Ray Gronberg
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4. CFCC employees cited pressure to fabricate information prior to accreditation warning, compliance staff ‘nonrenewed’
In December 2023, officials from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC, often referred to as...
5. Attendance concerns propel Brunswick County schools to update absentee policy
Brunswick County school district is refining its attendance policy, prompted by high student absences in the 2023-2024 school year. During...
6. City adds robots to its grounds maintenance fleet
While the idea of robot helpers may seem farfetched, the City of Sanford has put several to work over the...
7. Superintendent, Army general lay out scenario for E.E. Smith High School near military base
You cannot help but appreciate how E.E. Smith High School alumni feel about this revered place along Seabrook Road. They...
8. Elm City water system flagged again
For the sixth time in six months, Elm City’s water system was flagged by the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality....
9. PTI Airport is getting a major, and expensive, makeover
Anyone who’s been flying in and out of Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI) in recent years has noticed constant work...
10. How UNC leaving WakeBrook will impact mental health in Wake County
For a little more than a decade, UNC Health Care has provided care at WakeBrook, the mental health hospital in...
1. Rural communities face primary care physician shortage
A new study from the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Robert Graham Center (AAFP), co-funded by the Milbank Memorial Fund...
2. A year later, Florida businesses say the state’s immigration law dealt a huge blow
It’s early morning in this small agricultural town in Central Florida and the pickers are already hunched over the bushes,...
3. UAW strike at Daimler Truck averted at 11th hour
Union workers at Daimler Truck who make Freightliner and Western Star trucks and Thomas Built buses in North Carolina won...
4. Cooper nominee to head DOT paves the road toward confirmation
Governor Roy Cooper tapped Joey Hopkins to serve as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) last September,...
5. Planned Parenthood announces $10 million voter campaign in North Carolina for 2024 election
Abortion continues to be a key part of Democrats’ election playbook in North Carolina, which for 2024 will include what...
6. Anduril, General Atomics chosen in Air Force contracts
The 7-year-old company that last year bought North Carolina-based Blue Force Technologies was chosen Wednesday for contract by the Air...