Dan DeWitt, John Boyle & Sally Kestin/Asheville Watchdog Asheville’s Black population is disappearing faster than that of comparable cities in North Carolina, a trend that is accelerating and has transformed not only the makeup of the city but its cultural and institutional identity. In 1980, one in five Asheville residents...

Ahmed Jallow/NC Newsline Maggie Shama thought she and her husband Mohamed Shama had finally cleared their last hurdle. After years of navigating the complex immigration system, they were moments away from securing his legal status. At the immigration office in Durham on Oct. 9, Maggie, who has been married to...

Gareth McGrath/USA Today Network Like a bingo ball tumbler, the metal, barrel-shaped sorter spun around, shaking up the oysters until they fell through the appropriate holes that fit their age size. The mollusks would then be opened and examined to gauge their health. The oyster autopsies are just one of...

Amy Zhang/The (Duke) Chronicle At its Thursday meeting, Academic Council confronted a growing sense of unease over how Duke is handling mounting federal scrutiny. Faculty questioned whether the University’s commitment to transparency has given way to self-preservation. President Vincent Price confirmed that Duke is facing five active federal investigations related...

Sarah White/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A “For Sale” sign that violated town rules and loomed over a beloved statue in downtown Waynesville for weeks was finally taken down Friday afternoon. The banner had hung just behind the heads of the Old Time Music men statues on the side of the Davis...

Russ Bowen/CBS 17 News A former Cold War spy station in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains is for sale. The 192-acre site is listed for $30 million. In the 1960s, NASA built a communications hub in Rosman, N.C. that allowed the agency to photograph some of the first images of...

Kara Fohner/Gaston Gazette Gaston County leaders are discussing selling the Gaston County Museum of Art and History’s archives building, which contains thousands of museum historical artifacts and valuable pieces of art, according to a county commissioner. Commissioner Tom Keigher said in an interview that the county had the property appraised....

Matt Lamb/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Moore County Schools may soon find itself at an impasse. Despite unanimous support by the Board of Education in a closed session to pursue a 32-acre site just past the intersection of Vass-Carthage and Joel roads for a new Carthage Elementary School, pushback on multiple...

Jack Evans & Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog Mission Hospital should again be put in immediate jeopardy, the worst sanction a hospital can face, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has recommended. The finding, made by NCDHHS and reported to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press The announcement of the merger between two North Carolina private colleges, Elon University and Queens University of Charlotte, both of which possess a long and storied presence in the Old North State, has sent shockwaves through the higher education community over recent weeks. As other independent...

Adam Wagner/WUNC Radio North Carolina and 22 other states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency, seeking to reinstate a $7 billion program meant to help low-income and disadvantaged communities install rooftop solar power systems. The Solar for All program was created in 2022 by the Inflation Reduction Act, with states...

Flynn Snyder/WRAL News Thousands across the Triangle on Saturday joined an even bigger number of millions across the nation to protest the Trump Administration in a second round of “No Kings” protests. “I want to be out for the younger generation to encourage them to fight what’s happening in the...

Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC At the start of the school year, the U.S. Department of Justice said that it won’t defend Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) from a recent lawsuit filed by the State of Tennessee and the group Students for Fair Admissions. The suit says HSIs — which must, among other...

Kani’ya Davis/WUNC Radio Food insecurity is becoming an increasing issue for some North Carolina federal workers. Since they aren’t receiving paychecks amid the ongoing government shutdown, many have turned to community resources as a means to feed their families. Jason Kanawati Stephany, the vice president of the Food Bank of...

Nick Fogleman/The Watauga Democrat The Boone Town Council pushed back against a potential housing project located on Beverly Heights Avenue during an informal meeting with developers. The developers, Landmark Properties, presented the concept featuring 160 units, including multiple one, three and four-bedroom apartments. The project would include a parking garage...