Will Doran/WRAL News Hundreds of new manufacturing jobs are coming to Wilson, Gov. John Stein announced Friday, as Johnson & Johnson has decided to build a multibillion-dollar expansion onto their existing operations in town. The pharmaceutical giant has been heavily investing in North Carolina recently, spending billions on its Wilson...

The Washington Post While patrolling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement with other volunteers, two days after an officer from the federal agency fatally shot a woman in her car in this city, Sagal Ali repeated a mantra: “We will not obstruct their path. We are not escalating.” A text chat...

Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. parade in downtown Fayetteville has been postponed—but members of the committee that runs it have conflicting explanations about why. As of Friday, the committee had not announced a new date for the parade, which was originally scheduled for January 17...

Mona Dougani/WFAE Radio Outside the Bechtler Museum of Art in uptown Charlotte, more than 200 Iranian Americans gathered Sunday afternoon to protest and stand in solidarity with Iranians demonstrating against the Islamic Republic in Iran. About 200 people waved the shir o khorshid, the Lion and Sun flag, Iran’s former...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Bobby Jenkins used to be a registered unaffiliated voter. In fact, he ran for Swain County Board of Commissioners in 2024 under the unaffiliated label and won a seat. His feat was rare. Jenkins was one of 49 unaffiliated candidates in North Carolina’s 2024 elections, and...

April Laissle/WFDD Radio The Stokes County Board of Commissioners is set to decide Monday night on a proposal to rezone land in Walnut Cove to make way for a large data center. The plan has drawn sharp opposition from community members, environmental advocates and local historians. On a warm January...

Bradley George/WUNC Radio The commissioner of the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles urged flyers to get a Real ID before a new fee comes into effect February 1. “For those who don’t yet have a Real ID, the easiest way to avoid the new verification process and fee is...

Sergio Osnaya-Prieto/Education NC A new Department of Public Instruction (DPI) report says that 100% of traditional public school districts currently have a 1-to-1 digital device-to-student ratio, though many districts are struggling to replace old or damaged devices due to a lack of funding. Dr. Ashley McBride, a digital learning initiative...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online Proposed rules that would require hundreds of industrial manufacturers and public sewer plants across the state to test the wastewater they discharge into rivers, creeks and streams for three types of PFAS and 1,4-dioxane will go out for public comment next month. The North Carolina Environmental...

Paul Nielsen/The Waynesville Mountaineer A commercial development with up to four retail spaces has been proposed for a vacant 1.3 acre lot on South Main Street in Waynesville. The proposed development would be located between O’Reilly Auto Parts and the Papa’s and Beer Mexican restaurant. A disco may have once...

Paul Specht/WRAL News North Carolina leaders last year approved new rules for handling criminal suspects who may need psychiatric care — prompting a dispute between hospitals and law enforcement groups over a new requirement for mental evaluations. The rules were designed in part to restrict judges from releasing repeat violent...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press If a family member is committed to a North Carolina state psychiatric hospital in 2026, that facility will be facing serious staffing shortages. Each of North Carolina’s three psychiatric hospitals closed out last year with staff vacancy rates at or above 20%. North Carolina still...

Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online The two agencies that enforce the Clean Water Act have proposed changes to the waterbodies considered jurisdictional, or under federal protection, and the deadline for the public to comment is here. The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers published on Nov. 20 in the...

Analisa Sorrells Archer/Education NC On Wednesday, new Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) were released by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS). Updated every five years, the guidelines help determine what food is served in schools and at child care centers, among other things. The...

Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom & WUNC Radio North Carolina is working to map areas that are particularly susceptible to landslides in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The storm triggered hundreds of landslides in western North Carolina, including this one near Vilas, N.C. Heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Helene...