The William Peace University Board of Trustees...

Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView Since she was a teen, Rebekah Witter dreamed of becoming a commercial airline pilot. But she put her career on hold when she and her husband, who serves in the Army, found out they were having a baby. “I was like, I gotta stay home, especially with...