State report reveals more details about child’s death at Trails Carolina
One staffer at Trails Carolina in Transylvania County indicated the 12-year-old boy may have suffocated to death.
NC runoff elections likely to be decided by small group of voters who show up
Runoff elections in NC will take place May 14, with a second primary in several statewide and local races, mostly to determine GOP nominees.
Why Vietnam-based solar tech company picked Pitt County for first US manufacturing site
Boviet Solar Technology selects North Carolina site for manufacturing facility, points to ECU, workforce and infrastructure as factors.
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The uncertain future of old-growth forests in North Carolina
This four-part series focusing on the Southside Project, a recent initiative by the U.S. Forest Service, to make the national forest more resilient and sustainable.
Social services in NC may be in the hands of people who don’t meet minimum qualifications.
Why and how it happens, and how other states avoid the problem.
How climate change affects North Carolina’s fisheries
and the people who rely on them for a living.
The importance of sexual assault nurse examiners
and the difficulty of locating them in North Carolina
Justice elusive for NC sexual assault survivors
Climate change is causing erratic weather events and altering ecosystems in the forests of Western North Carolina’s mountains.
What these changes mean and the challenges they pose for managing the forests.
How and why North Carolina counties decide to build
or expand jails, the costs of those decisions
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Inconsistency and inequity in child welfare policies across NC
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Well-trained workforce makes the difference as home builder picks Chatham Co. for manufacturing site
Innovative Construction Group pointed to community college and workforce training programs as factors in the decision to pick Siler City.
Feds letting timber harvest targets interfere with protecting national forest ecology in NC, lawsuit says
An environmental group coalition accuses the U.S. Forest Service of putting federal timber targets ahead of other concerns, including in NC.
Changes in access to services for NC residents with disabilities after compromise halts long legal fight
A consent order in a Disability Rights NC lawsuit against DHHS could increase community-based services access for people with disabilities.
Biotech expansion for Japanese firm in Holly Springs driven by talent pool, universities
Fujifilm’s Holly Springs announcement comes as Japan’s prime minister visits area. Japanese-owned businesses employ more than 30,000 in NC.
Web of Mission Health litigation grows. Buncombe seeks to join attorney general’s case against HCA.
Understaffed Mission Hospital ER drives up EMS costs, hurting taxpayers, Buncombe County claims in latest legal foray over HCA in NC.
New voter ID rule in North Carolina sparks worries about fairness for Black and Latino voters
The new requirement, considered part of a larger trend of voter suppression efforts in North Carolina, has drawn criticism from civil rights groups, experts, and nonprofit voting organizations in the state, as it is believed to make it more difficult for minority voters to cast their votes.
Crime & Justice
Burden of high prices behind bars in NC
Prison commissary prices soar in North Carolina, leaving incarcerated people and their families struggling.
Economy
Can NC trust our hospitals to be transparent about prices?
Nonprofit consumer group’s report says many NC hospitals noncompliant with federal price transparency rule, calling out several owned by HCA.
Education
Yancey County Pride display sparks wider debate over book bans and LGBTQ representation in libraries
An LGBTQ Pride display became the center of controversy over book bans, resulting in a change in library leadership in Burnsville.
Environment
Future of NC wetlands may hinge on whether courts see Martin County acreage as ‘waters of the U.S.’
Are 1,700 wetland acres along the Roanoke River in Martin County ‘waters of the United States’? Answer could redefine NC wetlands regulation.
Health
Federal judge won’t stop lawsuit against NC over kids confined in psychiatric residential treatment facilities
Plaintiffs allege DHHS is unnecessarily confining NC children in psychiatric residential treatment facilities, where they face abuse.
Politics & Government
Voter defamation case before NC Supreme Court this week
In 2016, supporters of Gov. McCrory falsely accused NC residents of double voting. The voters’ defamation case now comes before NC justices.