Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz With the potential expansion of the convention center and the redevelopment of several city-owned parcels, the northern end of downtown Wilmington is primed for future growth, according to city officials. Elected leaders from the city and New Hanover County highlighted their priorities for downtown on Wednesday during Wilmington...

David Ford/WFDD Radio Philharmonia of Greensboro Conductor Peter Perret will lead his final performance with the ensemble this weekend. Prior to his post in 2012, Perret led the Winston-Salem Symphony for many years. He describes the Philharmonia as a semi-professional orchestra with serious musicians, from conservatory students to seasoned retirees....

WSOCTV News The Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office has launched an investigation into a utilities theft operation after Duke Energy investigators reported evidence of unmetered power use and equipment tampering at several locations at an RV park near the Charlotte Motor Speedway. According to the sheriff’s office, Duke Energy contacted investigators...

Flynn Snyder/WRAL News More than 30 rescue cats were killed in a house fire in Wilson County on Wednesday, according to the Silver Lake Volunteer Fire Department. Chief Phil Batts tells WRAL firefighters responded to a house at 5722 NC-58 before 7 p.m. The house belonged to Alice Pierce, who...

Penelope Lopez/WTVD The competition for internships is heating up across the country, with students facing tougher odds than ever before. A recent report from the career network Handshake found that each internship posting in 2025 received an average of 109 applications, almost double the previous year’s number. In Fayetteville, city...

Colin Campbell/WUNC News Democrats across the country are optimistic that November’s election could be a wave year for their party. In North Carolina, experts say it’s possible a big shift could create a Democratic majority in at least one chamber of the legislature for the first time in 16 years....

Kyle Ingram/The Raleigh News & Observer Republican election officials in Jackson County say they were pressured — by their own party and the state auditor’s office, one says — to reject a plan for an early voting site on Western Carolina University’s campus. “I’ve been told that if I don’t...

Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView Fayetteville’s budget season is growing more tense by the week, with what began as routine deliberations now unraveling into a tense scramble at City Hall. On Monday, Fayetteville City Council members clashed with senior staff, saying the proposal misses the mark and leaves them hunting for dollars...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Bladen County’s Black residents aren’t having it. They showed up in droves to a Monday board of commissioners meeting in Elizabethtown to object to a proposed election change that some feared would have reduced minority representation. The commissioners never voted on the proposal, though. Board chairman...

James Farrell/WFAE Radio The State Board of Education met in Raleigh on Wednesday for the first time since lawmakers announced plans for an average 8% raise in teacher pay. But board members expressed skepticism about whether the proposed increase would make a meaningful difference for teachers. During a legislative update,...

WFDD Radio The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality awarded $25 million to Helene-damaged counties on Tuesday. Helene scattered debris all across Western North Carolina. It also destroyed waste management and recycling facilities throughout the region. Communities have since struggled to restore that critical infrastructure. The state’s Helene Recovery Recycling...

Kaitlyn Aguiles/WECT Pender County Manager Colby Sawyer on Monday proposed a $137.4 million budget for fiscal year 2026-27 that would raise the county property tax rate by about 2 cents and fund employee pay increases and major county projects. Sawyer presented his recommended budget to the Pender County Board of...

Emily Weaver/The Dunn Daily Record Several, minor design revisions pushed the projected finish date for the Interstate 95 widening project through Harnett County into the spring of 2028. The seven-year project to turn the four-lane divided expressway into an eight-lane divided freeway between exits 55 (Eastover) and 81 (the Interstate...

The Associated Press A former North Carolina police officer caught on a doorbell camera repeatedly punching a woman in the face was charged Monday with assault. The video of Shelby Officer Karson Hyder pummeling Cherrie Moore on Friday has circulated widely on social media. Hyder, 22, turned himself in to...

Mark Bergin/WRAL News Another Raleigh brewery has announced its closure. On Tuesday, Mordecai Beverage Co. announced it would close in an Instagram post. “It has been an incredible honor and privilege to serve this community for the past six-plus years,” the post reads in part. “When we first opened our...