Members of the Durham Association of Educators marched through downtown Durham to a public hearing Tuesday night to call for the Durham County Board of Commissioners to fully fund the school board’s budget request. The Durham Public Schools’ board of education has requested a $27.4 million increase in local school funding, up 14.5% from last […]
Administrators for the Town of Canton have presented a conservative fiscal year 2024-25 budget that seeks some sense of sustainability after last year’s closing of the Pactiv Evergreen paper mill, which created a substantial revenue deficit and has now forced the small town to plan for a huge new expense it’s never had to worry […]
The New Hanover Community Endowment announced it is allocating up to $19 million as part of its affordable housing investment strategy. According to a press release sent out Wednesday morning, the funding will toward existing and future housing programs. “Our investment strategy underscores our unwavering commitment to addressing this challenge head-on, with a focus on […]
Hall of Fame college basketball coach Roy Williams says the NCAA is simply reacting rather than having a plan to address last week’s settlement with players that opens the door for athletes to be paid. “Right now what we’re doing is reacting to everything instead of making some plans in front. I always think those […]
UNC’s academic year wrapped up with several weeks of contentious demonstrations against the war in Gaza, culminating (but not ending) with a tent encampment that drew a forceful response from campus police. Organized by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the encampment went up on April 26 and lasted through the weekend, but police broke […]
Two weeks after the Dare County Commissioners terminated their housing partnership with Coastal Affordable Housing (CAH) and voted to return $35 million in state housing funds, an attorney for CAH principal Jordan Hennessy wrote to Dare Commissioner candidate Katie Morgan accusing her of “false and defamatory statements” and threatening litigation if the matter is not […]
Before the F-15E Strike Eagle divestment can happen at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina, the Air Force and the Department of Defense will need to produce reports and research contracts outlining the risks involved. Funding for a Combat Arms Training & Maintenance Complex at the base is also among 16 amendments secured […]
The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees did not have the authority to amend the university’s budget and divert millions of dollars in diversity, equity and inclusion funding to campus safety, UNC System President Peter Hans said Thursday, effectively nullifying the trustees’ action. The trustee board voted last week in a special meeting to approve two […]
The future of a city-funded hydroponic farm in Winston-Salem is still unclear after being delayed by five years and exceeding its original budget by 100%. Housed inside a greenhouse, the hydroponic farm is in Kimberley Park, in the historically Black Boston Thurmond neighborhood. It is managed by a local anti-hunger nonprofit known as H.O.P.E. (Help […]
Leaders of UNC Charlotte are awaiting further direction on what last week’s UNC System Board of Governors vote will mean for Charlotte’s Diversity and Inclusion Office. The vote repealed a previous diversity policy, effective immediately, and replaced it with a policy that emphasizes “equality of all persons and viewpoints.” The previous policy, passed in 2019, […]
A simple land use code amendment garnered citizen outrage in the days leading up to Tuesday’s Wilmington City Council meeting, prompting council to continue the item to next month. Apart from its routine maintenance of the land development code, city staff presented council with a slate of amendments Tuesday. An update to the rules regarding […]
Fayetteville State University employees are under investigation for unapproved purchases and misuse of university-issued credit cards. According to an investigative audit from the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor (OSA), staff members in Fayetteville State University’s Office of Strategic Communication (OSC) used FSU-issued travel cards and purchasing cards for undocumented and unallowed credit card […]
Southside Community Farm staff were told that they would not be allowed on the property “after the end of 2024” during an early-May meeting with Monique Pierre, president and CEO of the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville, meaning this could be the last for the farm that has served Asheville’s historically Black Southside […]
Conservation groups are asking a federal court to stop the use of a chemical treatment at Lake Mattamuskeet in eastern North Carolina. The lawsuit, filed in the Eastern District of North Carolina, argues the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is violating several national policies with the use of this chemical. “A bird sanctuary is […]
The anglers have spoken. And they apparently did not spare using colorful language to express their thoughts on proposed temporary mandatory harvest reporting rules state regulatory agencies must enforce later this year. The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries and North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission received a combined more than 3,700 public comments on the […]
