Robbins Elementary School is unique within Moore County, in that its student population is over 50 percent Hispanic, and 28 percent require English as a second language (ESL) services. Additionally, the school maintains the county’s lone dual-language immersion program. But a recent district performance study analyzing student achievement metrics — alongside student, teacher and parent […]
The New Hanover County Board of Education struck down two options for legal counsel, choosing to stick with Charlotte-based Vogel Law Firm until the end of June. The board created a committee in February to look at other options for legal counsel after board members expressed concern that Vogel Law Firm’s former partners Leigha and […]
The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted to divert millions of dollars spent on diversity, equity and inclusion programs into public safety instead, ahead of an expected policy change statewide to restrict DEI. At a special meeting Monday morning, the board unanimously moved to reallocate the $2.3 million that the university spends on DEI programs […]
Martin Redeker and Joe Carroll spent more than five years toiling in a windowless steel barn in Duplin County, perfecting a low- to no-emissions technology they said would transform how hog waste could be used to generate electricity. Such was the faith in the project that Montauk Renewables, a publicly traded company based in Pittsburgh, […]
Jim Phillips has come to a halt. For 30 minutes, his hectic professional life has been paused for piety. Hands clasped in front of him, posture perfect and body absolutely still, it is time to pray. The commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference has fled the bustle of men’s basketball media day in October, briskly […]
From SouthPark to Steele Creek, Mountain Island Lake to Waxhaw, sleek and efficient freestanding emergency rooms are springing up across the Charlotte region to serve patients, no hospital required. Since 2010, Atrium Health has opened eight standalone emergency rooms in the Charlotte metro area, part of a nationwide building boom. Two more are on the […]
A trade group that lobbies governments on behalf of developers, builders and real estate brokers questions whether High Point’s new long-range growth guide will promote affordable housing. Judy Stalder, regulatory affairs director for the Triad Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition, or TREBIC, said she thinks the High Point 2045 Comprehensive Plan doesn’t call for […]
A new study by N.C. State University researchers has found that North Carolina public schools are becoming more segregated by race, even as the overall student population becomes more racially diverse. If your child is white, Black or Asian, they are more likely to attend a school where their own race is over-represented compared to […]
The wrongful termination and civil conspiracy case filed against local law enforcement and the district attorney by the former crime lab director was in court again on Thursday, though not for a final decision. Representing the district attorney, Chris Carreiro argued the November order re-adding District Attorney Ben David as a defendant should be vacated […]
Following uproar in the state’s far west over noise and other disruptions brought by cryptocurrency mining, Buncombe County has extended by a year its temporary ban on such operations. County officials say they are struggling with how to write rules protecting residents from problems that those who have experienced them say include constant noise as […]
At its May 7 meeting, the Southern Shores Town Council, by a 3-0 vote of the three members attending the meeting, passed an ordinance banning the release of balloons in the town. In doing so, it became the second Dare County municipality, after Duck, to enact such a measure. The May vote came roughly two […]
North Carolina officials downgraded a projected state revenue surplus through mid-2025 by $430 million on Friday, citing lower than anticipated April 15 individual income tax payments due to recent business tax changes. Still, the state expects nearly $1 billion more to enter its coffers. Last month, economists working for Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration and […]
The number of North Carolinians whose tap water comes from systems that contain at least one chemical compound exceeding new federal contamination limits is “coming down daily,” according to a state environmental official. Rebecca Sadosky, N.C. Drinking Water Protection Program coordinator, told members of the state Environmental Management Commission Thursday that the numbers — an […]
The student-athletes on UNC-Chapel Hill’s baseball team have received negative messages from fans expecting certain performances before. But now that sports betting is legal in North Carolina, as of March 11, the messages and pressure from sports bettors may increase. Carter Hicks, the baseball director of player and program development, said that legalized sports betting […]
More licensed child care programs in North Carolina are closing their doors as the state approaches the expiration of pandemic-era stabilization funding. According to data provided by the NC Child Care Resource and Referral Council (CCR&R) in partnership with the NC Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), the state has experienced a net […]
