--- title: North Carolina News description: canonical_url: https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news language: en-US date: 2025-11-17T21:50:38Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news. markdown-tokens: 900 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. [ ![Poll: North Carolinians more dissatisfied than not with president](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/0ad1fa0239.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/poll-north-carolinians-more-dissatisfied-than-not-with-president) By Alan Wooten | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Sans consumer affordability, polling July 1-11 of North Carolinians gives second-term Republican President Donald Trump higher marks in his America First agenda than his overall rating. [ ![Audit: Value, quality of oversight questioned in $2B childcare industry](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/6564ba9df0.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/audit-value-quality-of-oversight-questioned-in-2b-childcare-industry) By Alan Wooten | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Compliance and clarity to the spirit of division policy on scheduling at the county level, and management accountability on the state level are recommendations following a North Carolina [ ![Carolina, Virginia Tech chosen for fellowship program by War Department](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/7a521659af.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/carolina-virginia-tech-chosen-for-fellowship-program-by-war-department) By Alan Wooten | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Carolina and Virginia Tech have succeeded Ivy League institutions War Department Secretary Pete Hegseth says are “woke breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination” in being chosen for a fellowship [ ![Future regional power supply down, but not out](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/32e71e3646.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/future-regional-power-supply-down-but-not-out) By Lauren Jessop | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) – Shrinking power supply remains a challenge according to the grid operator’s most recent capacity auction, signaling that regional utility bills could still climb, albeit more slowly, as demand [ ![Taxpayers’ cost stays $650M in NFL Panthers’ stadium plans update](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/49d5127206.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/taxpayers-cost-stays-650m-in-nfl-panthers-stadium-plans-update) By Alan Wooten | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Taxpayers’ commitment to the NFL Carolina Panthers’ stadium improvements through an agreement with the city of Charlotte remains fixed at $650 million, the team said Thursday in an [ ![Election 2026: Cooper campaign gets $11M injection](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/e4f0f65f65.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/election-2026-cooper-campaign-gets-11m-injection) By Alan Wooten | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Roy Cooper’s U.S. Senate campaign in North Carolina is getting an $11 million injection from the Senate Majority PAC, the donor said Thursday morning. [ ![Rain modestly eases drought, brings help to agriculture needs](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/f010f5cc48.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/rain-modestly-eases-drought-brings-help-to-agriculture-needs) By Alan Wooten | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Rain has arrived and is forecast for Thursday and Friday, helping greatly in North Carolina’s statewide drought.