Ananya Cox/The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday marked the end of classes for UNC students, and the end of the first full semester led by Chancellor Lee Roberts. University Editor Ananya Cox sat down with Roberts to talk about the unprecedented year, including changes to admissions and criticism from different members of the community. This interview […]
Will Atwater/NC Health News People use single-use plastics multiple times every day — shopping bags, fast-food containers, disposable forks and spoons, sandwich wrappers and countless other items. Given the abundance of these items, it’s not a surprise to find increasing amounts of plastic debris in the environment. However, a recent study examining the types and […]
Morgan Sweeney/The Center Square U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Ted Budd, R-N.C., have introduced legislation that would help incentivize landowners to sell to the Department of Defense for its Readiness and Environment Protection Integration Program. The Incentivizing REPI Sales Act would “exclude the appreciated land value from federal capital gains tax for landowners who […]
Gilat Melamed/CBS 17 News A Wake County principal is letting parents know artificial intelligence is becoming a problem at his school. Wakefield High School Principal Malik Bazzell sent parents a letter saying the school is seeing an increase in students using AI on assignments. Some students are handing in assignments completely copied from sites like […]
Deirdra Funcheon/Hendersonville Times-News For one day only visitors can access the village of Chimney Rock to see how it has been recovering from Tropical Storm Helene and patronize local shops. “A Christmas Event for Chimney Rock Village” will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14. During Tropical Storm Helene, which ripped across […]
Rep. Mark Pless, R-Haywood, one of the GOP mountain-county dissenters from last month’s House vote on Senate Bill 382, reiterated this week that’s he’s going to wait until the last minute to decide whether or not he’ll vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the bill. “I guess I’ll have to decide sometime on […]
Rep. Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, has a new gig. And no, we’re not talking here about his impending accession to House speaker. On Dec. 2, Burke County Commissioners voted 3-2 to hire Hall and his law firm, Wilson, Lackey, Rohr & Hall, as county attorney. He replaces former County Attorney James R. Simpson II. Hall was […]
Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Haywood residents who took a chance on investing in Pactiv Evergreen when it went public in 2020 can cash out at a significant profit, as the company is about to be sold. Pactiv Evergreen will be acquired by Apollo Global Management’s Novolex for $3.2 billion, according to an announcement Monday. It’s […]
John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog Asheville’s Water Resources Department announced Monday that the first batch of lead tests for residential customers is back, and the results are favorable. After announcing Nov. 14 that tests had found detectable levels of lead in seven local schools, the city has been inundated with requests for lead tests — more than […]
James Farrell/WFAE Radio The state Board of Education met last week — you may have heard some of my stories on cellphone use in the classroom and changes to how the state classifies students who are English learners. But I want to dive into some new state data on learning loss after the pandemic, unveiled […]
Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise An expansion by a technology company that city leaders hoped would be one of the largest economic development projects ever in High Point has not gotten off the ground more than four years after it was proposed. DC Blox said in a statement last week that it has “no specific […]
Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News When the remnants of Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina, nurses based in schools and medical personnel from school-based health centers jumped in to help. One counselor and a colleague visited a family in a home that had been washed downriver, where they listened to a child’s terrifying story about […]
WRAL News The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Board voted to remove Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) from membership following its annual meeting in Austin, Texas. However, SACSCOC found that SAU resolved all issues except those related to finances. SACSCOC’s policies will allow Saint Augustine’s University to submit additional financial information […]
Alexa Wandersee/Port City Daily A 135-acre recreation complex is coming to New Hanover County, making it the second mega-sports facility project announced recently for the area. While downtown’s Northside could potentially have Optimism Oasis, another facility in the northern part of the county is looking to become a mini Olympic-like village. “Our goal is to […]
Coastal Review Online The renewable energy company building the 45-turbine Timbermill Wind facility in Chowan County has secured construction financing. Apex Clean Energy, based in Charlottesville, Virginia, announced last week that institutions leading the construction financing are German-based Helaba, Japanese-based SMBC, and BNP Paribas and Societe Generale, both based in France. A tax equity investment […]
