Brian Murphy, Will Doran & Jack Hagel/WRAL News As co-favorites to win the Stanley Cup before the season and the second choice when the playoffs started, the Carolina Hurricanes were a popular pick for bettors. Many fans are invested, through those bets, as the team faces off in the final...

Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News Duke Energy could receive $28.4 million in taxpayer money to upgrade two coal-fired power units in Person County, North Carolina, where residents are already contending with the construction of new natural gas plants, a pipeline and a proposed Microsoft data center. The Roxboro plant in Person...

Kelly Kenoyer/WHQR The analysis indicates that growth within urban areas can be better for cities’ bottom line, compared to building on greenfield sites at the outer reaches of town. New research from the PEW Charitable Trust shows that infill development saves taxpayers money, especially compared to development on the outlying...

Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz A stretch of ocean off the coast of Brunswick County made national news earlier this year when the Trump administration announced plans to pay French energy company TotalEnergies to relinquish its lease in the area, along with another lease off New York. The deal has drawn mixed reactions...

Taylor Knopf/NC Health News For the third year in a row, drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have trended downward. North Carolina had one of the largest year-over-year decreases — a nearly 29 percent drop in overdose deaths from the end of 2024 to 2025. Substance use experts worry these...

Liz Schlemmer/WUNC News Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools’ board of education voted to close Glenwood Elementary. After months of community deliberation over a decision to close at least one elementary school, the Chapel Hill – Carrboro City school board voted unanimously Thursday night to close Glenwood Elementary in Fall...

Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise A bill in the N.C. General Assembly that would place a moratorium this year on counties using changes in property tax revenue from revaluation would cost Guilford County $93 million and wipe out most increases in local funding for the new fiscal year, a...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Last year, the International Military Sports Council — which is based in Belgium — announced that the eighth Military World Games would be held in Charlotte in the summer of 2027. The games’ motto is “Friendship Through Sport” and local organizers say 8,000 athletes and 2,000 delegates will...

Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom The N.C. State Health Plan Board of Trustees voted Friday to make changes to Medicare Advantage plans used by about 175,000 state retirees, increasing healthcare costs to help the Health Plan save millions. Under the changes that will be implemented in 2027, out-of-pocket maximums for those on...

The Associated Press Richard Childress had hoped to announce a contract extension for Kyle Busch at Michigan International Speedway. Instead, the longtime owner of Richard Childress Racing held a news conference Saturday at the track to publicly address the unexpected death of Kyle Busch for the first time since the...

Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline When six-year-old Dominique Moody died in December 2025, she weighed 27 pounds. Investigators say she was found in a dog crate after having suffered years of abuse and starvation while living in Charlotte. Dominique’s legal guardian and two other caregivers face multiple charges, including felony child abuse...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  Federal tax credits of up to $1,700 each can start in 2027 for North Carolina families whose children are participating in the signature education initiative of second-term Republican President Donald Trump. The Educational Choice for Children Act, known also as House Bill 87, late Wednesday afternoon...

Paul Woolverton/CityView The Fayetteville Public Works Commission plans to spend $57.6 million over the next four years to bring electricity to the Project Aero titanium recycling plant to be built in north Fayetteville, according to the utility’s proposed budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. The infrastructure to supply Project Aero...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Last year, the International Military Sports Council — which is based in Belgium — announced that the eighth Military World Games would be held in Charlotte in the summer of 2027. The games’ motto is “Friendship Through Sport” and local organizers say 8,000 athletes and 2,000 delegates...

Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC News For decades, the mobile home park known as Chatham Estates was an oasis of affordability off of East Chatham Street, one that allowed working-class families to live and work in the heart of Cary. Today, it’s a patchwork of empty lots, leftover debris, and homes torn from...