LOCAL NEWS

Why a proposed data center in Fayetteville poses a risk to the environment, to neighbors, and to locals’ pocketbooks. 

The first NC babies of 2026 are here. Plus, rural health upgrades and college football players give back in this week’s “Good News Friday.” 

Read this year’s top tales of do-gooders, good feelings, and other heartwarming stories from NC. 

A new report looks through America’s trash – and the results aren’t pretty.

Four-term North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt, a towering figure in North Carolina politics in the late 20th century who helped leaders from both major parties strive for public education reform, died Thursday at the age of 88, his daughter Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt announced. Hunt, whose career provided a prototype for the modern “education governor,” served an unprecedented…

After fighting for generations, the Lumbee Tribe, a local Indigenous population is finally affirmed. Plus, high school students unveil impressive aviation project during annual Wright Bros. memorial while a Charlotte couple wins big on Netflix.  ‘Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the state, folks were slacking off at work, itching to celebrate.  Whether…

An innovative NC reentry program breaks ground in Alamance County. By fall 2026, they hope to offer tiny homes to formerly incarcerated women in need of housing. 

“Keeping water systems working and keeping homes out of floodwater isn’t politics — it’s basic safety. This ruling puts the money back where it was promised so these communities can be ready for the next storm,” NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson said of the order to FEMA. A federal judge has ordered the Federal Emergency…

If it’s Friday, it must be time for some good news. This week, some positive signs from a local anti-violence program in Charlotte, NC’s largest city.

The discovery of TFA in blood and water samples raises questions about Chemours’ role in adding to the pollution burden.