WRAL News Gov. Josh Stein issued a state of emergency Thursday before this weekend’s winter storm hits North Carolina. Stein’s declaration is separate from the one he issued before last weekend’s ice storm. The state of emergency ensures the state qualifies if federal is needed to respond or recover from...

Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News The UNC Board of Governors is moving forward on adopting a system-wide definition of academic freedom. According to System officials the proposal “fills out a gap” in UNC BOG policies, which have long mentioned academic freedom without defining it. But some faculty members say the “lengthy and...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  New poll results indicate support for the Opportunity Scholarship Program in North Carolina is better than 6 in 10. Support for charter schools is the lowest in three years, yet still solidly running at 57.4% to only 32.8% opposed. For the state Board of Education, 2...

Chantal Brown/Education NC North Carolina’s only university-based private school for students with dyslexia is set to open on Elon University’s campus in fall 2026 following a philanthropic donation, according to a November press release from the college. Initially, the Roberts Academy at Elon University will only admit third and fourth...

Port City Daily The largest nonprofit group funneling money into New Hanover County has announced its first grants of 2026, with more than $7 million going to the city and county government for land preservation. The Endowment announced a grant of $7.7 million to help the City of Wilmington and...

Haylee Kennedy/CBS 17 News New numbers show 2025 was a record-breaking year for downtown Raleigh, with new restaurants, apartments, and shops opening up. Nearly 16,000 people call the downtown home and the majority of those residents moved in just this past year, creating a higher demand for places to live,...

Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News More than 600 people gathered in Raleigh last April at the North Carolina Rehabilitation and Reentry Conference. One perhaps unexpected attendee sat front and center: first lady Anna Stein. The reason soon became clear. Stein addressed the crowd, announcing rehabilitation and reentry as one of three...

Dasia Williams/CityView Cumberland County Schools is facing a recurring budget gap of about $5 million, largely because it is operating more school buildings than it needs for a shrinking student population. Jay Toland, the district’s associate superintendent of business operations, told the Cumberland County Board of Education on Friday that...

Andrew Marshall/The Waynesville Mountaineer The town of Waynesville is moving forward with plans to install solar panels and solar energy battery storage to its public works building. The project, funded primarily through a grant from the Dogwood Health Trust for almost $500,000, will create a resilient disaster response hub for...

Kenneth Lee Jr./WFAE Radio The former owner of the Charlotte Checkers has been indicted on federal tax fraud charges. Federal prosecutors say Michael A. Kahn is charged with filing false tax returns and failing to report income he allegedly took from his charitable foundation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the...

Bradley George/WUNC News North Carolina’s infrastructure gets a C- in a new report card from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The report card’s authors looked at the condition of stormwater, wastewater, dams, roads, bridges, drinking water, and aviation. One area of concern is making sure water utilities can...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press A NC A&T student came up to county elections board Democrat Carolyn Bunker in tears after the North Carolina State Board of Elections’ January meeting. The board had just voted 3-2 to exclude two Guilford County college campuses from early voting primary plans. Unlike many of...

Mebane Rash/Education NC In celebration of National School Choice Week, the U.S. Departments of Education and Treasury released a joint fact sheet on the federal education tax cut on Tuesday, which was included in Sec. 70411 of the federal budget reconciliation bill and signed into law by President Donald Trump...

Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer Since Terry Ramey was elected to the county commission in 2022, his property tax records have haunted him. But an anonymous donation may have settled the matter once and for all. When Ramey was elected, he had about $2,100 of unpaid property taxes and interest, which...

Smoky Mountain News The boards of county commissioners and county supervisors in the 17 counties in North Carolina and 12 counties in Virginia that host the Blue Ridge Parkway have passed resolutions of support calling for funding to repair the national park and implement the Blue Ridge Rising Action Plan....