WRAL News Wake County Public School System leaders are investigating a breach involving the system that contains teachers’ and students’ data across North Carolina. According to the school district, they were notified of a cybersecurity incident involving Canvas, a statewide learning management system run by Instructure. Teachers use Canvas to...

Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog Mission Hospital has no plans to add staff in key areas – including trauma care, security, and nursing administration – as part of its recently approved, now-contested, 95-bed acute-care expansion, according to its application to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Despite conditional approval...

Analisa Sorrells Archer/Education NC Home to nearly 40 million people, California’s population is roughly 3.5 times the size of North Carolina’s. But despite their differences, the two states share one thing in common: they have two of the largest community college systems in the country. California Community Colleges has 116...

Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News A new coalition of North Carolina parents is taking aim at Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley, alleging his past leadership decisions placed children at risk and demanding accountability ahead of the November election. The group, calling itself Parents Against Whatley, launched this week with more...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro As Orange County continues to explore ways to reform its property appraisal and tax evaluation processes, its Board of Commissioners approved the hire of a firm to conduct a review and make recommendations for improvement. The local government’s elected officials voted to contract the New York-based real...

Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press Facing pressure to show significant progress in dealing with financial issues, Littleton town officials informed the North Carolina Local Government Commission in a meeting on Tuesday that they completed the town’s 2021 audit and are close to hiring a new long-term finance officer. That appears likely...

Colin Campbell/WUNC News The state legislature could soon make university pay for student athletes a confidential record. Compensation for public university employees in North Carolina is a public record, from football coaches to professors and security guards. But legislation introduced in the House on Wednesday would exempt payments to athletes...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  Commissioners in Wake County have paused, for at least 90 days, any action toward approval of Atrium Health’s takeover of WakeMed. In a surprise move, the commissioners on Friday had placed within Monday’s consent agenda an item for WakeMed’s articles of incorporation and a transfer agreement...

Christine Zhu/NC Newsline  Bipartisan lawmakers in the North Carolina House are backing a bill that would provide equal health insurance coverage for diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging. Legislators have introduced “Breast Cancer Prevention Imaging Parity” measures four times in recent years. The bill has passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio A Cuban man living in Charlotte died last week while in federal immigration custody at a detention center in Georgia. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said 33-year-old Denny Adan Gonzalez died last Tuesday at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. ICE says Gonzalez’s cause of...

WRAL News Protesters are expected to gather on Wednesday to oppose Duke Energy with a demonstration in downtown Raleigh. Environmentally conscious advocates, led by nonprofit group NC WARN, are raising concerns about rising power bills and fossil fuel expansion, as regulators approve a merger that could change how electricity is...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press The University of North Carolina System announced last month it was exploring the feasibility of offering degree programs consisting of around 90 credit hours as opposed to the typical 120. The UNC System’s curiosity about quicker, cheaper degrees is in line with national trends, appearing in...

Conor Doherty/WWAY News A newly filed bill in the North Carolina General Assembly could change who has the final say over development decisions in Brunswick County. House Bill 1222, introduced Tuesday by Rep. Charles Miller, would shift approval authority for new developments from the county’s planning board back to the...

April Laissle/WFDD Radio Winston-Salem officials are proposing a tight budget for the next fiscal year, citing rising costs driven in part by inflation and higher prices for major equipment. Construction expenses are up more than 80%, and the price of new fire trucks has nearly doubled. That’s what city manager...

Carrie Frye/The Southern Pines Pilot The need for dementia care is urgent and growing, nationally and right here at home. In Moore County, nearly one in four residents is over age 65, with communities like Pinehurst approaching 40 percent over age 65, more than double the national average. The fastest-growing...