The 7-year-old company that last year bought North Carolina-based Blue Force Technologies was chosen Wednesday for contract by the Air Force with one other ahead of three giants in American defense. Anduril Industries, headquartered in California and founded in 2017, was chosen as one of two vendors in the Collaborative...

As Fayetteville State University Chancellor Darrell T. Allison finished his third year at the helm of the storied campus on March 15, he had accomplishments to celebrate. Some of these: Enrollment is up and dropouts are down. Research grants from outside sources have nearly doubled, from $15.2 million in the...

The State Advisory Council on Indian Education (SACIE) shared its annual report with the State Board of Education earlier this month. The report, which SACIE presents to the Board each year, provides an analysis of American Indian students’ performance regarding end-of-grade (EOG) scores, dropout and graduation rates, and suspension data....

Cape Fear River Watch’s designated Riverkeeper is petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce protections for an industry he believes is at the heart of local water pollution. In September, Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Food & Water Watch, the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network, and 11 other groups sued the EPA...

Henderson County health officials are tracking a local outbreak of whooping cough. The Health Department has confirmed 27 cases, with most occurring among school-aged children, officials said in an April 25 news release. Parents, guardians and close contacts of the affected individuals are being notified by letter or phone call,...

Despite repeated efforts to pass a medical marijuana legalization bill by a powerful Republican lawmaker, North Carolina remains one of just a few states to not permit the drug’s medical or recreational use statewide. This has largely been due to there not being enough support among GOP lawmakers, who control...

North Carolina still elects a labor commissioner, whose main job is to ensure safe workplaces. That includes maintaining safe elevators that urban dwellers rely on to get to their office and apartments, which is why many associate the job with the commissioner’s photo on the inspection form. This year’s November...

If you’ve been placing online sports bets since FanDuel, DraftKings and the like went live in North Carolina last month, you might want to prepare for a bigger tax bill next year — even if you lose. That’s because of a quirk in the federal tax law, which Tony Mecia...

About one in six people released from North Carolina prisons in 2023 were homeless, according to figures provided to NC Newsline — a rate the state hopes to cut in half by 2030. That goal is one part of an executive order issued by Gov. Roy Cooper in January to...

Harvesting enough trees to meet federal timber targets nationally is inappropriately taking precedent over ecological considerations when the U.S. Forest Services sets goals for projects in national forests, including in North Carolina, according to a recent federal lawsuit from environmental groups. Setting timber targets for the volume of lumber extracted...

In the fall of 2001, police in New Jersey raided an Ocean County warehouse to break up an illegal dogfighting ring, acting on a tip from the advocacy group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. They seized more than $30,000 in cash and four pit bull terrier dogs, two...

New information was released Thursday about what caused a plane to crash at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). The Federal Aviation Administration’s preliminary report said the “aircraft attempted to land, bounced and began a missed approach and crashed.” A UNC Health physician and pilot were taken to the hospital Wednesday after...

Western North Carolina Congressman Chuck Edwards (R-Henderson) has been unanimously sanctioned by the bipartisan House Communications Standards Commission for violating federal law and the rules of the House of Representatives, according to a press release issued today by the Henderson County Democratic Party — the group that filed the complaint...

The Moore County Board of Education recently adopted a policy revision prohibiting attendees of closed-session meetings from taking photos or recording proceedings. Seemingly a result of board member David Hensley recording prior audio and taking photos during closed sessions, board policy 1314 now has an addition: “No Board member, administrator...

If there was one thing the crowd of 230 people in E.E. Smith’s auditorium could agree on Tuesday night, it was that Fayetteville’s beloved historically Black high school needs new facilities. Applause and cheers came from Golden Bulls and community members alike as Cumberland County Schools Superintendent Dr. Marvin Connelly...