James Farrell/WFAE Radio Elon University said Tuesday that it has applied to the American Bar Association for approval to launch a full-time, 2.5-year law school in Charlotte, in addition to its existing four-year, part-time program in Charlotte and another full-time law program in Greensboro. The new law program will be housed on the Queens University […]
Tulsi Asokan/The Daily Tar Heel Recipients of the North Carolina Scholarship for Children of Wartime Veterans were notified in November that their spring 2026 awards would be reduced or “prorated” by 25 percent, and the notice attributed the reduction to limited funding amid delays in passing a state budget. The scholarship originally covered full tuition, […]
Paul Woolverton/CityView More than five years ago, a Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed Adrian Roberts while trying to take him into custody for mental health care. The shooting led to a wrongful death lawsuit from Roberts’ wife that is still being litigated. The deputy, Justin Evans, last week lost an appeal of the […]
Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News The Republican-led North Carolina State Board of Elections voted 3-2 along party lines to allow the closure of a Democrat-leaning early voting site at Western Carolina University, against overwhelming opposition from the people the closure would affect. “It’s a war on students,” board member Siobhan O’Duffy Millen, a retired attorney from […]
Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro Particularly following cuts to SNAP amid President Donald Trump’s administration changing federal funding norms, nonprofit organizations battling food insecurity in Chatham and Orange counties are struggling to sustain the increasing number of families who depend on them. In a conversation from last month’s Forum On The Hill series, local food banks shared […]
Sergio Osnaya-Prieto/Education NC A new Department of Public Instruction (DPI) report says that 100% of traditional public school districts currently have a 1-to-1 digital device-to-student ratio, though many districts are struggling to replace old or damaged devices due to a lack of funding. Dr. Ashley McBride, a digital learning initiative consultant at DPI, presented the […]
Jill Doss-Raines/The High Point Enterprise Speaking as a parent and grandparent — not as a school board member — Mur DeJonge urged the Davidson County Board of Education to take stronger action on what he called “age-inappropriate, sexually explicit content” in school libraries. He said he followed the district’s formal book challenge process for months, […]
Participants at the NC Chamber’s annual forecast forum say the past year has given consumers and managers much to consider regarding the mid-term economic outlook. The highlights included a warning from former U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-10th, that Republicans are wrong to think they can talk voters out of their concerns about the affordability of […]
Former U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-10th, joined his one-time colleagues Monday in blasting the Trump administration for launching a criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Speaking at a N.C. Bankers Association/NC Chamber forum in the Triangle, McHenry said the move is an administration attempt to be seen as doing something about an economy […]
Will Doran/WRAL News Hundreds of new manufacturing jobs are coming to Wilson, Gov. John Stein announced Friday, as Johnson & Johnson has decided to build a multibillion-dollar expansion onto their existing operations in town. The pharmaceutical giant has been heavily investing in North Carolina recently, spending billions on its Wilson factory as well as a […]
The Washington Post While patrolling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement with other volunteers, two days after an officer from the federal agency fatally shot a woman in her car in this city, Sagal Ali repeated a mantra: “We will not obstruct their path. We are not escalating.” A text chat alerted her group while driving […]
Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. parade in downtown Fayetteville has been postponed—but members of the committee that runs it have conflicting explanations about why. As of Friday, the committee had not announced a new date for the parade, which was originally scheduled for January 17 The parade, now in its […]
Mona Dougani/WFAE Radio Outside the Bechtler Museum of Art in uptown Charlotte, more than 200 Iranian Americans gathered Sunday afternoon to protest and stand in solidarity with Iranians demonstrating against the Islamic Republic in Iran. About 200 people waved the shir o khorshid, the Lion and Sun flag, Iran’s former national flag. Protesters chanted and […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Bobby Jenkins used to be a registered unaffiliated voter. In fact, he ran for Swain County Board of Commissioners in 2024 under the unaffiliated label and won a seat. His feat was rare. Jenkins was one of 49 unaffiliated candidates in North Carolina’s 2024 elections, and one of only 13 winners […]
April Laissle/WFDD Radio The Stokes County Board of Commissioners is set to decide Monday night on a proposal to rezone land in Walnut Cove to make way for a large data center. The plan has drawn sharp opposition from community members, environmental advocates and local historians. On a warm January evening, Stokes County resident Martha […]
