Roy Cooper’s most recent cabinet replacements were confirmed unanimously by the state Senate yesterday. The chamber voted to confirm Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley and Eddie Buffaloe, the Department of Public Safety...
Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in 89 of North Carolina’s counties in May, decreased in six, and remained unchanged in five. Scotland County had the highest unemployment rate at 7.3 percent while Chatham and Orange Counties each had the lowest...
Just days ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, convenience store chain Sheetz announced it will lower gas prices at its North Carolina pumps to ease the cost of travel this holiday weekend. On Monday, the Pennsylvania-based company said it would immediately lower the...
WSIC’s news partner, Fox News is reporting the Biden administration has quietly signed a five-year contract to start leasing an abandoned school in Greensboro to house unaccompanied migrant children away from the southern border — a move that is causing backlash...
Eligible North Carolina children will receive additional benefits over the summer to ensure they have access to nutritious food. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services recently received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to continue the...
Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) led a letter, also signed by U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and U.S. Representatives Dan Bishop (R-NC), Ted Budd (R-NC), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Greg Murphy (R-NC), and David Rouzer...