David Mildenberg

Lucid Bots, which raised $20 million in March to help develop drones and robots, is backing a new partnership to provide Davidson College graduates with opportunities to work in robotics and artificial intelligence.

Blue Shield of North Carolina posted a $497.3 million loss in calendar 2025, according to a filing with the N.C. Department of Insurance. That compares with net income of $68.5 million and $136 million during the previous two years.

In what seemed like a flash this spring, the Charlotte Hornets turned from perennial doormat into one of the NBA’s hottest teams. From an 11-22 record on Jan. 1, the team won nearly 70% of its games through the rest of the season. The Hornets sold out their final 25 games at Spectrum Arena. Alas, […]

The Wake County Board of Commissioners will vote Monday on creating a “strategic combination between WakeMed and Atrium Health,” which would combine the state’s largest hospital operator with a county-controlled system that has a large share of the Raleigh-area market.

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.