Category Archives: State/Regional
Trump administration to pay French company $1B to walk away from NC offshore wind leases
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a French company to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the ...
Associated Press 8h ago
NC Best holds education lab
CARY, N.C. (NCN News) - Teachers, principals, policy experts and education advocated gathered Monday (March 23) at BEST NC's annual North Carolina Education Innovation Lab to discuss ways to improve e...
Bruce Ferrell 19h ago
Durham County government building renamed for Bell
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - A longtime Durham government leader is being recognized. The Durham Board of County Commissioners held a ceremony Friday (March 20) officially renaming the Administration II Buil...
Bruce Ferrell Mar 20, 2026
Berger-Page margin remains the same, more protests expected
REIDSVILLE, N.C. (NCN News) - After the completion of a recount, the margin in the District 26 Republican senate primary remains the same. Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page leads Senate President Pro...
Bruce Ferrell Mar 19, 2026
NCDMV providing wait time data on line
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - You can now go on-line to see how long wait times are at the Division of Motor Vehicles. The new feature on its website that provides customers with estimated wait times and...
Bruce Ferrell Mar 19, 2026
AG Jackson fighting proposed TV merger
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - North Carolina's attorney general Jeff Jackson is joining with a group of attorneys general fighting a proposed merger that could affect what you see on television, and how ...
Bruce Ferrell Mar 19, 2026

State board denies Berger's special recount requests, review continues
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - The State Board of Elections has rejected a request from State Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger to hand count selected votes in his challenge to the results of the distr...
Bruce Ferrell Mar 18, 2026
New numbers released on tourism activity
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (NCN News) - We're hearing the latest numbers on tourism in the Tar Heel State - with visitors spending almost $37 billion dollars in 2024. Those numbers were released Tuesday (March 1...
Bruce Ferrell Mar 17, 2026

Flight cancellations and delays continue after US storms dump snow in the Midwest and head east
By EMIILIE MEGNIEN and RIO YAMAT Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Travel disruptions continued Tuesday in the U.S. as airlines worked to recover from a powerful storm system that had already snarled fl...
Associated Press Mar 17, 2026
A $50 million push hopes to make child care a top issue in the midterm elections
By MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - An advocacy group hoping to expand support for child and elder care plans to spend $50 million to back Democrats in congressional races, tying ...
Associated Press Mar 17, 2026
