Willie Daniely/WRAL News Customers arriving at Randy’s Pizza for dinner on Friday night were met with a sign on the door saying the restaurant would be closed until further notice. It comes just one day after a deadly shooting inside the restaurant that killed employee Mohammed Aly. Due to the...

Jack Evans/Asheville Watchdog In 1910, the father of American forestry got canned. Gifford Pinchot had developed his ideas in the woods of the Biltmore Estate, founded the Yale Forest School, and, in 1905, became the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service. But five years later, in a controversy over...

Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Amidst the artificial intelligence boom over the last few years, some local municipalities are taking a preemptive stance toward facilities powering the industry. The Leland Planning Board unanimously recommended a staff-initiated text amendment Tuesday night that would place strict guardrails on data center development within town...

Dasia Williams/CityView Superintendent Eric Bracy’s proposed 2026-27 budget includes raises for employees and increases in salary supplements for principals and assistant principals. Credit: Cumberland County Schools Cumberland County Schools leaders unveiled a proposed $670.8 million budget for the 2026-27 school year that includes employee raises and a $6.5 million increase...

Ashley Mahoney/Axios Charlotte North Carolina’s Film Office is doubling down on recruiting television series to the state. Why it matters: That’s led to small-screen wins, plus the possibility that a series filming here will return for multiple seasons, North Carolina Film Office director Guy Gaster tells Axios. This employs local...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press When looking at which Democratic legislators have voted to override governor vetoes in recent years, the names of two Mecklenburg House members appear often: Reps. Carla Cunningham and Nasif Majeed. Since 2023, Cunningham has voted to override 15 vetoes from Democratic governors Roy Cooper and Josh...

Jessica Patrick & Brian Murphy/WRAL News It will cost a bit more for incoming undergraduate students from North Carolina to attend most UNC System universities this fall. The UNC System Board of Governors voted Thursday to approve near across-the-board tuition increases at the state’s 16 public universities, including the first...

Taylor Knopf/NC Health News Since November, North Carolina lawmakers have been grappling with the problems plaguing the state’s intertwined mental health and criminal justice systems during hours-long monthly meetings packed with presentations from experts and state officials. Their goal? To address the revolving door of people with mental illness who...

Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily With infrastructure repairs needed and employee costs conceivably increasing, as revenue remains flat, officials in the town of Wrightsville Beach are weighing options on the 2026-2027 budget. It includes discussions about potentially raising property taxes for the first time in more than a decade. In the...

Sally Kestin/Asheville Watchdog Asheville attorney Robert Perry Tucker II was found guilty Wednesday of conspiring with two others to illegally take ownership of a former police officer’s Arden house through bogus court and legal filings. Superior Court Judge Louis A. Trosch Jr. found Tucker guilty of obtaining property by false...

Sean Coffey/WTVD News City leaders and development partners unveiled new plans on Wednesday for Heritage Park, an affordable housing community on the southern edge of downtown Raleigh. The redevelopment will introduce hundreds of new units in the coming years, increasing from 120 to over 1,000, with most being affordable. Originally...

DJ Simmons/WFDD Radio Voters will see two races on their ballots for the Guilford County Board of Commissioners in this year’s primary. Two Democrats are competing to represent District 7. Walter Johnson is facing Lisa McMillan. One of them will replace Commissioner Frankie Jones, who announced last year he’s not...

Becky Johnson/The Waynesville Mountaineer The controversial Queen Farm subdivision in Waynesville will grow from 115 to 261 homes following a heated and emotional public hearing last week, where speakers and a divided planning board lamented the erosion of Waynesville’s character from the mega development. Phase II of the subdivision will...

Hannah Leyva/WNCN News A Roanoke Rapids school district employee is accused of using money from an elementary school Parent Teacher Organization for her own use. Roanoke Rapids police said that a “report of potential embezzlement by an employee of the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District” was given to them on...

The Southern Pines Pilot The United States Golf Association announced the 2026 Greenkeeper Apprenticeship Program (GAP) class marks the fourth year of the program. The 35 apprentices across both the Pinehurst and Myrtle Beach locations receive a combination of on-the-job training and classroom instruction, allowing the students to take their...