Sandy Mush residents remember how their parents and grandparents fought off a nuclear waste dump in the 1980s — and wonder what we can learn from it.

Thursday night, the city hosted a town hall that brought together city staff, environmental advocates and industry representatives to address local concerns.

Since June, Charlotte Center City Partners has required vendors to stop serving customers after midnight. CMPD requested the restriction to improve late-night public safety. Vendors say the rule is hurting business.

People returning from incarceration often struggle to find work or stable housing. State and local governments have launched programs to help former inmates rebuild their lives, but those efforts can be limited and face challenges of their own. In Mecklenburg County, two programs aim to help formerly incarcerated individuals overcome those challenges by providing opportunities and hard lessons.

Asheville City Council will soon vote on a resolution that would force an early termination of the police department’s contract with Flock and request the removal of 11 automated license plate readers.

An immersive play debuts in Charlotte Thursday as part of an effort to spotlight Black joy in a rapidly changing neighborhood.

Every year, tens of thousands of seasonal farmworkers come from abroad to work in North Carolina, harvesting everything from tobacco to sweet potatoes. But this year, those migrant workers returned to do the same work for less pay.

WUNC asked a selection of higher education leaders in North Carolina about the state, and future, of higher education – and their institution’s place in it. North Carolina Wesleyan President Evan Duff discusses private college enrollment declines, the gaps between what the public and students value about college, and expanding educational pathways.