Joseph Williams/The (Whiteville) News Reporter Hearing from residents whose homes and businesses have been repeatedly hit by flooding, N.C. Attorney General Jeff Jackson said during a visit to Whiteville on Tuesday that he is working to restore federal BRIC funding — money city officials say is essential to advancing its...

WRAL News A Wake County Superior Court judge on Wednesday sided with a wildlife coalition to prevent a mining corporation from expanding its operation at a state park in Wake County and give back nearly 14 acres of disputed land back to the state. According to court documents, Judge Sean...

Jenna Fryer/The Associated Press Front Row Motorsports owner Bob Jenkins was back on the stand Thursday to testify on the fourth day of the explosive antitrust case that accuses NASCAR of being a monopolistic bully in violation of federal antitrust laws. Jenkins began his testimony Wednesday, and the fast-food franchiser...

Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh The Raleigh City Council has granted historic landmark status to downtown’s iconic circular hotel, the former Holiday Inn that was once slated for complete demolition. Why it matters: The designation means that the building, once a defining feature of Raleigh’s original skyline, will instead see its distinct...

Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline Worries about the declining U.S. fertility rate are overblown, UNC family demographer Karen Guzzo told an audience gathered in Carrboro on Tuesday. The U.S. fertility rate reached a new low of 1.6 children per woman last year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. That’s below...

Cece Nunn & Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz A local development firm isn’t moving forward with plans to buy a city-owned property in downtown Wilmington to build a grocery store. In December 2024, the Wilmington City Council approved a $1.7 million bid from Cape Fear Holdings LLC for a 1.65-acre site at 305,...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press North Carolina is one of the most restrictive states in the country for midwifery care. But in the face of bad birthing outcomes, spreading women’s health care deserts and the increasing popularity of home birth, the state is considering lifting some restrictions on who can...

Outer Banks Voice On Dec. 4, the Town of Duck announced it had named the Main Stage on the Town Green after Don Kingston, who served as mayor for 14 years before choosing not to seek re-election in 2025. The Town of Duck is proud to announce that the Main...

Ana Risano/The (Southern Pines) Pilot A fresh coat of paint and new kitchen cabinets are top of the work for a remodel of the Southern Pines Fire Department’s downtown station. The town budgeted about $40,000 for the work this year, which includes painting, updating the kitchen and some new ceiling...

Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & The Charlotte Ledger The board that oversees Atrium Health attracted an unusually rowdy crowd Tuesday afternoon as protestors from two groups packed the room with signs and medical equipment, and a man who tried to speak was escorted out by police. It was a stark...

Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio Energy Storage Solutions plans to break ground on a $19.2 billion, 900-megawatt data center in Kingsboro. Community organizer Janice Bulluck worries the developers are extolling the community benefits, while downplaying the cost. “When you come in, and you present this, then make it sound as though it’s...

Jonathan Bym/The (Southern Pines) Pilot For the more than 45,000 Duke Energy customers who unexpectedly lost power three years ago when gunfire damaged two Moore County power substations, there were questions about why they were in the cold and dark for three days. On the three-year anniversary of the attack,...

Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily A sweeping change tucked into the federal government’s latest funding package is poised to wipe out most of North Carolina’s hemp industry, banning nearly all cannabinoid products and leaving farmers and retailers across the state facing an uncertain future. Under a provision tucked into the bill,...

Taylor Motley/The Daily Tar Heel Five months ago, Annmarie Diede was living in her home at Camelot Village, where she had resided for 10 years. After Tropical Storm Chantal devastated the housing complex in July, Diede was forced to move to Florida, leaving behind her home, job and friends. Diede...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online To get a sense of just how severe Battery Island’s shoreline is changing, look no farther than its trees. As waves lick away at the fringes of this little island in the middle of the Cape Fear River near Southport, trees rising off its shores are...