NCN News As they continue to search for a permanent replacement, the State Board of Community Colleges have named an interim president. The board has chosen Bill Carver to serve as the system’s interim president, effective July 1. The former Nash Community College president has served in the interim role twice before. In 2020 he […]
Haylee Kennedy/WNCN Developers behind a major expansion in Raleigh’s North Hills district are continuing to share their vision of growth. “On one hand its really exciting because there’s continued growth, more opportunities for apartments for retail and for restaurants,” resident John Lenns said. That is exactly what Kane Realty has set its eyes on. The […]
Judith Retana/WNCN Mahogany Newkirk accepted her Associate in Arts degree from Central Carolina Community College. Next week, she’ll receive her high school diploma. “It was like a surreal moment. I was proud of myself,” Newkirk said of her accomplishments. She is enrolled at Harnett County Early College, where she earned high school and college course […]
Dennis Bright/WBTW A North Carolina business hired to perform work for the town of Surfside Beach confirmed Thursday that it hasn’t received payment for work done in the town because of what the town has called a “potential cybersecurity incident” involving its email. “We are still owed money for work we have completed, and the […]
Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press After a series of amendments that North Carolina lawmakers have made over several years to the charter school review and approval process, stand-alone remote charter schools are on the rise. The Charter School Review Board approved several new institutions earlier this year that will be started by existing charter schools but […]
Amy Diaz/WFDD The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is launching a bioindustrial manufacturing workforce training and research program next January. It’s called NC BioMISSION. The program is designed to prepare students to enter the growing field of biotechnology, which centers on converting organic materials into things like textiles, bioplastics and fuels. Officials estimate the […]
Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News A Wake County principal is North Carolina’s newest principal of the year. Mariah Walker, principal of Wake Young Women’s Leadership Academy in the Wake school system, was named the winner Friday during a luncheon at Umstead Hotel in Cary. The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction hosted the luncheon in conjunction with […]
Bailey Stamos/WRAL News Rocky Mount police responded to a fight at city hall on Thursday morning after an argument escalated during a city council meeting. Witnesses talked with WRAL News about the heated discussion leading up to the fight and the moments the committee room went under lockdown. Witnesses said it started from tensions during […]
Becky Johnson/The Waynesville Mountaineer Haywood County taxpayers can thank Washington and Raleigh for at least part of next year’s tax increase, according to county commissioners. “I’ve likened this budget to being a plumber. Stuff runs downhill,” Commissioner Tommy Long said. “It runs downhill to the people in Fines Creek and White Oak and Cruso on […]
Katie Myers/BPR News A year and a half after Helene flooded the IPEX plastic plant, there’s still a lot of PVC pipe in the French Broad River. On Tuesday, residents, officials and advocates gathered in the town of Woodfin to discuss the longstanding problem. At the Riverside Rhapsody brewery, debris cleanup crews with MountainTrue estimated […]
Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The UNC Board of Trustees picked a master plan designer for Carolina North on Wednesday, taking another step toward developing the vision and layout of the satellite campus project. The board — which met in a remote capacity for the final time in the fiscal year — unanimously chose the selection committee’s […]
Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC During a State Board of Education meeting last week, Board members discussed data showing how many recipients of private school vouchers previously attended public schools in North Carolina and estimates of the cumulative financial impact on public schools. In 2023, the Republican-led General Assembly expanded funding for private school vouchers through […]
Colin Campbell/WUNC News A bipartisan bill filed in the state Senate would crack down on fraudulent ticket resellers. The “Real Tickets, Real Fans Act” would ban speculative ticket sales, where the website sells tickets it doesn’t actually have. Musicians and event venues say they’re seeing fans showing up with fake tickets they bought online from […]
Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News The first thing Genevieve Traversy does when she takes in a new foster child is show them where the food is. “Most children that come into foster care are food insecure. I know I was,” said Traversy, who was in foster care as a child and now works with foster children […]
Port City Daily The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority Board approved the organization’s 2026-2027 operating budget on Wednesday; it $140.8 million, an 8.1% increase over the FY26 budget. As a result, a residential customer’s monthly bill for combined water and sewer services will increase by 6.65%, or $5.31, for services beginning July 1. As previously […]
