Social worker Symone Kiddoo stands on a picnic table, grasping a bullhorn as she calls out to a crowd of teachers and school staff at a protest in January. They are gathered to protest outside the Durham Public Schools’ staff development center, on what is scheduled to be a school...

The Army plans to cut 32,000 jobs while making room for another 7,500, it announced this week. In a report that was released Tuesday, officials said they will phase out positions that are either unfilled or tied to previous counterinsurgency missions. The reports states the planned reductions are for job...

Hundreds of higher education leaders across the country gathered virtually on Feb. 28-29 for a dual enrollment conference hosted by several North Carolina agencies — the N.C. Community College System (NCCCS), the N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI), the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Early College Research Center, and...

Almost two dozen staff members didn’t show up for work Monday at a Carrboro middle school after a student threatened staff members last week. A spokesperson for the district told WRAL News 23 staff members were absent Monday, but some absences were unrelated to last week’s threat. “I’m writing to...

For most people, electricity is as simple as flipping a switch. They don’t give much thought to the process that brought the electricity into their home. But for employees at the Brunswick Nuclear Plant, the process of making, harnessing, and delivering electricity is top of mind. Located just two miles...

A barren, 42-acre site of the Swannanoa community’s once-famous blanket manufacturer will begin to see new life later this year as a multi-use park that could, in years to come, form the heart of new commercial and residential development, say a group of local entrepreneurs who shared their vision with...

Former President Donald Trump described the sinking sensation he felt watching swing states such as Pennsylvania and Georgia called for his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, during the 2020 election. “All of a sudden, bomb,” Trump said of the Pennsylvania results during a wide-ranging speech in Greensboro on Saturday. “Another one,...

Proposed new casinos in North Carolina have become a key issue in a Republican primary in Nash County. Yvonne McLeod is challenging first-term incumbent Rep. Allen Chesser, R-Nash, for a House seat representing the Rocky Mount area. McLeod, an educator who was born in Jamaica, lost to Chesser in the...

The North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force on Thursday approved its recommendations for the legislative short session, including increasing state investments in child care. The session, which starts in April, comes just months before the state’s child care programs run out of federal stabilization funding at the end of June...

Though he’s only been on the job a month, the city of High Point’s new economic development director said it’s clear to him that he walked into a good situation. Peter Bishop said he has plenty of selling points to work with when he’s recruiting businesses to the city. “The...

New compositions of North Carolina boards that approve transportation policy and spending and select economic incentive recipients are unconstitutional because lawmakers would have too much control over them, a panel of trial judges ruled. Three judges hearing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s lawsuit against Republican legislative leaders permanently blocked portions of...

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Council is still considering adult use of cannabisfor tribal members. But this week did yield a big announcement: The Great Smoky Cannabis Company, operated by Qualla Enterprises, will open April 20. “That’s the national cannabis holiday,” said Lee Griffin, human resources director of Qualla...

A ransomware gang once thought to have been crippled by law enforcement has snarled prescription processing for millions of Americans over the past week, forcing some to choose between paying prices hundreds or thousands of dollars above their usual insurance-adjusted rates or going without lifesaving medicine. Insurance giant UnitedHealthcare Group...

Dave Ramsey may be an expert at running a toxic company where employees aren’t even treated with basic respect, but when it comes to giving financial advice, he has a questionable background at best. Earlier this month, he gave some truly dumb advice to a woman whose husband got taken...

Biltmore Baptist Church is one step closer to establishing a campus in Waynesville. The town’s planning board voted 6-1 earlier this week to approve a 25,000-square-foot building on a vacant eight-acre parcel for the Buncombe County-based mega church. The project will now advance to the Waynesville town council for the...