Becky Johnson/The Waynesville Mountaineer They came on bikes and scooters. They came on rollerblades and skateboards. They came on BMX and dirt jumpers. And they came in a big way. From little tykes and teens to dads and big-air pros, hundreds poured into Raccoon Creek Bike Park for opening day on every make and model […]
Ray Allegrezza/Furniture Today When manufacturers announce a major expansion, the story is usually told in numbers: Dollars invested. Square footage added. Jobs promised. But buildings don’t operate machinery. Incentive packages can’t run extrusion lines. And hiring hundreds of people in a community where a company has never operated takes more than posting a few help-wanted […]
DeJuan Hoggard/WTVD North Carolina Central University marked a historic milestone Monday with the grand opening of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Research, becoming the first HBCU in the nation to launch a dedicated AI research center. The 5,000-square-foot facility, located on the northwest corner of Fayetteville and Lawson streets, cost $7.2 million and […]
Jane Winik Sartwell/The Raleigh News & Observer Researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill are using the services of data analytics giant Palantir as part of a federal project to amass a huge data set of health information from consenting Americans. The goal of the project, funded by the National Institutes of Health and dubbed All of Us, […]
Cris Tolomia/Quartz Target $TGT +0.18% named Chandhu Nair as its first chief AI officer on Tuesday, adding a dedicated executive to coordinate the retailer’s artificial intelligence efforts across its business. Nair will join Target on Aug. 24 as senior vice president and chief AI officer, the company said. He spent more than six years at […]
Emily Walkenhorst & Destinee Patterson/WRAL News Wake County teachers earn less on average than their peers in comparable southeastern metropolitan areas, a WRAL News data analysis shows. That’s despite a recent state budget that drastically boosted early career teacher pay and provided more modest pay increases for more experienced teachers. The state provides the vast […]
Johnny Edwards/The Center Square A southern state that banned medical gender transition for children is funding a network of doctors and therapists who promote some of those same controversial treatments, an investigation by The Center Square found. A nonprofit called Charlotte Transgender Healthcare Group openly touts puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones as treatment options for […]
James Farrell/WFAE Radio A group of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools parents is making a push for six specific policy changes before the new school year begins, aimed at limiting technology use in CMS classrooms. Leading the charge is Sherri Bissell, president of the Collinswood Language Academy PTA and a leader of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg chapter of Schools Beyond […]
Christine Zhu/NC Newsline Environmental activists and a Democratic state lawmaker are calling on Duke Energy to lower its rate hike request as the North Carolina Utilities Commission reviews its case. Evidentiary hearings for Duke Energy Progress’ rate case start this week before the Utilities Commission, which will determine how much the company can raise residential […]
Ana Risano/The Southern Pines Pilot The eclectic Dunrovin Country Store off U.S. 1 in Vass was heavily damaged by a fire that lasted several hours on Saturday night. “It’s been very devastating,” said owner Patrick Milcendeau while at the store Monday afternoon. “I worked seven days a week from morning to night, 12 hours a […]
Paul Woolverton/CityView The Fayetteville City Council, after a sometimes contentious meeting on Monday, voted 7-3 to have city staff revise proposed regulations for data centers and reconsider them by late October. The council meeting, which also included a public hearing, included sharp words between Councilmember Shaun McMillan, who wants a data center moratorium, and Mayor […]
Adam Wagner/WUNC News Gov. Josh Stein announced Monday that he is pulling his nomination of Jeff Smythe to lead the N.C. Department of Public Safety. Stein pointed to the North Carolina State Senate’s refusal to confirm Smythe or hold a hearing for him since Stein announced his appointment to the secretary position last December. “By […]
Richard Craver/Winston-Salem Journal Want to own a 20-story, former corporate headquarters building in downtown Winston-Salem? It could be possible, given a starting bid of $300,000, for the vacant BB&T Financial Center. The 272,820-square-foot building, situated on 1.22 acres at 200 W. Second St., is up for online auction from noon Sept. 8 to noon Sept. […]
Hannah Leyva/WNCN The City of Durham has announced it has selected a new chief of police. Stephanie Mardis will be the city’s next law enforcement leader following the retirement of Chief Patrice Andrews earlier this year. After a nationwide search for her successor, the city decided to hire someone already in the state, as Mardis […]
James Farrell/WFAE Radio Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders have in recent years celebrated what they describe as historic academic gains. CMS cracked the top 10 districts in North Carolina for academic growth during the 2024-25 school year and removed a record number of its schools from the state’s low-performing list. District leaders have also hinted at strong […]
