Adam Wagner/WUNC News Gov. Josh Stein announced Monday that he is pulling his nomination of Jeff Smythe to lead the N.C. Department of Public Safety. Stein pointed to the North Carolina State Senate’s refusal to confirm Smythe or hold a hearing for him since Stein announced his appointment to the...

Richard Craver/Winston-Salem Journal Want to own a 20-story, former corporate headquarters building in downtown Winston-Salem? It could be possible, given a starting bid of $300,000, for the vacant BB&T Financial Center. The 272,820-square-foot building, situated on 1.22 acres at 200 W. Second St., is up for online auction from noon...

Hannah Leyva/WNCN The City of Durham has announced it has selected a new chief of police. Stephanie Mardis will be the city’s next law enforcement leader following the retirement of Chief Patrice Andrews earlier this year. After a nationwide search for her successor, the city decided to hire someone already...

James Farrell/WFAE Radio Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders have in recent years celebrated what they describe as historic academic gains. CMS cracked the top 10 districts in North Carolina for academic growth during the 2024-25 school year and removed a record number of its schools from the state’s low-performing list. District leaders...

Neal Charnoff/WFDD Radio Businesses impacted by the recent drought are now eligible for federal disaster assistance. The U.S. Small Business Administration will offer low-interest loans beginning March 15, 2027. Up to $2 million in assistance will be available to small businesses, private nonprofits, faith-based organizations and small agricultural entities. Eligible...

Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline It’s move-in week for college students across North Carolina. And once students have gotten settled into their dorms, their attention will turn to getting the classes needed to fulfill their chosen major. But which career paths are a safe bet in 2026? U.S. employers cut 23,000 jobs...

The Greater Fayetteville Business Journal Local business and community leaders convened on Aug. 7 for the Business & Child Care Summit, where they examined how North Carolina’s child care crisis is stinting workforce participation, straining employers and costing Moore County an estimated $43.5 million annually. During the Summit at the...

Destinee Patterson/WRAL News Shaw University said it has been able to accommodate every student who has applied for on-campus housing. The university previously notified students of limited housing options following a fire that shut down the Dimple Newsome dorm last school year. Shaw University’s academic calendar lists the first day...

Chantal Brown/Education NC Over a hundred educators met in Chapel Hill on Aug. 3 to attend the first ever, two-day Reigniting Teacher Passion Conference hosted by the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership. Educators were able to connect with colleagues and industry partners through a variety of professional development sessions....

Lexi Tatum/The Bladen Journal Bladen County has been awarded $2.5 million through the state’s Community Development Block Grant program to replace its cramped emergency operations center with a 7,000-square-foot facility designed to coordinate the county’s response during natural disasters, according to County Manager Samuel Croom. The center would be built...

Aarik Long/The Waynesville Mountaineer The late withdrawal of Congressman Chuck Edwards, R-Hendersonville, from the race following a stinging House Ethics investigation has resulted in a ticking clock for the party to choose a replacement candidate in time for ballots to be printed. While the election may seem like three months...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  Duke University School of Law, seventh-best nationally in a U.S. News & World Report ranking and consistent member of the national T14 list, discriminated based on race in admissions for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 classes, says the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of...

Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog At a Buncombe County Commission workshop in April, Asheville City Schools Superintendent Maggie Fehrman asked for an increase in the local tax that supplements the district. What she got was a broadside from County Commissioner Al Whitesides. “We’re treating our African American students like we were in...

Andrew Pomeranz/The Carolina Journal House Majority Leader Brenden Jones, R-Columbus, is urging State Treasurer Brad Briner and the State Health Plan Board of Trustees to halt a new provider-tier system, warning that it would make local care more expensive for rural members and weaken community hospitals. In a letter to...

Walker Livingston/Carolina Public Press Western North Carolina has some unique healthcare challenges with only one Level One trauma center in the 18-county region, widening healthcare gaps, which the now-in-limbo Healthy Opportunities Pilots worked to address. But, a new statewide program that will be rolled out across the region soon looks...