Coastal Review Online A new bulk cement import terminal at the Port of Morehead City will be built to handle at least five times the volume of the port’s current cement operations. Silvi Cement’s new terminal will include two 100,000-ton enclosed domes for Type I/II low-alkali cement and Grade 120...

The Associated Press Four of the nation’s top retail stores failed to promptly pull contaminated infant formula tied to a dangerous botulism outbreak from their shelves, federal health officials said in warning letters posted Monday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent letters to leaders at Walmart, Target, Kroger and...

Kyle Ingram/The Raleigh News & Observer Newly public 911 phone calls reveal more details on the criminal case involving former North Carolina Rep. Cecil Brockman, who was arrested in October and accused of having sex with a teenager. In a recording of a 911 call placed on Oct. 5, Brockman...

Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily For the first time in more than a decade, Oak Island Town Council has instructed staff to actively enforce keeping its right-of-ways clear around town. City code currently cites right-of-ways, 20 feet back from the street, must remain clear of any blockages. For years parked vehicles...

Sergio Osnaya-Prieto/Education NC North Carolina ranks 48th in the nation for K-12 public school teacher salaries and growth in public school funding per student, according to a new analysis from the Reason Foundation think tank, which promotes libertarian principles. The analysis looks at data from the U.S. Census Bureau and...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio North Carolina nonprofits that serve victims of domestic violence and child abuse are facing funding cuts. For decades, the federal Crime Victims Fund has provided grants to domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers and children’s advocacy centers. But North Carolina’s share has dropped from $100 million in...

Anna Roman/The Raleigh News & Observer Cary Town Manager Sean Stegall has resigned, three weeks after he was placed on paid administrative leave and questions were raised about the town’s spending. His resignation was announced Monday at an emergency Cary Town Council meeting called by Mayor Harold Weinbrecht. Speaking for...

Jonathan Shorman/NC Newsline Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act, a new analysis finds. The bulk of the gains would be concentrated in 10 GOP-controlled state legislatures in Southern states, according...

Rose Hoban/NC Health News North Carolina Treasurer Brad Briner has made waves during his first year in office among state employees, who will see a sharp uptick in their health insurance premiums starting next month. Briner says the increase is necessary to address a shortfall in the North Carolina State...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  To help generate a Republican winner in the northeastern part of the state for the first time since 1882, the General Assembly redrew the congressional map for two of the 14 seats North Carolina sends to the U.S. House of Representatives. Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson,...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press A challenge of the constitutionality of North Carolina’s Certificate of Need law may be heading back to the state Supreme Court. On Friday, a three-judge panel of superior court judges ruled unanimously against New Bern optometrist Jay Singleton, who alleged that Certificate of Need law...

Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer Down the hill from Waynesville’s Main Street lies an embattled intersection of the town’s history. For 150 years, Frog Level has played host to tourists, blue collar workers, merchants, and more recently, craft coffee and beer drinkers. But now a giant question mark looms over Frog...

Elvis Menayese/WFAE Radio Volunteers gather to revamp the 12th Step Services’ site on 709 East Boulevard near South End that support people impacted by substance use. A group that’s been helping people overcome addiction for over 70 years is undergoing a revamp to its site that supports people impacted by...

Lily Levin/Smoky Mountain News Swain County’s standing animal services ordinance dates back to late 2019, pending the establishment of an animal services center and adequate funding for its operation and staff. As Swain’s first county-operated animal shelter prepared to open its doors — with staff to include Jerry Bryan, who...

The High Point Enterprise Enrollment fell in nearly every North Carolina school district this year — including in the Guilford County, Davidson County, Thomasville and Randolph County districts — continuing a trend of fewer students attending traditional public schools. Newly released data from the state Department of Public Instruction shows...