Hospitals have long used temporary workers, who are often employed by third-party agencies, to help fill their staffing needs. But by December 2021, the average weekly travel nurse pay in the country had soared to $3,782, up from $1,896 in January 2020, according to a Becker’s Hospital Review analysis of data from the hiring platform Vivian Health ..read more

On the local news roundup, the North Carolina House votes to end pistol permit requirements. The building housing NoDa’s Neighborhood Theatre and other businesses is sold, raising concerns about more changes to that area. The late Ella Scarborough is honored. The defense in the Alex Murdaugh trial presents its case, and with all this warm weather, some people still wonder about snow. Mike Collins and local journalists cover those stories and more ..read more

The city of Charlotte is thinking about raising money for an uptown entertainment district by selling off the naming rights. WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his On My Mind commentary, wonders if that would have the opposite of the desired effect ..read more

Family, friends and colleagues remembered CATS bus operator Ethan Rivera at a rally in uptown Charlotte one year after Rivera was shot dead in what police described as a road-rage incident ..read more

On the local news roundup... a transit strike is averted while Charlotte Area Transit System searches for a new company to run its operations. The North Carolina senate passes new rules affecting teachers and LGBTQ students. A proposal is made that suggests the naming rights for a new Hornets facility could generate $140 million for the city, and Judge Shirley Fulton, North Carolina's first female African American Superior Court Judge dies at 71. Those stories and more with Mike Collins and local journalists ..read more

North Carolina's Supreme Court is deciding whether people convicted of felonies should be permitted to vote if they aren't serving prison time but are on probation or parole or have to yet pay fines ..read more

The illness sends tens of thousands of babies to the hospital each year. If approved, the new injection would be the first broadly available prevention tool ..read more

You can’t get any more celebratory – or traditional – than Neva Small performing “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” in a singalong from “Fiddler on the Roof.” Small will describe her experience starring as Chava in the 1971 movie version of “Fiddler” at the Charlotte Jewish Film Festival’s opening night on Feb. 4 ..read more

State environmental regulators have issued an air-quality permit that will allow the world's largest wood pellet maker to expand a plant in eastern North Carolina ..read more

Brent Cagle is the interim CEO of CATS, and he has taken charge at a turbulent time. We’ll talk with him about the prospect of averting a drivers' strike, the Silver Line route and more ..read more