The House committee charged with determining the future of education spent Monday evening in Union County hearing success stories from the local public school system, community college and private university.

The UNC System Office’s chief operating officer – a key lieutenant to President Peter Hans – is leaving for a new job as the University of Texas System’s new executive vice chancellor for business affairs.

Several members of the UNC Board of Governors voiced concerns Thursday about the speedy timeline the legislature mandated for the UNC System Office to move its headquarters to Raleigh.

Lynette Mitchell’s small Chapel Hill child care center had reopened from Christmas break for just a few hours when she got the call: One of the kids there had tested positive for COVID-19.

Cybersecurity is a big and growing deal. Every week, there are stories about some hackers breaking in and stealing data, or extorting money from companies with ransomware attacks. This struck close to home last spring when a cyberattack led to the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, and we ran short...