Addressing a sharp increase in private-school grant applications, North Carolina Republicans advanced legislation on Wednesday to spend hundreds of millions of dollars now to eliminate a large waiting list this fall for Opportunity Scholarships and to permanently meet expected higher demand. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted for legislation that would...

A bill that would require North Carolina sheriffs to comply with requests by federal agents interested in picking up jail inmates believed to be in the country illegally passed a Senate committee Tuesday, making it the first major legislation to advance in this year’s work session. The bill already cleared...

De-annexation opponents in Summerfield are traveling to Raleigh later this week, hoping their visit coincides with a legislative vote to remove nearly 1,000 acres from the town. “This will likely be the last opportunity we have to make a powerful, in-person impact in the fight against de-annexation… Summerfield needs to...

The N.C. High School Athletic Association’s Board of Directors approved a major change to the state’s high school athletic landscape Tuesday during its annual spring meeting in Chapel Hill. The board voted 17-0 to adopt a recommendation from its bylaw committee to determine which classifications its members schools will go...

When Diana Chapman was applying to UNC-Chapel Hill’s Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program earlier this year, she knew she eventually wanted to teach in the Wake County Public School System — or leave North Carolina entirely. The convenience of being close to her family in Raleigh was one...

A group of Chapel Hill and Carrboro town council members issued a joint statement on Wednesday, criticizing the UNC administration’s response to pro-Palestine demonstrators during an encampment protest and subsequent rally on Tuesday. A signed letter from four Chapel Hill and four Carrboro elected officials said the group strongly condemns...

Tidal flooding is creating a potential public health hazard on the streets and roads of coastal towns, according to a recently published study. The study found elevated levels of fecal bacteria in water samples collected over the course of two months from a tidal creek in Beaufort and its streets...

Canton leaders have enthusiastically cleared the way for Canton Investors, LLC to build the largest apartment complex in the Haywood County. Haywood native Michael Parrot first proposed an apartment/retail complex on property just off Interstate 40 two years ago. His updated proposal now includes 300 units as opposed to the...

The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Avery County sheriff and a deputy did not have qualified immunity protecting them from a lawsuit related to a 2016 arrest. David Thurston argued that Kevin Frye, Avery’s sheriff at the time, and Lee Buchanan, the deputy in charge...

As of April 29, the Henderson County Department of Public Health reports there are now 43 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in Henderson County, which is a 59% rise in just four days. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a serious respiratory disease characterized by a...

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country. The DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House...

At 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning, 30 protesters within the inner part of the pro-Palestinian “Triangle Gaza Solidarity Encampment” that began on Friday were detained by law enforcement and moved to Gerrard Hall. Six of those detainees were arrested and transported to the magistrate’s office in the Orange County Detention...

Nearly half of North Carolina’s population will now have access to a new court case management system even as the rollout has been criticized by members of the legal community. The system, known as eCourts, went live Monday in Durham, Guilford and eight other counties across central North Carolina. Developed...

In one of the nation’s most devastating attacks on law enforcement in generations, a suspect fired a high-powered rifle at officers in east Charlotte Monday afternoon, killing four and injuring four others. A little after 9:30 p.m., Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer died from the injuries he sustained while assisting...

A social media post accuses unnamed North Carolina lawmakers of drunk and disorderly behavior at a bourbon-tasting event in Kentucky. The scene was described Saturday in a post on Reddit by a person who says they work at a bourbon distillery in the Louisville area. The distillery was the site...