Yellen warns inaction on climate could cause economic crisis
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Tuesday of economic calamity if climate change is not addressed with immediate government intervention.
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Abortion-rights group leader lends support to NC candidates
The head of a national political action committee working to elect women who support abortion rights visited North Carolina on Tuesday, joining candidates she says must win this fall to block Repub
LGBTQ-friendly church OK with getting Southern Baptist boot
College Park Baptist Church found itself in the news last week when the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee voted to remove it from its rolls because of its “open affirmation, approval and endorsement of homosexual behavior." That action came 23 years after the congregation itself voted to leave the SBC, but according to the Executive Committee, it had remained on its rolls until now.
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust parting ways with tobacco in investment portfolio
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust will no longer invest in tobacco.
Triad rent hikes among top in the nation
A new housing report shows rent price hikes for apartments in North Carolina are among the highest in the nation, and the Triad tops the list.
Reynolds parent company is expanding investment in cannabis corporations
The parent company of Reynolds American Inc. is dipping its toes in the cannabis industry.
Plea agreements reached by 4 in NC Congress ballot probe
Four people pleaded guilty on Monday to misdemeanors for their roles in absentee ballot fraud in rural North Carolina during the 2016 and 2018 elections.
Forest acquisition in Stokes County among projects funded through state grants
Several projects in the Piedmont and High Country are getting a boost with grants from the North Carolina
Hurricane Ian could disrupt blood supplies, organization says
A nonprofit that supplies blood to area hospitals is asking people to make donations before Hurricane Ian potentially disrupts supplies.
Biden administration launches environmental justice office
President Joe Biden’s top environment official visited what is widely considered the birthplace of the environmental justice movement Saturday to unveil a national office that will distribute $3 bi