Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio A group of students from North Carolina’s Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) spent a day at the state legislature Wednesday to advocate for funding and policies to support their education and voting access. At a press conference hosted by members of North Carolina’s HBCU Caucus on...

Mike Walden/WRAL News Although I have lived and worked in North Carolina for almost 50 years, I wasn’t born in our wonderful state. I was born and raised in Cincinnati. Like many people, I continue to root for the professional sports teams of my youth. In my case, in the...

Taylor Herzlich/The New York Post Popular Southern-based fast-food chain Bojangles is exploring a potential sale of its business as demand for fried chicken heats up, according to a report on Wednesday. The company could fetch more than $1.5 billion – three times what it sold for in a 2019 buyout,...

Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Waynesville is hoping to tap into hundreds of millions of dollars of available Helene related state recovery funds to pay for a needed sewer repair. The town is also seeking state help from a smaller pot of money in the form of an interest-free bridge loan...

Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro Chapel Hill’s effort to rewrite its Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) is now behind schedule, and the Chapel Hill Town Council recently heard an update on the plan to revise it at a work session on May 28. The council also discussed the need for more public...

Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Asheville Regional Airport is marking a milestone in its expansion: On Wednesday morning, AVL officials opened the doors of a new ticket lobby. The lobby — gleaming, white and full of natural light — is the latest step in a $400 million expansion that’s been...

Mary Helen Moore/NC Newsroom Two pieces of legislation that would involve North Carolina more deeply in the U.S. immigration crackdown passed the Republican-controlled General Assembly on Tuesday. Democratic Gov. Josh Stein now has 10 days to decide if he will sign the bills. A spokesperson said Stein was reviewing the...

Peter Smith/The Associated Press Southern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide. They also called for legislators to curtail sports betting and to support policies that promote...

Jack Hagel/WRAL News Chipmaker Wolfspeed says it’s laying off dozens of workers in Chatham County to adjust to softer demand for high-powered chips. The Durham-based company told state officials in an official notice this week that it plans to cut 73 manufacturing managers, technicians, engineers and other employees at its...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press When Shaneeka Moore-Lawrence was in school, cafeterias and hallways were filled with conversation. Now, they’re quieter. Most students are on their cellphones. “Students, I say jokingly, but not jokingly, come out of the womb swiping,” said Moore-Lawrence, president of the North Carolina Parent Teacher Association. “…Technology...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News A senior administrator at Western Carolina University was secretly recorded describing how the school is continuing to promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives despite a systemwide ban enacted by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors last year. The undercover footage was released June 10...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily An incoming general aviation base has recently added itself to a Federal Aviation Administration complaint against the Wilmington International Airport. This comes after more evidence of alleged unfair treatment from the airport surfaced over the last month. ARQ Realty, which has a private facility in the...

Sharryse Piggott/WUNC Radio Some Fayetteville residents have concerns over the city’s new youth curfew slated to start being enforced in a few weeks. Last month, the city council approved the new ordinance in an effort to address juvenile crime. The Youth Protection Safety Ordinance forbids anyone under the age of...

Ben Humphries/Education NC According to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, there are nearly 1.2 million people in North Carolina that attended college but stopped out before completing their degrees — known as “Some College, No Credential” students (SCNCs). The number of SCNCs under 65 in...

WCHL/Chapelboro The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools system is entering its summer with a new superintendent in charge, as the district finalized its promotion and hiring of Rodney Trice on Thursday. A 12-year veteran to the district, Trice most recently served as CHCCS’ Deputy Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, Systemic Equity...