Neal Charnoff/WFDD Radio Businesses impacted by the recent drought are now eligible for federal disaster assistance. The U.S. Small Business Administration will offer low-interest loans beginning March 15, 2027. Up to $2 million in assistance will be available to small businesses, private nonprofits, faith-based organizations and small agricultural entities. Eligible counties in North Carolina include […]
Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline It’s move-in week for college students across North Carolina. And once students have gotten settled into their dorms, their attention will turn to getting the classes needed to fulfill their chosen major. But which career paths are a safe bet in 2026? U.S. employers cut 23,000 jobs in July. Job creation for […]
The Greater Fayetteville Business Journal Local business and community leaders convened on Aug. 7 for the Business & Child Care Summit, where they examined how North Carolina’s child care crisis is stinting workforce participation, straining employers and costing Moore County an estimated $43.5 million annually. During the Summit at the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst, business […]
Destinee Patterson/WRAL News Shaw University said it has been able to accommodate every student who has applied for on-campus housing. The university previously notified students of limited housing options following a fire that shut down the Dimple Newsome dorm last school year. Shaw University’s academic calendar lists the first day of classes as August 12, […]
Chantal Brown/Education NC Over a hundred educators met in Chapel Hill on Aug. 3 to attend the first ever, two-day Reigniting Teacher Passion Conference hosted by the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership. Educators were able to connect with colleagues and industry partners through a variety of professional development sessions. Attendees also got to hear […]
Lexi Tatum/The Bladen Journal Bladen County has been awarded $2.5 million through the state’s Community Development Block Grant program to replace its cramped emergency operations center with a 7,000-square-foot facility designed to coordinate the county’s response during natural disasters, according to County Manager Samuel Croom. The center would be built at the site of the […]
Aarik Long/The Waynesville Mountaineer The late withdrawal of Congressman Chuck Edwards, R-Hendersonville, from the race following a stinging House Ethics investigation has resulted in a ticking clock for the party to choose a replacement candidate in time for ballots to be printed. While the election may seem like three months away, prepping of ballots is […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square Duke University School of Law, seventh-best nationally in a U.S. News & World Report ranking and consistent member of the national T14 list, discriminated based on race in admissions for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 classes, says the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Federal officials said the […]
Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog At a Buncombe County Commission workshop in April, Asheville City Schools Superintendent Maggie Fehrman asked for an increase in the local tax that supplements the district. What she got was a broadside from County Commissioner Al Whitesides. “We’re treating our African American students like we were in 1935,” said Whitesides, 81, a […]
Andrew Pomeranz/The Carolina Journal House Majority Leader Brenden Jones, R-Columbus, is urging State Treasurer Brad Briner and the State Health Plan Board of Trustees to halt a new provider-tier system, warning that it would make local care more expensive for rural members and weaken community hospitals. In a letter to Briner, Jones said “a substantial […]
Walker Livingston/Carolina Public Press Western North Carolina has some unique healthcare challenges with only one Level One trauma center in the 18-county region, widening healthcare gaps, which the now-in-limbo Healthy Opportunities Pilots worked to address. But, a new statewide program that will be rolled out across the region soon looks to provide some of the […]
Kevin Hardy/NC Newsline State leaders of both parties say the federal government — including the president — wields too much power, and they want to see more authority returned to the states. Bipartisan groups of governors and state lawmakers held major gatherings in recent days where issues of state authority became a major focus. They […]
WSOC News & The Associated Press Luke Kuechly was officially inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday afternoon in Canton, Ohio, after a week full of festivities. He joined Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, Adam Vinatieri, and Roger Craig, who were also inducted Saturday. At 35, Kuechly became the second-youngest player inducted into […]
Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The Guilford County Board of Commissioners has approved a resolution directing elections officials to put a quarter-cent local sales and use tax up for a vote in the November election. This would mean shoppers pay the equivalent of an extra quarter in taxes per $100 of eligible purchases. Officials say they’d use […]
Desiree Mathurin/The Charlotte Observer A data center developer is continuing its expansion in Charlotte. The next step: helping Duke Energy build a multimillion-dollar substation near the airport to power the data center. Digital Realty Trust is in the process of building one of North Carolina’s largest data centers off of Moores Chapel Road in southwest […]
