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Those agencies, as well as the State Bureau of Investigation, told a legislative committee that lagging salaries are making it difficult to recruit and retain employees for key positions.

For many in the former papermill town, the moratorium is an opportunity to think through a community-centered vision for the future.

The town of Lake Lure has begun to fill up the lake again after Hurricane Helene left it damaged. Town officials and local business owners are hoping the May reopening date will bring back tourism.

The utility is currently asking state regulators for permission to raise rates and increase its returns.

The Energy Saver NC program was funded with $208 million from the Inflation Reduction Act. It is intended to help low- and moderate-income households slash utility bills.

The meetings come after federal authorities — again — placed Mission Hospital in “immediate jeopardy,” the most serious sanction a hospital can face.

The state launched the $175 million program last year as a way to help people who have remained cut off from public roadways since Hurricane Helene.

Three months after an immigration enforcement crackdown in Charlotte left much of the city shaken, it’s still difficult to get clear answers about what federal law enforcement agents did.

Legislators in Raleigh are grilling Mecklenburg County leaders on Monday about crime — especially the high-profile killing of Iryna Zarutska on the light rail — and their cooperation with federal immigration officials.

Mecklenburg County Public Health is alerting the public to a potential measles exposure at two locations in south Charlotte late last month.