North Carolina federal employees and others across the nation aren’t getting paid, leaving them to lean on their communities for basic necessities like food.

Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined 22 other states in suing the Environmental Protection Agency to restore the $7 billion program. It would have helped provide rooftop solar systems to low-income and rural households.

In the 1990s, Howard Knob was sold to a private investor, sparking a conservation movement that led to the founding of what’s now the Blue Ridge Conservancy.

LatinxEd introduced its first-ever policy priorities list Friday at its annual Latine Education Summit in Greensboro.

Gov. Josh Stein appointed members to the advisory council on Latino Affairs, including two western North Carolinians. They hope to be the voice for the experiences of the community who live in the mountains.

The water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune near Jacksonville was contaminated with industrial solvents and benzene, and it’s considered one of the worst cases of water contamination in U.S. history. Nearly one million Marines, sailors, civilian employees, and military family members were potentially exposed, according to the CDC.

A Charlotte nonprofit is using Hispanic Heritage Month to teach families how to budget together.