The UNC System Board of Governors, which oversees public colleges and universities in the state, voted Thursday to repeal and replace its policy on diversity and inclusion, a move that could lead to the elimination of diversity-related positions at schools across the state. Dozens of students planned protests about the...

On the worst days, when the backyard would flood and the toilet would gurgle and the smell of sewage hung thick in the air, Monica Arenas would flee to her mother-in-law’s home to use the bathroom or wash laundry. “It was a nightmare,” Arenas, 41, recalled one evening in the...

Toyota is planning to make a hefty new investment in its San Antonio plant, to the tune of $531.7 million. The investment came to light in documents prepared for County Commissioners, who met Tuesday to discuss potential new incentives in exchange for the automaker’s proposed investment. Commissioners gave unanimous approval...

Brittany Day will never forget when she saw the lifeless bodies of her twin daughters, Sophie and Ruby, on a hospital ultrasound in 2017. The day before, she’d felt some erratic movements. She’d taken that as a sign of healthy babies, but she now knows otherwise. In a matter of...

The conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty plans to spend more than $3 million on a multi-state advertising blitz to increase its membership and engage voters before November, following through on a pledge it made last year to become more politically active across the country in 2024. Yet the...

This article discusses LGBTQ+ mental health, suicide, and bullying. If you or someone you know needs help, reach out to the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling 988. Queer and questioning youth in need of support may call, chat, or text with crisis counselors at the Trevor Project. The...

Novant Health, the second-largest hospital operator based in North Carolina with more than $9 billion in annual revenue, promoted three executives as it continues revamping its executive leadership. John Gizdic was named chief operating officer, with the presidents of the Charlotte, Winston-Salem and North Carolina Coastal regions reporting to him,...

With several shootings, a homicide, drug violations, illegal alcohol sales and gang activity all taking place on the property of Edge Lounge at 1219 S. 5th Ave., its closure was inevitable. “We’re here today to send a very important message: nowhere to run, nowhere to hide,” New Hanover and Pender...

Some residents of northwest Moore County are organizing to try to block development of a proposed luxury driving resort just south of Randolph County that was announced last week. One of them, Joe Freeman, a farmer who said his family has owned land in the area since the 1700s, said...

The more than 1 million recreational fishermen in North Carolina will soon face new reporting requirements for some of the state’s most popular saltwater catches under legislation adopted last year, and many anglers aren’t happy about it. But when the new red tape rules will take effect remains to be...

A bipartisan proposal to fix issues with the implementation of a state law that provided for arrest records to be automatically erased in some cases is no longer moving forward. Instead, a legislative committee approved on Wednesday legislation that would repeal the law allowing automatic expunctions. The existing law expunged...

The “Keep Portland Weird!” t-shirts are on sale and it’s still common to encounter employees wearing N-95 masks. Yet that’s not what greets visitors at the iconic Powell’s Books downtown here. The first image is of the private security guard staged just past the entrance. With its ubiquitous hipster coffee...

RedBird Capital and Weatherford Capital are launching a college sports-specific investment fund, one that could lend as much as $2 billion to athletic departments across the country. Led by RedBird founder Gerry Cardinale, Collegiate Athletic Solutions (CAS) is hoping to cash in on a college sports industry in upheaval, with...

Mission Hospital faces an exodus of urologists, and five physicians from a local urology group refuse to practice at the HCA Healthcare-owned hospital, potentially reducing the number of specialists in the system to two by summer. One Mission Urology physician left in October 2023, another was terminated in January, and...

Jane O’Neal is the latest member of the Red Springs town government and law enforcement staff to part ways or be fired by the Robeson County town. O’Neal, who is 68, had served as the town manager since March 2023. She tendered her resignation on May 11. As town manager,...