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This winter, many households were hit with high heating bills after consecutive winter storms. With more than 135,000 residents still over a month behind on payments, there may be some minor relief on their next gas bill.

Stokes County's planning board will hear public comment Tuesday on proposed zoning changes related to data centers. The hearing comes days after residents raised concerns about a planned facility near Walnut Cove.

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will become the first HBCU to offer a standalone Ph.D. in bioengineering.

North Carolina's Department of Transportation has only a fraction of the funding it needs to cover road construction and maintenance. Transportation Secretary Daniel Johnson told WUNC News his agency has to prioritize $144 billion in requests from local leaders, including everything from new turn lanes to new interstate highways.

On Saturday, Canes fans filled the Lenovo Center to watch the team play in the Stanley Cup Final.

The tax credit has been widely cast as akin to a school voucher program. Some say it could serve public school students too, but that's complicated.

Retirees on the state's Medicare Advantage will face higher out-of-pocket maximums next year, as well as higher copays for many medical services.

State Health Plan Executive Administrator Tom Friedman said Atrium charges between 15 and 40 percent more for services. If WakeMed adopts those reimbursement rates, the impact could ripple across hundreds of thousands of employees.

The Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes combined for five goals in the frantic final 15 minutes of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final and had another one waved off. It began with Logan Stankoven getting Carolina on the board with 9:40 left in regulation to cut a two-goal deficit to one. It ended with slumping Seth Jarvis scoring in overtime to even the best-of-seven series. In between, Mark Jankowski scored his first of the playoffs, John Tortorella challenged for goaltender interference, Jordan Staal ended the Hurricanes' power play drought and Mark Stone tied it again in the final minutes.

The new structure is necessary, plan administrators say, because costs are continue to outpace premiums. Those premiums are likely to increase next year.

The school board said it considered the impact on students across the district, as it faces significant budget pressures.

Duke Energy is asking state regulators to increase residential rates by 18% over the next two years. The utility says these increases are needed to improve resiliency and reliability.