James Farrell/WFAE Radio As North Carolina faces challenges in recruiting and retaining teachers, a recent statewide survey of school districts shows the number of unfilled teaching jobs has dropped significantly this school year. But the report’s authors say the factors behind that decline are complicated. The North Carolina School Superintendents’...

Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio According to the complaint filed Monday, former Wake Forest University athletic trainer Bridget Sullivan and school officials mutually agreed to part ways, and was not fired. A former Wake Forest University athletic trainer is suing North Carolina Rep. Pat Harrigan for falsely claiming she was fired for...

Mark Jurkowitz/Outer Banks Voice Following a lengthy discussion at their Oct. 6 meeting, the Dare County Commissioners voted 6-1 to approve a request for a total of $400,000 in startup funding for the first two years of the Dare Housing Foundation. The Dare Housing Foundation is the organization to be...

Sergio Osnaya-Prieto/Education NC The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) presented new statewide literacy data to the State Board of Education during its meeting on Wednesday. Seventy percent of first graders were proficient at or above the benchmark for the DIBELS 8 (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills 8th Edition)...

WCHL Chapelboro In the twelfth installment of “Excellence Unveiled,” Frank Leibfarth, Royce Murray Distinguished term Professor of Chemistry, speaking on the importance of making plastic waste easier to reuse and removing PFAS from drinking water — and the work UNC’s chemistry department does to advance our understanding of the world...

Joy Crist/Coastal Review Online Cleanup efforts are continuing this week in Buxton and Rodanthe following the collapse of nine oceanfront homes last week — eight in Buxton and one in Rodanthe — as National Park Service crews, area organizations, and volunteers work to remove large volumes of debris scattered along...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily UNCW is extending its space reservation system to its spirit rocks next week after a conflict over the rock being painted with the late Charlie Kirk’s image last month. A new reservation system will go into affect on Monday, Oct. 6, at 8 a.m. At that...

David Ford/WFDD Radio On Monday, the Eastern Music Festival Board of Directors announced its vote to dissolve the organization. The nationally recognized summer educational and musical performance program was founded in 1962. The board’s decision followed nearly two years of negotiations. In a statement, it called the musicians’ union demand...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Two candidates have launched campaigns in the 2026 North Carolina House District 106 Democratic primary to oust seven-term incumbent Carla Cunningham, who’s become a lightning rod for her votes on immigration. Rev. Dr. Rodney Sadler and Vermanno Bowman both say Cunningham no longer represents the district. She...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press A group of silent protesters lined the entrance of the Cherokee Justice Center on Sept. 29 as Curtis Cochran made a brief appearance in tribal court for his ongoing sexual assault case. Many held homemade signs inscribed with messages such as “Hold Predators Accountable” and “No...

Andrew Howard, Liz Crampton & Elena Schneider/Politico President Donald Trump is ratcheting up pressure on Republicans to redraw congressional maps across the country, going as far as weighing a primary challenge to New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte if she continues avoiding a remapping effort in her state. The warning —...

Nick Fogleman/The Watauga Democrat David Jackson, president and CEO of the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce, urged federal officials to broaden disaster aid and put more staff on the ground with small businesses during a U.S. Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing on Hurricane Helene’s fallout. U.S. Sen. Ted...

Ashley Fredde/NC Health News A bill recently sent to Gov. Josh Stein by the North Carolina legislature could be a small step in addressing the state’s housing supply gap. An added benefit: Getting more housing built could improve the state’s fire safety. North Carolina is projected to gain 5 percent...

Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online It started two weeks ago, when one small, unoccupied house here fell into the ocean, long before two powerful tropical storms were approaching Hatteras Island. But by mid-afternoon Tuesday, shortly before high tide, both hurricanes Humberto and Imelda, while well offshore, had supercharged the ocean off...

Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice On September 19, Currituck County announced that it is developing a Beach Management Plan. The plan follows a five-year Shoreline Stability Assessment study by Coastal Protection Engineering (CPE), the company that will be the consultant for the Beach Management Plan. Currituck County Manager Rebecca Gay indicated...