Hannah Vinueza McClellan & Emily Thomas/Education NC As the N.C. Community College System (NCCCS) awaits funding from lawmakers to enact the system’s new funding model, Propel NC, system leadership is working to make sure that policies, codes, and guidance to support local colleges is available if funding is approved. “We want colleges to be ready […]
Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio More North Carolina high schoolers are taking college-level classes and passing exams to earn college credit than ever before. Many high schools offer Advanced Placement (AP) classes designed to teach college-level content. Students who pass a standardized final exam for the class can earn college credit for that course, saving them money […]
Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson said Tuesday his campaign has hired a law firm to help investigate a CNN report stating he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board. The lawyers will look at how what Robinson calls “false smears” originated. The […]
Jakob Emerson/Becker’s Hospital Review GLP-1 manufacturers are now offering significant discounts to entice payers and employers to cover their popular medications, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 20. Weight loss medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy can cost upward of $10,000 a year, leaving insurers, health systems, state health plans and self-funded employers grappling with […]
Shaun Gallagher/WRAL News A video showing a Cary man jackhammering a trail entrance has garnered a major reaction online. A Reddit user posted the video to the social media site on Monday. It shows the confrontation between two men over a trail entrance between two properties on Montibello Drive in Cary. Keith and Angela Myers […]
Christopher Miller/Independent Tribune New details of the new Coltrane-Webb/Beverly Hills STEM Replacement School were shared with the public during a construction update meeting Tuesday at the new R. Brown McAllister school. The $50.6 million school will be built on the property of the old Coltrane-Webb school and will be similar in design to the new […]
Mary Smith/CBS 17 News State Sen. Mary Wills Bode is advocating for changes to the law and processes at register of deeds offices statewide after a woman was accused of filing a fraudulent warranty deed on a home in Wake County. Homeowner Dr. Craig Adams, a local dentist, contacted Senator Bode after he learned of […]
Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Maggie Valley’s former police chief has filed a lawsuit against the town, claiming his firing was an act of retaliation. Russell Gilliland filed the lawsuit on Sept. 12, alleging that his termination was the result of the chief his pursuit of criminal charges against the son of Town Manager Vickie Best. […]
After a while, Tuesday’s U.S. Senate committee hearing with Novo Nordisk’s CEO became less a roasting of Novo’s pricing of Wegovy and Ozempic and more a roasting of pharmacy benefit managers for merely existing. Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions didn’t really follow the lead of the panel’s chairman, Vermont independent Sen. […]
North Carolina U.S. Sen. Ted Budd, a Republican, joined in the HELP committee’s musings about what he called “an industry with a lot of strange incentives,” but he also used Tuesday’s hearing to launch an interesting side quest. This came in the form of a letter from state House Speaker Tim Moore that attacked State […]
Evey Weisblat/CityView Local educational and grassroots efforts to raise awareness about the dangers of consuming PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, seem to be paying off. According to new research, Fayetteville area residents who enrolled in a N.C. State study testing the levels of toxic forever chemicals in their blood had lower levels in 2023 […]
The Associated Press North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson vowed Monday to rebuild his campaign staff after several top aides quit and a key Republican group backed away from his race following a CNN report alleging he made explicit racial and sexual posts years ago on a pornography website’s message board. Robinson, the sitting […]
Jay Price/WUNC Radio The military is increasingly relying on robots, drones and AI on the battlefield. But it’s also focusing on a simpler way to boost its performance: more sleep for the troops. The Government Accountability Office released a study earlier this year that said most troops report getting six hours of sleep or less […]
Mark Bergin/WRAL News The Carolina Hurricanes submitted their rezoning application late Monday to the city of Raleigh for mixed-use development of the area around the Lenovo Center. New renderings show what the development could look like in the future for the arena, which serves as the home of Carolina Hurricanes and NC State men’s basketball […]
Pat Kimbrough/High Point Enterprise The city plans to pass on its costs to upgrade a regional water plant to High Point ratepayers. Officials expect to recommend that the City Council approve a 2% water and sewer rate increase to pay for treatment to remove “forever chemical” contaminants from a small portion of the city’s drinking […]
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