The Environmental Protection Agency announced the award to the town of North Wilkesboro Friday, one of 23 projects selected for brownfield cleanup in the southeast.

A public hearing held at the airport in January featured more than 40 speakers, all of whom lambasted the proposed development.

Lawmakers want to force a recreational fishing season for Southern flounder, which experts say is overfished and in danger of collapse.

The three pups, born at the start of the month, are another step toward the Museum of Life and Science's goal of conserving the red wolf species.

Rep. Ted Davis has spent five years working on legislation that would make Chemours pay for PFAS-removing upgrades built by Southeastern NC utilities.

Several hundred people work in the Office of Research and Development at EPA's campus at Research Triangle Park. This office is being dissolved. Researchers will now move to different program offices.

PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” are found in several North Carolina waterways, including the Cape Fear River. Powerful lobbying groups like the NC Chamber have opposed legislative and regulatory efforts to stop PFAS at the source.

N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler supports the ban, saying raw milk is too risky.

The 60-mile trail would pass through parts of Gaston, Catawba and Lincoln counties.

Recreational fishing for the species is tightly regulated.