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The City of Burlington, North Carolina, has reached a agreement to prevent huge amounts of forever chemicals from getting into the Haw River. That change will also impact the Cape Fear Watershed, and it’s a cutting-edge change compared to cities around the country.

The monument is part of a larger Veteran’s Day commemoration at the Veterans Healing Farm.

A GOP-sponsored bill in the North Carolina General Assembly would make it easier for election conspiracy theorists to obtain confidential voting records.

Davidson native Margaret Boykin is director of film development at Ubisoft, the company known for mega-hit video games like the Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Tom Clancy's franchises. The latest game-to-film adaptation is "Werewolves Within," out now, with Boykin as a key producer.

A Democrat running to unseat South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is pushing for legalization of marijuana in the state. Former U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham says that would offer health care options and spin off millions in tax revenue.

The new bill, largely negotiated between the Cooper administration and senators from both parties, directs the state Utilities Commission to come up with a roadmap by the end of 2022 on how to move toward goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions that align with Cooper’s Clean Energy Plan.

Latinos are starting businesses at a faster rate than any other group, according to a 2020 study from Stanford University. But they have also been among the hardest hit during the pandemic. That’s why one Charlotte entrepreneur is organizing an event to support Latino businesses.

To keep their three kids in a sought-after public school district, one family sleeps in a car in the parking lot of a Pennsylvania Walmart while the parents work the overnight shift at the store.

Another Charlotte-area county says it will no longer put fluoride in its water. The move by Lincoln County last month comes as fluoridation has become increasingly politicized, with Trump-appointed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. pushing to remove fluoride from drinking water.

North Carolina received millions of dollars from the federal government for clean energy programs like Energy Saver NC and EnergizeNC. Now, the fate of those programs is uncertain as Trump’s federal funding freeze persists — one aspect of the swirling confusion that whipsaw changes to federal programs are having on the state level.

Has Charlotte’s construction boom gone bust? The number of new apartments started last year hit a five-year low. And the start of construction on new office buildings, retail and restaurant spaces was the lowest it’s been in more than a decade. That’s according to new data compiled by CoStar Group. WFAE's Marshall Terry and The Ledger's Tony Mecia discuss this local business news, and more, on this week's BizWorthy.

The price of seafood is expected to increase significantly because of President Trump’s new tariffs and because about 85% of this country’s seafood is imported. Fresh seafood market owners in Charlotte are closely watching seafood prices from overseas suppliers.

The town of Shelby will celebrate a local delicacy this weekend called liver mush. The unusual dish primarily contains pig liver and cornmeal, and has deep roots in the town.

The deadly incident in Minnesota isn't the first time ICE officers have been involved in violence under the Trump administration.

An uncontrolled fire at a fertilizer plant in Winston-Salem has continued to burn. Fire officials in the city of Winston-Salem said the potential for an explosion had not gone down on Wednesday afternoon. They also said they couldn't predict when the blaze might go out.

The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against North Carolina-based Remington, maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first-graders and six educators in 2012.

The North Carolina legislature is finally ending an annual session that actually began 14 months ago. The General Assembly essentially concluded its work Thursday when the House finalized a budget clean-up bill and backed a resolution supporting Ukraine.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Grace and Manuel Rojas about their popular foam hats, a riff on the cheese-shaped hats Green Bay Packers fans wear.

A year ago, eggs were scarce and prices were sky-high. But avian flu took a much smaller toll on America's egg-laying chickens this winter than last, and egg prices have tumbled 42%.

Every year, the MIT Technology Review publishes a list of 10 breakthroughs poised to take off in the coming year. Amy Nordrum, executive editor of operations there, talks through this year's entries.