Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline North Carolina counties hit by Hurricane Helene last year will get $4 million in new money from the federal government for temporary jobs and workforce training, Gov. Josh Stein announced Friday. The grant funds, awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor, represent the rest of a $10...

Nick de la Canal/WFAE Radio Monroe Mayor Robert Burns said he will not seek reelection when his term ends in late 2026, announcing the decision Monday in a social media livestream where he endorsed City Council member David Dotson as his preferred successor and hinted at plans to take his...

WTVD News The Town of Cary and The Soccer Tournament (TST) have announced a new long-term agreement that will keep the 7v7 soccer festival at WakeMed Soccer Park through 2029. The partnership is supported by a grant from the NC Department of Commerce’s Major Events, Games, and Attractions Fund. The...

Emily Thomas/Education NC In July 2025, Dr. Stacy Waters-Bailey became the fifth president of South Piedmont Community College, bringing over 15 years of higher education experience with her. When EdNC visited South Piedmont on her 100th day, one thing was clear about Waters-Bailey — she is passionately people-centered. She’s dedicated...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online North Carolinians from cities, towns and communities throughout the Cape Fear River Basin urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to uphold its objection to a municipal wastewater treatment plant’s proposed permit that excludes an effluent discharge limit for 1,4-dioxane into their drinking water sources. One after...

Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Waynesville has at least $100,000 in the bank to repair storm-damaged Dutch Fisher softball field in Hazelwood, but the how and when is still an open question. Town council unanimously voted earlier this month to allocate $50,000 to make repairs to the field that was damaged...

Brian Burns/WUNC Radio One of Wake County’s most active library branches has reopened after the completion of some major renovations. The West Regional Library, which serves residents of western Cary and sections of Morrisville, has been closed since early January. Major additions to the library include a teen nook, improved...

Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog The Happy Hour crowd on South Slope pops into the breweries and restaurants that have helped land Asheville on best-of lists, largely oblivious to what once stood nearby. The adjacent Southside neighborhood was the biggest hub of Black life in Asheville, housing beauty and barber shops, funeral...

Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog The Happy Hour crowd on South Slope pops into the breweries and restaurants that have helped land Asheville on best-of lists, largely oblivious to what once stood nearby. The adjacent Southside neighborhood was the biggest hub of Black life in Asheville, housing beauty and barber shops, funeral...

Lisa Sorg/NC Health News Emily Donovan stood before 100 people in the pews at Ocean View United Methodist Church in a small seaside town in Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was May, the start of beach season. She had invited a scientist to speak about the astronomical levels of PFAS—nicknamed...

Liz Bell/Education NC Child care providers and advocates are asking for $145 million in recurring funding in the state budget to stabilize programs struggling to retain teachers and make ends meet. Legislators returned to Raleigh this week without having passed a budget earlier this year due to gridlock between Republican...

Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer At Smoky Mountain Coffee in Hazelwood, Kevin Duckett hasn’t raised the price on a cup of black coffee in thirty years. But recent developments in the java world haven’t made that easy to maintain, and items on his menu that aren’t regular old joe have definitely...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Brunswick County commissioners granted the school board’s request for a $349.6-million bond referendum, though not exactly on the timeline the school board was hoping for. Brunswick County Schools Superintendent Dale Cole appeared before the county commissioners on Monday to advocate for the bond a second...

WFAE Radio Two people were killed and 13 others were wounded in a shooting early Saturday morning in the Robeson County town of Maxton. Robeson County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to 298 Dixon Drive in Maxton around 1:15 a.m. on October 25 for a loud music violation. Before officers...

Jason Canady/CityView Commissioners on Wednesday accepted the findings of a personnel investigation that indicated a fellow board member “more likely than not” made a racially discriminatory remark stating “there are too many Blacks running” the town of Hope Mills. Commissioners held a special meeting this week to receive a general...