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Duke Energy plans to build two 425-megawatt "peaker" natural gas turbines at its Buck Steam Station site near Salisbury. These turbines are not meant to run continuously, but rather during peak load hours, when energy demand is highest.State regulators are hosting a public hearing Tuesday at 7 pm for the proposed construction at the Rowan County Courthouse in Salisbury. A virtual hearing will be held Wednesday at 6:30 pm. More information at ncuc.gov.

North Carolina's unemployment rates increased in 95 counties in August, decreased in two, and remained unchanged in three. Edgecombe and Halifax Counties each had the highest unemployment rate at 6.1% while Currituck County had the lowest at 3%. All fifteen of the state’s metro areas experienced rate increases. The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia area had a 4.1% unemployment rate.Trades, transportation and utilities saw the most job gains, while construction jobs saw the largest decline.

For the first time in four years, the Carolina Panthers have a winning record. The team has won four of its first seven games after Sunday’s 13-6 win over the New York Jets. After two stellar weeks as the primary ball carrier, Rico Dowdle split series with the returning Chuba Hubbard, and the duo combined for 125 rushing yards.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently predicted a below-average season with 8-14 named storms. Of those, NOAA forecasts that only 3-6 will become hurricanes.

Duke Energy Carolinas has lowered its proposed residential rate increase after North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson filed objections, arguing the original request was too costly for families.The company announced Monday that it is reducing its proposed residential rate increase from 18% to 11.6%.

While job growth appears to have been slightly less than expected in March, the growth in February was revised upward. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is unchanged at 6.7 percent.

The fine comes a day after the match was marred by controversy and arguments between Williams and the umpire. Williams was defeated by Naomi Osaka, who won her first Grand Slam title, 6-2, 6-4.

The American Federation of Government Employees has called for 6,000 new screeners to handle the rise in air travel traffic. Renee Montagne talks to union President J. David Cox.

When he was 6 years old, Tom Sinclair wandered away from his family's campsite on Lake Superior and got lost. At dawn, he heard a voice that has shaped his life ever since.

The Justice Department has secured its first guilty plea in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack investigation. A founding member of an anti-government militia group has pleaded guilty on two counts.

Jurors hear more testimony in the trial against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four others charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack.

The percentage of students passing math in North Carolina and in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools continued to inch up last year as schools recovered after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted instruction. But math scores are still well below pre-pandemic levels, and reading scores have been harder to move.

Interceptjournalist James Risen says new documents show how Iran has embedded itself in the politics of its neighbor — and that the late Gen. Soleimani oversaw Iran's proxy wars in Iraq and Syria.

Filmmaker, DEBORAH HOFFMAN. She produced, directed and wrote the Oscar-nominated documentary, "Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter." In the documentary, which airs on PBS's "Point Of View" series June 6, HOFFMAN tells how she copes with her mother, Doris, now 87, who began suffering memory lapses in the early 1980s and was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in 1991.

3: Actor BILL PULLMAN. He taught drama at the University of Montana, where he rose to department head at age 27. PULLMAN later made his acting debut in "Ruthless People." In 1995 he was featured in the films, "Casper," "While You Were Sleeping," and "The Last Seduction." He's now starring in "Mr. Wrong." (REBROADCAST from 6

San Francisco based Wells Fargo won its three-month effort to takeover another California based bank today. First Interstate agreed to be acquired in a stock transaction valued at $11.6 billion. If the deal is approved by regulators it will be the largest merger in U.S. banking history. The deal is expected to eliminate as many as 7,000 jobs, half of them in the Los Angeles area, as hundreds of First Intersate branches are closed.

THE PEACE CORPS TURNED 35 YESTERDAY. WE HEAR A READING FROM A FORMER PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER ABOUT HER YEARS OF SERVICE IN COLOMBIA IN THE '60'S. 6:45 (to order a copy of "At Home In The World: The Peace Corps Story --- here's the Peace Corps 800 number 1-800-424-8580, then pr

John Irving's immense 1985 novel, "The Ciderhouse Rules," has become an equally immense play. It's being presented in two parts by Seattle Repertory Theatre. Part One, premiering tonight (Wed. 3/6) in Seattle, runs almost four hours. It requires seventeen actors playing multiple roles and two directors. One of them is noted actor Tom Hulce.

Whit Stillman is the writer, director and producer of the film The Last Days of Disco which portrayed the disco scene in New York in late 1970's to the early 1980's. Stillman also wrote and directed the films Metropolitan and Barcelona. His new book is a novel which follows the action of his disco film, The Last Days of Disco with Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). (REBROADCAST from 6

Director and Actor Ron Howard. As a child he played Opie on the Andy Griffith show, and later Richie on Happy Days. He made his directorial debut in 1978 with Grand Theft Auto, he's also become one of the most prominent film directors in Hollywood.....with movies like Splash, Cocoon, Parenthood, Far And Away and The Paper and Apollo 13. (REBROADCAST FROM 6