Environment
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Raleigh could be forced to allow a new data center, despite moratorium
3 things happening in NC this week, including Raleigh’s data center headache, Charlotte’s jail problem, and Hart Square’s old-timey festival.
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Great Smoky Cannabis Company offers blueprint for NC legalization
After two years of selling cannabis legally on tribal land, the Cherokee have something North Carolina lawmakers don’t — a functioning example of what a regulated marijuana market can look like.
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North Carolina touts $550 million infusion to keep Raleigh-to-Richmond train project chugging
In today’s Good News Friday, a look at the Raleigh to Richmond rail line, three new red wolf pups, and 14 receive the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.
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Will AI make workers obsolete? A new NC poll looks at what people think
Of those surveyed, 83% of adults in North Carolina expect AI to eliminate more jobs than it creates.
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Federal hemp restrictions poised to upend North Carolina’ $3.2 billion industry
North Carolina hemp businesses are preparing for new federal rules in December that could force them to overhaul products, find new markets or close.
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Isaias is now a hurricane. Here’s how it might impact North Carolina
New projections show that Hurricane Isaias is expected to drench most of the Southeast, including North Carolina.
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Tropical Storm Isaias is expected to become a hurricane. Will it impact NC?
Forecasters believe that Isaias will peak before making landfall, but it could still be a “significant” hurricane when it reaches the coast, with strong winds and flooding rain.
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99% oppose Trump plan to log national forests. Here’s why it may happen anyway, including here in NC
Conservationists say it could dismantle a national safeguard for some of the country’s largest remaining blocks of relatively undisturbed forest, threaten wildlife, drinking water, and more.
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Why researchers spent 3 nights chasing bats across eastern North Carolina
North Carolina is home to 17 species of bats, about a dozen of which can be found in the Cape Fear region.
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5 takeaways from western NC’s Helene recovery committee
Most importantly, proposed Helene relief programs in western NC require much more funding than is currently available.
