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49+ min ago   (1082+ words) The Wake County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 at its meeting on Monday in favor of the merger between Atrium Health and Wake Med. State Treasurer Brad Briner released a video Tuesday afternoon criticizing the deal. The commissioners voted on the…...

59+ min ago   (436+ words) A federal judge has rejected Mecklenburg County’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from a 2022 death at the county jail. The judge agreed Tuesday to drop six other healthcare-related defendants from the case. Mary Robin and Russell Fincham III sued…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (610+ words) In one of North Carolina’s poorest counties, a group of current and former school employees has formed a nonprofit to capture new federal scholarship money for public school students. The group aims to be ready the day donations start. “The…...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago   (471+ words) Military suppliers, federal contractors, drones, aviation, and defense-related research and development (R&D) are among North Carolina’s emerging trade opportunities, according to Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, who gave remarks at the North Carolina World Trade Association Summit, held Sept. 17 and…...

2+ hour, 49+ min ago   (802+ words) Listen to this story (11 minutes) Rockingham County and county commissioner Kevin Berger are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Sheriff Sam Page. Page alleges retaliation for his opposition to a proposed casino and his successful election…...

12+ hour, 34+ min ago   (142+ words) Tours, cake, patriotic illumination, and admission offers planned Oct. 2-4 Battleship NORTH CAROLINA Memorial Wilmington, North Carolina Battleship North Carolina (1961) Battleship NORTH CAROLINA being towed down the Cape Fear River to Wilmington in1961 Wilmington, NC, Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Battleship North Carolina…...

3+ hour, 34+ min ago   (778+ words) Vice President JD Vance was in Greensboro Monday to support Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley, delivering remarks at the Koury Convention Center less than a week after President Donald Trump campaigned with Whatley in Gastonia. Vance opened by thanking North…...

4+ hour, 16+ min ago   (693+ words) Every North Carolina public school senior on track to graduate this year has been offered admission to at least one in-state college, according to a Sept. 15 release from the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI). The offers went to 105,036 students…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1158+ words) Residents know the time after Labor Day is the best time to be living in the Wilmington area. It's locals' summer when the sunshine and warm weather linger and the time is ideal to visit restaurants where you can dine…...

4+ hour, 35+ min ago   (889+ words) A federal judge has ruled in favor of Smithfield in a lawsuit brought by a fired police officer who was also a Johnston County school board member. Monday’s ruling ends the lawsuit Ronald Johnson filed in 2023 against more than 20 defendants....