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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers tentatively agreed Monday night to leave residential building codes in place longer and block local governments from additional kinds of inspections ...

MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER HURRICANE HELENE’S DEVASTATION, A WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CHURCH SAYS IT’S STRUGGLING TO FILL TEMPORARY HOMES FOR SURVIVORS BECAUSE OF ZONING RESTRICTIONS. OUR NATE STANLEY ...

RALEIGH — The implementation of the 2024 North Carolina State Building Code ("2024 Code") has been postponed. Originally scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, recent legislative actions have introduced ...