Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press An annual survey by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, or FIRE, ranks and scores hundreds of universities across the country based on free speech policies and student perception on the state of free expression on campus. North Carolina universities have topped the list in recent years, and the 2027 […]
Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News Wake school board members Tuesday questioned how the district would pull off an ambitious proposed academic improvement plan for special education, which would require significant training and a shift in responsibilities. Most Wake students with disabilities aren’t passing their state standardized tests, and Wake school leaders want to change that. School district […]
Xuan Thai/ESPN Authorities confirmed the arrest of former NC State sports medicine director Robert Michael Murphy on Wednesday evening after a grand jury indicted him last week on multiple felony and misdemeanor counts involving the sexual abuse of male athletes he had treated. The grand jury handed down sealed indictments Sept. 14, but the charges […]
Amy Diaz WFDD Radio The Guilford County Board of Education voted to extend the superintendent’s contract through 2030. Superintendent Whitney Oakley has served in the role since 2022. At a school board workshop this week, Chairperson Deena Hayes praised Oakley’s “thoughtful, student-centered leadership” and cited recent academic gains. The latest data from the state shows […]
WSOC News Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department arrested department safety specialist Wilson Rivera Espinosa on Thursday on one count of embezzlement following a financial crimes investigation. Rivera Espinosa, who worked in the department’s Passenger Vehicle for Hire Unit, was placed on administrative leave without pay as formal termination proceedings were initiated, CMPD said. The […]
Colin Campbell/WUNC News A coalition of left-leaning groups is suing to block new absentee ballot guidelines approved by the State Board of Elections, arguing that mail-in voters could be disenfranchised. The legal challenge involves a new directive from the elections board to reject mail-in ballots that aren’t sealed properly, forcing the voter to start the […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square Mass grant terminations will not be carried out by AmeriCorps, and large-scale staff cuts beyond those already planned will not be executed as well, according to a settlement involving the federal agency for national service and volunteering and North Carolina. AmeriCorps, annual recipient of $1 billion in taxpayer dollars without a […]
Greg Childress/NC Newsline There will be much at stake in November when North Carolinians go to the polls. The state has one of the nation’s most closely-watched U.S. Senate races. A win by former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper — a Democrat matched against Michael Whatley, former chairman of the Republican National Committee — could […]
Walker Livingston/Carolina Public Press When Tropical Storm Helene hit Western North Carolina on Sept. 27, 2024, a longtime text message group chat of a few friends who all attended Mountain Heritage High School in Burnsville in Yancey County became a lifeline for checking on the status of loved ones, since the area lost cell service. […]
Destinee Patterson/WRAL News The owner of Florida-based sports development company 50-Plus-1 now faces federal fraud and money laundering charges for a $6 million scheme. The company’s failed $70-million deal with Saint Augustine’s University would have leased the school’s property for mixed-use development. In a similar agreement, prosecutors say owner Lamonica “Monti” Valrie defrauded another historically […]
Dasia Williams/CityView The fate of the year-round calendar at E.E. Miller Elementary School is in flux after a school board committee voted to rescind an earlier vote that moved the school to a traditional calendar. Credit: Dasia Williams / CityView At E.E. Miller Elementary School, Michel Santana’s older daughter is learning her core subjects in […]
Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education unexpectedly approved an interim superintendent Tuesday night. After amending the agenda to include the action item, the board voted 8-1 to approve a contract for Randy Bridges beginning Oct. 1 through June 30. The board shared no additional information about him or the contract in […]
Frank Daniels IV/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Commercial airline service at the Moore County Airport may be delayed after the U.S. Department of Transportation announced last week that KSOP was not among the recipients of its Small Communities Air Service Development Program (SCASD) grants this year. Director Rick Cloutier said the Moore County Airport Authority still […]
Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice After the federal government reconfigured how Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are administered and the state passed the costs on to the counties, they face new SNAP-related costs in the hundreds of thousands of dollars each year. The SNAP program provides food benefits to low-income families. When Congress passed the […]
The Robesonian In Michael Maynor’s classroom at Robeson CTEC, details matter. A font that does not quite fit, an image that is slightly out of place or a design that could use another round of refinement is unlikely to escape his attention. As Robeson CTEC’s Graphic Design/Adobe Academy Instructor, Maynor is a stickler for good […]
