Annie Ma/The Associated Press For decades, a key principle underpinned civil rights enforcement in American schools: Not all discrimination was intentional. Even if a school policy was written without overt racial bias, it might unfairly hurt one group of students over another, the understanding went. The concept is known as...

Analisa Sorrells Archer/EducationNC Growing up in Hendersonville, Chris English’s dad owned an Exxon gas station. English spent time around cars and mechanics from a young age and envisioned a future for himself as a mechanic. “I didn’t grow up hunting. I grew up going to the racetracks,” English said. “My...

Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News Dozens of hospitals statewide will be able to take part next year in research to improve maternal and newborn care as part of the revived Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina. The collaborative originally planned to launch the projects this year. But the group lost funding...

Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning A developer is seeking approval from the city of Hendersonville for a rezoning that would allow construction of a 288-unit multi-family complex on 27 acres on Upward Road near I-26. A Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina-based architectural-engineering firm, is seeking a rezoning from Henderson County’s Regional Commercial zone...

Bill Kirby Jr./CityView Brittany McLaurin, finance director for Hope Mills, made it clear from the outset. On September 2, the state’s Local Government Commission (LGC) notified the town it was added to a monitoring list for local governments that may need additional financial oversight or support. Putting Hope Mills on...

Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News Dozens of hospitals statewide will be able to take part next year in research to improve maternal and newborn care as part of the revived Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina. The collaborative originally planned to launch the projects this year. But the group lost funding...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  On the two-year anniversary of North Carolina’s worst natural disaster, GROW NC has introduced a framework for rebuilding the economy of mountain regions where Hurricane Helene killed 108 and delivered an estimated $80 billion in damage. The Western North Carolina Economic Recovery Plan is a product...

Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily Cape Fear River Watch and the Southeastern Environmental Law Center sent a letter to Chemours earlier this week claiming it has not adhered to a 2019 consent order with the state by continuing to allow PFAS into groundwater and the river. Chemours denies the negligence claims...

Daneen Khan/WUNC News When Meisha Gayle moved to southeast Raleigh from Jamaica about 10 years ago, one aspect of daily life brought her more anxiety than anything else: Grocery shopping. Southeast Raleigh has been federally classified as a food desert ever since the city’s two Kroger locations closed in 2013,...

Trevon Spencer/NC Newsline At least 10 people were arrested or detained Thursday evening during a license checkpoint operation in Tabor City, according to Siembra NC, an immigrant rights advocacy group. The checkpoint took place near N.C. Highway 904 and Pireway Road between about 5:30 and 7 p.m., Siembra NC said....

Flynn Snyder & Brian Murphy/WRAL News NC State officials said Friday that the university provides numerous resources to the entire campus community, including student-athletes, to report concerns related to sexual misconduct, but they declined to comment further after the arrest of former director of sports medicine Robert Murphy on allegations...

WSOC News Before she was fired, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Dr. Crystal Hill was nominated for North Carolina Superintendent of the Year. The winner is chosen by the North Carolina Association of School Administrators and the association’s core affiliate, the North Carolina School Superintendents’ Association, with sponsorship and support from Burroughs...

Bill Kirby Jr./CityView Brittany McLaurin, finance director for Hope Mills, made it clear from the outset. On September 2, the state’s Local Government Commission (LGC) notified the town it was added to a monitoring list for local governments that may need additional financial oversight or support. Putting Hope Mills on...

Todd Miller/Coastal Review Online In July, nearly 50 scientists, restoration practitioners, community leaders, government officials, and conservationists from Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom gathered at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, around a deceptively simple question: What will it take to make our coasts more resilient for...

Kenneth Lee Jr./WFAE Radio Charlotte City Council will vote Monday on setting a stricter curfew citywide for children under 18, as a 10-month pilot for permanent rules. Charlotte leaders are considering changes to the city’s youth curfew following recent concerns over teen takeovers and other public safety issues. The revised...