(The Center Square) – Silicon carbide power solutions company Wolfspeed, headquartered in North Carolina, has a tentative memorandum of understanding to get three-quarters of $1 billion from the Biden administration.
Wolfspeed, in Durham, has been battling losses and a... Read more
(The Center Square) – In the third week since Hurricane Helene struck the North Carolina mountains, as many as 92 people may still be missing.
In media availability on Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper said the number “is not a... Read more
(The Center Square) – Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina, has sued Cable News Network, also known as CNN, and Louis Love Money.
The filing was made in Wake County Superior Court on Tuesday... Read more
(The Center Square) – More than 12,000 customers remained without power on a Tuesday morning with temperatures barely above freezing in the North Carolina mountains on the third week since Hurricane Helene’s remnants crushed the region.
The nation’s fourth... Read more
(The Center Square) – When voter registration closed Friday evening, more than 7.7 million North Carolinians were on the rolls ahead of Thursday’s in-person early voting start.
That’s up from 7.3 million on Election Day in 2020 and more... Read more
(The Center Square) – Three days after controversial race and gender comments by former President Barack Obama, presidential candidate Kamala Harris made multiple appearances Sunday in a North Carolina county Joe Biden won by 9.5% four years ago.
The... Read more
(The Center Square) – Hello, football! And welcome, from the North Carolina bottom line for tax proceeds.
To no surprise, the gridiron’s first full month of action led to increased activity – and money for state coffers – through... Read more
(The Center Square) – Soil assessments for damage to fields inflicted by Hurricane Helene is being encouraged by North Carolina agriculture leaders.
"Hurricane Helene caused great devastation throughout much of western North Carolina and farm fields were not spared,"... Read more
(The Center Square) – Donald Trump’s slight polling edge over Kamala Harris in battleground North Carolina is nearly up to a point in one aggregate and is one-half point in another.
Friday afternoon averages from Project 538 and RealClear... Read more
(The Center Square) – With early voting starting in North Carolina on Thursday of next week, the State Board of Elections moved quickly following the devastation of Hurricane Helene to help the hardest-hit counties prepare for voters.
Still, there... Read more
(The Center Square) – About a week or so after Election Day every year, the aroma in the cool air begins to change downtown in the 1,300-population community of West Jefferson in the North Carolina mountains.
Fraser firs by... Read more
(The Center Square) – As North Carolina recovers from the devastation from Hurricane Helene, the State Board of Elections said in a press conference on Thursday afternoon that all counties are on track to have early voting locations open.
... Read more
(The Center Square) – Eighty-eight are reported dead and more than 100 may be unaccounted for in North Carolina.
No stranger to hurricanes, a 10-term congresswoman says her beloved mountain region has seen “nothing like this.”
... Read more
(The Center Square) – False claims by a Biden administration official on the way to North Carolina sparked one controversy.
Plenty more are rumbling from the hills and hollows of the Blue Ridge and Appalachians. Members of Congress from... Read more
(The Center Square) – Democratic Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, first elected in 1996 by a wide margin over auto racing legend Richard Petty, goes for her eighth term alongside a sixth different governor.
She’s challenged by Republican Chad... Read more
(The Center Square) – When North Carolinians select their next state treasurer, it’ll be more new blood to the 10-member Council of State.
Republican Brad Briner and Democrat Wesley Harris each needed primary wins in March. The victor between... Read more
(The Center Square) – Republican Luke Farley turned back a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives in the primary.
This fall, it’s Democrat Braxton Winston against the political newcomer endorsed by the state’s longest serving labor commissioner.... Read more
(The Center Square) – Republican Steve Troxler is seeking a sixth consecutive four-year term as agriculture commissioner, trying to fend off the challenge of Democrat Sarah Taber and Libertarian Sean Haugh.
Troxler’s consecutive years within the Council of State... Read more
(The Center Square) – In the first legislative session since Hurricane Helene devastated North Carolina, lawmakers proposed the “first step” in many to provide aid and financial assistance to those in need.
The Disaster Recovery Act of 2024 will... Read more
(The Center Square) – Eight years ago, Mike Causey made history as North Carolina’s first Republican insurance commissioner.
He won reelection in 2020, and this fall tries to fend off the challenge of Democrat and three-term state Sen. Natasha... Read more
