Jane Winik Sartwell/The Durham Sun The UNC System is exploring the possibility of offering bachelor’s degrees that could be completed in just three years — 25% quicker than the traditional 120-hour undergraduate degree. The system is fielding proposals from system schools for such accelerated programs, with $20,000 planning grants on...

WRAL News Carrie Everett, who was crowned Miss North Carolina in 2024, died of stomach cancer on Easter Sunday, family members tell WRAL News. Everett’s parents told WRAL News their daughter died late Sunday night, asking for privacy. They shared the following statement: “Carrie Everett transitioned on Easter Sunday with...

Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News Dexter “Drew” Batts, the government manager for Martin County in eastern North Carolina, often thinks about the night his close childhood friend suffered a heart attack in 2025. The friend, a 39-year-old woman who was a member of Batts’ high school graduating class, lived just nine...

Allen G. Breed/The Associated Press Hold on to those Thanksgiving turkeys! WKRP is coming to Cincinnati — for real this time. “I cannot, by contract, tell you when. I cannot tell you who. But I can tell you, direct to the camera, WKRP, after 48 years, is coming to Cincinnati,”...

Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily The first all boys charter school in North Carolina is in the works in Wilmington and the nonprofit behind it is bringing a former New Hanover County Schools leader into the fold. New H.O.P.E. CDC — which stands for Helping Ordinary People Excel Community Development Corporation...

Emilee Phillips/The Southern Pines Pilot A familiar face is behind the bespoke hat shop Rabbit Rabbit Hat Club now in Southern Pines. The shop evolved from Gwen’s Hat Club, which has moved around a handful of times. Elizabeth Walston bought out her partner late last year and rebranded it with...

Chris Stiles/The Robesonian   Numerous Duke Energy customers made their voices heard Tuesday, March 31 in opposition to the company’s proposed rate increase in a public hearing held by the N.C. Utilities Commission (NCUC). Duke Energy has about 9,200 customers in Bladen County. Those who testified consistently said that bills...

Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News Craig Watts unlocked a small room made of plywood, flipped on the lights and tapped the photos he had taped to the fuse box. Tap, tap, tap. One for every child. Watts, a contract farmer for the poultry giant Perdue Farms, swung open a second door...

Anne Blythe/NC Health News It’s no longer futuristic or science fiction to think that your trip to the dentist might include robotics and artificial intelligence. Macon Singletary, a periodontist at North Raleigh Periodontics & Implant Center in Wake County, says it’s already here for him. Fear not, he says. Humans...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press The seeds of the resistance that kicked several incumbent Democrats out of office in the primary election were sown two years ago, in a Roanoke Rapids hotel room. In the month leading up to the 2024 primary election, a loose partnership came together to oust then-State...

Glenn Counts/WSOC News Cabarrus County Clerk of Courts Bill Baggs is facing a removal hearing scheduled for the 14th of this month. The proceedings follow a judge’s finding of probable cause to move forward with a competency case against Baggs, who was re-elected to his post last month. Baggs is...

Jenna Lapp/Brunswick Beacon A state-wide referendum could appear on the ballot Nov. 3 asking voters to approve a constitutional amendment recently created and supported by the House Select Committee on Property Tax Reduction and Reform. If passed through both chambers of the General Assembly and approved by voters, the constitutional...

Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily The Eagle’s Dare, a business on Third Street, is one step closer to keeping its cargo container functional as a secondary bar to serve drinks from during large events. On April 1, the Wilmington Planning Commission voted 6-0, with Commissioner Thomas Cofer absent, in favor of...

Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio Two funding problems regarding Hurricane Helene recovery were laid bare Thursday morning to a group of North Carolina lawmakers. First, the state program tasked with rebuilding thousands of homes damaged in the storm using money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...

Will Stone/WUNC News Responding to public health concerns about microplastics and pharmaceuticals in the nation’s drinking water, the Trump administration for the first time has placed them on a draft list of contaminants maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA announced the move Thursday, touting it as a “historic...