Graham Lee Brewer/The Associated Press With the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act by the Senate on Wednesday, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is all but assured to become a federally recognized tribal nation. The state-recognized tribe, whose historic and genealogical claims have been a subject of controversy,...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Gov. Josh Stein is wrapping up his first year in office. It’s been a year marked by hurricane recovery efforts in Western North Carolina, big jobs announcements and fights with the legislature over taxes, Medicaid and more. Stein joined WUNC’s Colin Campbell to discuss the big issues...

David Ferry/Wired Amy Lindberg spent 26 years in the Navy and she still walked like it—with intention, like her chin had someplace to be. But around 2017, her right foot stopped following orders. Lindberg and her husband Brad were five years into their retirement. After moving 10 times for Uncle...

Nikolette Miller/WSPA Harris Teeter announced plans to open several new store locations across the Southeast, including Clemson. The expansion aims to bring high-quality ingredients and exceptional customer service to more communities in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. Harris Teeter shared in a press release that it’s excited to introduce...

Kristyn Clark/WRAL News Nearly 150 new North Carolin Division of Motor Vehicles license examiners graduated on Wednesday to join the ranks of a state agency trying to lessen the load on an overworked and understaffed workforce. The graduation is good news for the up-and-coming employees and significant for DMV customers...

Tom Fiedler/Asheville Watchdog Except for the possible addition of slow-moving longshots before noon Friday, the campaign filing deadline, the fields are set for March 3 party-primary elections that may shift the political balance of power from city halls to Donald Trump’s White House. Western North Carolina voters will play significant...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square Commissioners in a North Carolina county have agreed to take remedial actions and publicly acknowledge an incorrect position to settle a First Amendment lawsuit with a resident. The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners declined to admit liability or wrongdoing, a release from the Liberty Justice Center...

Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline It’s unusual for the North Carolina Board of Elections to order a redo of an election. But Wednesday, they did it twice: once in a mayor’s race where one candidate now leads by a single vote, and again for a small Hertford County town where 7 of...

Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Eight years in the making, a Wilmington native is releasing a documentary on the GenX contamination crisis and the fight for accountability. Documentary “GenX: The Saga of Forever Chemicals,” directed by Wilmingtonian Elijah Yetter-Bowman and produced by well-known actor and environmental activist Mark Ruffalo, takes a...

Dan DeWitt & John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog The North Carolina State Board of Elections is investigating Asheville Vice Mayor Antanette Mosley, who has claimed a primary-residence tax break in Atlanta while serving on Asheville’s City Council and has a history of voting in both Georgia and North Carolina. “We have logged...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Business is slowly picking up again at North Tryon Laundromat in Charlotte’s Hidden Valley neighborhood. Customers come in carrying bags of dirty clothes and fill the washers one by one. But it’s still slow. Just weeks ago, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrested people in the...

Jay Price/WUNC Radio Army General Joseph A. Ryan, the incoming leader of the Western Hemisphere Command, uncases the command colors during a ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 5, 2025. The new command combines U.S. Army Forces Command, U.S. Army North, and U.S. Army South. The Army has activated a...

Shaun Gallagher/WRAL News According to Wake County search warrants, a Florida county sheriff’s office is investigating up to 200 stolen vehicles, including one sold to a Garner woman. That woman is out thousands of dollars after law enforcement says she purchased the vehicle through CarMax. According to Raleigh police, the...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Just months after announcing it was laying off 6% of its total employees this summer, Meredith College removed all of its academic deans from their positions leading the college’s four schools in November. Students protested the layoffs Nov. 10, also citing poor campus conditions like pests...

The Sanford Herald Central Carolina Community College recently sold its Howard-James Industry Training Center property for $2.7 million to Womack Road Properties, LLC., a release states. The proceeds will help pay for renovations at the E. Eugene Moore Manufacturing and Biotech Solutions Center on the college’s Lee Main Campus in...