The North Carolina Newsroom is a journalism collaboration expanding state government news coverage for North Carolina audiences. Reporters Adam Wagner and Mary Helen Moore will report stories that matter in communities served by public radio stations WFAE, WFDD, BPR, WHQR, and WUNC.
The collaboration is funded by a two-year grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
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The N.C. Office of the State Auditor released its look into the Division of Motor Vehicles. It found that wait times have increased since 2019, staffing levels of driver license examiners remain low and DMV technology is perilously outdated. -
Officials from the Governor's Recovery Office for Western North Carolina and N.C. Emergency Management were speaking in front of a legislative hurricane recovery committee. -
Rep. Nasif Majeed, a Mecklenburg County Democrat, cast the deciding vote to override Stein's veto. The bill originally started as an effort to help people get pornographic material removed, but the Senate added a number of policies regulating trans people. -
Gov. Josh Stein called the legislation "unconstitutional" because it directs sheriffs to hold people for ICE 48 hours beyond when they'd otherwise be released. -
The former governor's remarks were Cooper's first time speaking publicly since news of his Senate campaign broke and come just days before he's expected to formally announce. -
The only remaining wild red wolves live in a five-county region in northeastern North Carolina. They are threatened by poaching and, increasingly, by vehicle strikes. -
The remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal caused flooding across Central North Carolina, causing rivers like the Eno and Haw to reach record flood levels. -
The so-called "Registration Repair Project" affects about 103,000 voters. -
State forestry officials have said thousands of acres of downed trees after Helene could contribute to heightened risk in the coming years. -
CNBC ranked North Carolina the best state in the U.S. to do business. Counties affected by Helene are adding businesses faster than others.
