WFAE Radio Charlotte Douglas International Airport and American Airlines are warning travelers that flight cancelations have begun at CLT, as the airport implements the Federal Aviation Administration flight reduction order Friday. The FAA said air traffic controller shortages are worsening, as already overworked controllers are forced to keep working without...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio A newly formed political action committee plans to spend millions of dollars to attack Senate leader Phil Berger’s Republican opponent in next year’s primary. Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page is giving Berger his first-ever major election challenge in his district north of Greensboro. The powerful GOP senator...

Will Atwater/NC Health News At the Nov. 3 Northampton County Board of Commissioners meeting, Sylvia Vincent stood at the podium during the public comment period and voiced frustration over a newly approved community benefits agreement between the county and solar developer SunEnergy1. “You did not consider the Vultare community when...

Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline FEMA is sending $155 million in new aid to North Carolina, the agency announced Friday, in a bundle of federal money that will fund 130 projects for Hurricane Helene cleanup and other disaster recovery projects. The new round of funding is the most substantial FEMA aid North...

Aaleah McConnell/WHQR & Port City Daily The former Surry County Board of Elections Chair, James Edwin Yokeley Jr., who was arrested in July for contaminating his 16-year-old step-granddaughter and her friend’s food with a schedule I controlled substance, was back in court on Tuesday for breaking the conditions of his...

Ben Bokun/CBS 17 News A significant development could replace an iconic mall near downtown Durham that’s been closed since the pandemic. The City of Durham recently received a site plan from a new developer for the former Northgate Mall at 1058 West Club Boulevard. Renamed “Ellerbe Square”, the project would...

Bob Liepa/Wilmington StarNews Some changes in the leadership of the city of Wilmington have been made. Deputy City Manager Chad McEwen and Economic Development Director Aubrey Parsley have both resigned, effective Nov. 7, according to Amy Passaretti Willis, the city’s communications manager. “City leadership was already in the process of...

Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView The Fayetteville City Council will hold a public hearing Monday to consider a proposal from a Florida development company to revive long-stalled plans for a seven-story tower atop the Hay Street Parking Deck. Under the proposed contract, construction would break ground in June 2026 and finish by...

Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Starting this month, small businesses in North Carolina will have a new option to provide health insurance to their employees. The Carolina HealthWorks program launched this week following a change the legislature made to insurance regulations last year. The N.C. Chamber is working with Blue Cross Blue...

Shaun Gallagher/WRAL News Travelers hustled along the walkways and terminals at their usual pace on Thursday morning at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Planes took off and landed on a regular schedule. Preparations were being made ahead of the looming busy travel season. RDU isn’t expected to be one of the airports...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press When stepping into a local library to pick up a new book or use the provided internet access or take your child to a storytime hour, a security officer might not be the first person you expect to see. But at libraries in Wake County, that’s...

Anne Blythe/NC Health News Though Louise Mae Beale Vincent was a woman small in stature, she left a monumental legacy in her 49 years. The Greensboro native became an unlikely international force, a giant in the harm-reduction movement who pushed throughout her life against society’s dehumanization, isolation and rejection of...

Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Coty Reece sat in the fall night air and bit down on rage and embarrassment in equal measure. In the five years since the motorcycle accident that paralyzed him from the waist down, he’d always been able to get where he wanted to go — until...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News  Overwhelmingly, municipal officials take pride in their nonpartisan service, but once they’re elected, they don’t just leave their party hats at the chamber doors. Despite claims that “there’s no Republican/Democratic way to fill a pothole,” the partisan composition of municipal governing boards can be an indicator...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden announced Thursday that he is running for reelection in 2026. In his announcement, McFadden said he’s fulfilled the promises he made in previous campaigns and plans to lead a third term being “factual, fearless and faithful.” McFadden was first elected in 2018....