Last week, the New Hanover County school board voted unanimously to adopt salary increases for occupational and physical therapists and exceptional children teaching assistants. Next year, a new school board could vote to add retroactive back pay.

According to UNCW, on Tuesday, a “suspicious device” was removed from a single-occupancy shower and bathroom area in Pelican Hall on campus. The university says an investigation is ongoing, and it’s not yet known if anyone was filmed.

A law that eliminated North Carolina’s interim climate target increased Duke Energy earnings per share 17% in 2026, according to Duke’s most recent earnings report. But Duke says the difference comes from a different part of the law — and that the effect on earnings will be “neutral” in the long run.

Advocates are pushing back against Greensboro's decision to eliminate three positions from its sustainability office. They say the cuts undermine the city's environmental goals.