Children’s Village Academy, a K-8 charter school in Kinston, will be forced to close at the end of this month. The North Carolina Board of Education Thursday rejected its appeal for a fresh start, with one member calling it “a school that appears to be unable to pay its bills or operate within the bounds […]
A new economic engine for Waynesville would open up the railroad track corridor through town to more types of development, under a proposal originating from the town planning board. After more than a year of discussion on the idea, the Waynesville planning board unanimously endorsed maps for a so-called Railroad Overlay District last month. Town […]
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again; however, the Summerfield Town Council is trying to do something a little similar: Very quickly assemble an entirely new town staff in a matter of days – because every member of the town staff gave their two weeks’ notice, […]
A former Greensboro top official has been named the interim town manager for the town of Zebulon. Taiwo Jaiyeoba abruptly resigned from his position as Greensboro’s city manager in March. Two senior-level city employees later told WFDD he had violated the city’s sexual harassment policy. That wasn’t discussed on Tuesday at the emergency meeting of […]
At last night’s New Hanover County Board of Education meeting, members voted four to one to further amend policies 7300 and 3200, which outline staff responsibilities and selection of instructional materials, respectively. The motion, introduced by board member Pat Bradford, will effectively eliminate student art, family photos, and foreign nations’ flags from being allowed in […]
Mission Hospital has been found to be compliant with federal standards after a state inspection late May at the HCA Healthcare-owned facility, according to an email HCA North Carolina Division President Greg Lowe sent to employees Tuesday. The finding paves the way for an immediate jeopardy sanction, the toughest penalty a hospital can face, to […]
Republican lawmakers in Missouri blocked a bill to widen access to birth-control pills by falsely claiming they induce abortions. An antiabortion group in Louisiana killed legislation to enshrine a right to birth control by inaccurately equating emergency contraception with abortion drugs. An Idaho think tank focused on “biblical activism” is pushing state legislators to ban […]
Drinking water for at least 2.5 million North Carolinians is contaminated with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS at levels exceeding new federal standards, according to an EWG analysis. Across 49 drinking water systems, some far exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s PFAS standards finalized in April. Levels of the forever chemicals PFOA and PFOS […]
The safety requirements that led Toyota, Honda and other Japanese carmakers to falsify certification tests may be overly stringent and outdated given advancements in automobile design and technology, fueling calls for their review. Despite revisions since the standards were enacted in 1951, regulations haven’t kept up with the times, Takaki Nakanishi, an analyst at Astris […]
Eleven deaths in the county jail, a subsequent lawsuit and criminal charges against an employee proved too much for an insurance company to keep the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office as a customer. The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners had warned the sheriff if this were to take place it would place a greater financial burden […]
A lawsuit filed against Kituwah LLC that was initially dismissed is heading back to court after the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month that the tribally owned corporation waived its sovereign immunity. The decision both establishes precedent that further limits sovereign immunity and could potentially jeopardize the company’s future. The suit filed by […]
Several meetings are now scheduled to discuss the plan for a new Dare County Early College after it became a focus of the June 3 Dare County Commissioners meeting, with voices raised in opposition and School Superintendent Steve Basnight offering an impassioned response. The Dare County Board of Education will meet in special session on […]
A half-dozen public speakers attended the commissioners’ meeting Monday to compel the New Hanover County board against dissolving Port City United in full. Tammie Hall, who works in violence intervention for Novant Health, said she hasn’t been able to secure a lot of alliances in her field of work. She championed Port City United for […]
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools officials met Tuesday afternoon to discuss what is and isn’t working in the district’s student code of conduct. WS/FCS rolled out the new Code of Character, Conduct, and Support in 2022, after spending a year developing it with community stakeholders. It provides a matrix of varying levels of offenses and corresponding consequences […]
Six suspended police instructors from a halted law enforcement program at Blue Ridge Community College in Henderson County are set to appear before a state board with the power to revoke trainer and law enforcement certifications. That is according to the chair of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission who confirmed […]
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