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[ ![Stevens turns focus to state Supreme Court race with resignation from House](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/37d1c861a4.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/stevens-turns-focus-to-state-supreme-court-race-with-resignation-from-house)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Turning focus to her run for the North Carolina Supreme Court, state Republican Rep. Sarah Stevens on Tuesday tendered her resignation from the House of Representatives effective June

 

 

 

 

[ ![Report: Counties burdened by recurring pattern on inmate healthcare](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/4428284196.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/report-counties-burdened-by-recurring-pattern-on-inmate-healthcare)

 By David Beasley | The Center Square contributor

(The Center Square) – North Carolina counties are facing “a recurring pattern” of higher than expected healthcare costs for inmates, according to a new report.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Medicare rates will rise for some in State Health Plan](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/d685eb0962.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/medicare-rates-will-rise-for-some-in-state-health-plan)

 By Theresa Opeka | Carolina Journal

(Carolina Journal) – For North Carolina's older workers and retirees in the State Health Plan, rates on the Medicare Advantage plans will increase, the Board of Trustees says.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Investigation: Academic journal oversight by UNC System absent](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/4a739c6850.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/investigation-academic-journal-oversight-by-unc-system-absent)

 By David N. Bass | Carolina Journal

(Carolina Journal) – An academic publisher founded by two Western Carolina University professors three decades ago now operates as a subsidiary of an Indian company that a federal court ordered to pay

 

 

 

 

 

[ ![Amazon, Corning multi-billion dollar pact to yield 1,000 jobs](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/36d60dc348.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/amazon-corning-multi-billion-dollar-pact-to-yield-1-000-jobs)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Amazon and Corning have a multi-billion dollar deal bringing 1,000 new jobs to the advanced glass and fiber optic technology manufacturer’s plants in North Carolina, each company said

 

 

 

 

[ ![Approval expected of $310M in projects at Lenovo Center](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/3cd47e00fa.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/approval-expected-of-310m-in-projects-at-lenovo-center)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Approval for a $310 million project at the Lenovo Center is expected Tuesday from a state authority with oversight responsibility on debut issued by public authorities in North

 

 

 

 

[ ![Better than 8 in 10 choosing independence over major parties](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/cc474ebe39.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/better-than-8-in-10-choosing-independence-over-major-parties)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – As North Carolina moved less than 13 weeks from mailing absentee ballots, the state’s total voter registrations rose another 4,411 to within just more than 20,000 of 7.8