David Mildenberg

State Auditor Dave Boliek wants the Wake County Board of Commissioners to postpone a vote scheduled for Monday that he says would effectively approve a "takeover of WakeMed by Atrium Health," according to a statement Sunday.

Duke Energy said it completed an agreement last week to sell as much as $3.1 billion in net tax credits, which it says will lead to cost savings that will benefit ratepayers.

Duke Energy reported first-quarter revenue and profit that exceeded analysts’ expectations, aided by favorable weather and recovery of investments to expand and improve the utility’s plant.

WakeMed CEO Donald Gintzig said the Raleigh hospital needs to merge into the $38 billion Advocate Health organization because it can’t compete long-term in the best way to serve the state’s most populous county.

Mayor Vi Lyles, the mayor of North Carolina’s biggest city since 2017, is resigning on June 30, six months after she was elected to a fifth term and 18 months before her term expires. City Council will vote for an interim mayor to complete her term through 2027. Lyles said she wanted to spend more […]

Twelve North Carolina hospitals received the highest, five-star rankings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including four Novant Health facilities, according to new reports issued in mid-May.

Sydney Batch, the Raleigh attorney who is the N.C. Senate minority leader, posted an Instagram video this week that included 11 bleeped profanities directed at the state’s Republican leadership.

Cone Health wants to add a 56-bed hospital in southeast Forsyth County, expanding its Triad operations into an area now dominated by peers Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Novant Health.

An unnamed pharmaceutical company is planning a $1.5 billion investment on the site formerly owned by Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper in Rock Hill, just south of Charlotte, York County economic development executive Mitch Miller told the York County Council Monday.

Like most N.C. cities, Rocky Mount has a closely followed Facebook page in which a creator writes stories and produces videos about local news events. Many such efforts fill a gap given the demise of local newspapers, which no longer have robust staffs. At times, however, citizen-journalism groups cross the line of traditional journalism ethics. […]