North Carolina’s weatherization programs, critical to keeping the elderly, poor and disabled warm in the winter, face a critical juncture as recent funding and administrative challenges threaten their effectiveness. Officials with Community Action Agencies that administer the program in their local communities are expressing mounting frustration over what they see...

It’s not just traditional office space that is seeing an uptick in empty spaces across the Triangle. The vacancy rate for lab space and life sciences-related manufacturing space has also grown in the past year. Why it matters: The Triangle has become one of the most attractive markets for biotech...

Homeschooling in North Carolina is on the rise once again after a brief decrease following the spike during the COVID-19 pandemic; the same seems to be true in the country at large. This article looks at how North Carolina’s homeschooling policies compare to other states’ and what recent changes have...

A UNC financial aid initiative will soon honor 20 years of providing students with financial and career support with a year-round series of events. The anniversary celebration is set to kick off this month as classes begin. Since 2004, UNC’s Carolina Covenant program has helped give qualifying students from low...

East Carolina University and ECU Health are launching a new graduate-level certificate program aimed at getting more nurse practitioners in acute care settings for adults and the aging population. It’s called the Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program. ECU Health donated a grant to the university for $1.5 million...

Thousands of dollars in rebates are available for commercial businesses, owners of apartment complexes and other large-scale property owners who want to help reduce the amount of pollutant-laden stormwater runoff reaching two Wilmington watersheds. The city in January launched a green infrastructure cost-share rebate program, one intended to further boost...

Back in May, law enforcement officers were called to disband a pro-Palestine rally and encampment at Wake Forest University. A committee charged with reviewing the school’s response to the protest released their findings last week. The After Action Review Committee is made up of six faculty and staff members. Over...

In a new video obtained by WRAL News, Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson says he would reject federal funding for North Carolina schools. The video was taken at a private event near Asheville July 10. Robinson was asked by an attendee what he could do to fight school bureaucracy at the...

Two months ago, Charlotte officials and business leaders reached a compromise on their multi-billion dollar transportation plan. To please Republican lawmakers in Raleigh and move the stalled plan forward, they agreed to spend more on roads and less on rail transit. Under the compromise plan, if Mecklenburg voters approve increasing...

With summer coming to a close, the efforts in the fall statewide and national election cycle are kicking into high gear. North Carolina is once again seen as a battleground state, with a tight gubernatorial race and parties vying to either break or maintain a super majority in the state...

Homeschoolers who want to take advanced courses not offered in their homeschool setting have always been able to enroll in their local public school. To make more families aware of that opportunity, Guilford County Schools is launching a new marketing strategy in an effort to also boost falling student enrollment....

During a 2022 Trusted Elections Tour, hosted by the North Carolina Network for Fair, Safe and Secure Elections, a woman from Edenton said she received 14 absentee ballots. She was concerned about the potential for election fraud, but there was one issue. She didn’t actually receive 14 absentee ballots; she...

Trisha Byers left behind one crucial item when she moved to North Carolina last year to be closer to her family after suffering a brain injury: health insurance. In Massachusetts, Byers, 39, was enrolled in Medicaid, the government health program that covers low-income people. But she was ineligible in North...

Summerfield’s legal bills soared to a record last fiscal year, but by exactly how much remains a mystery to the public. Since taking charge June 11, interim Town Manager and Finance Officer Dana Luther hasn’t released monthly reports of the town’s finances for June, the last month in fiscal year...

The battle to limit house size continues in the Town of Oak Island, but one player has been removed from the field. Planning board member Melanie Morgan submitted her resignation in early August after two of her colleagues filed code of ethics complaints against her. The complaints, cataloged by council...