Greg Allen & Marisa Peñaloza/WFAE Radio Before Hurricane Helene last September, Stuart and Jackie Pacheo’s home was wedged between the highway and a small creek in this town just outside Asheville. “We’re standing in what used to be the living room,” says Mr. Pacheo, “The kitchen was behind you, a fireplace to the left. And […]
Aaron Keck/WCHL Chapelboro The end of the 2024-25 school year was a time of celebration for UNC, as more than 6,000 students received their diplomas – and the Tar Heel women’s lacrosse team brought home an NCAA championship for good measure. University officials say they’re excited about the future as well, with more students arriving […]
Richard Craver/The (Greensboro) News & Record Anyone questioning why Graham Bennett chose to become Piedmont Triad Airport Authority’s chairman at 72 only needs to look at his face when he answers. Between the sparkle in his eyes, mischievously raised eyebrows and a warm, confident smile, Bennett demonstrates how pleased he is with the latest chapter […]
Stephanie Armor/KFF Health News Colton George felt sick. The 9-year-old Indiana boy told his parents his stomach hurt. He kept running to the bathroom and felt too ill to finish a basketball game. Days later, he lay in a hospital bed, fighting for his life. He had eaten tainted salad, according to a lawsuit against […]
Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times Summerfield has a problem. It’s trying to keep its town charter and, in that attempt to do so, town leaders are proposing nearly doubling the town’s tax rate and adding new services. The new proposed budget for fiscal 2025-2026 calls for raising the property tax rate from 2.75 cents to 5 […]
Shea Carver/Port City Daily After a façade and roof collapse in the last year-and-half in downtown Wilmington brought about public safety concerns, county staff, at the behest of commissioners, researched a program to require periodic inspections of buildings 100 years or older. However, on Thursday area leaders decided against moving forward with it. No formal […]
Dr. Céline Gounder/MSN The Trump administration has moved to end funding for a broad swath of HIV vaccine research, saying current approaches are enough to counter the virus, multiple scientists and federal health officials say. Notifications that the funding would not be extended were relayed Friday to researchers, who were told by National Institutes of […]
Elena Giordano/Politico Donald Trump’s war on some of America’s most iconic colleges is a major opportunity for European academia and research. Now the EU is under pressure to seize it. University professors and research center directors across the continent see silver linings in the U.S. president’s crackdown on American higher education, which includes targeting professors […]
