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Education Mold and classes in trailers: Inadequate funding for schools is hurting NC communities

Schools across the state are dealing with dilapidated classrooms and buildings in need of significant repair or a total rebuild due to a lack of investment in public education.

Dylan Rhoney Dylan Rhoney November 27, 2023 10:43 am EST
community North Carolina wide receiver Kobe Paysour (8) runs in for a touchdown as South Carolina defensive back Keenan Nelson Jr. (18) looks on during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)
community Good News Friday: NC Teams Put A Whoopin’ on SC Teams This Week

NC schools brought the pain to their SC rivals. Plus: A Balsam, NC woman turns 100, and her flowers—planted by her late husband—turn 48.

Leah Sherrell Leah Sherrell September 8, 2023 11:04 am EDT
community 5 Ordinary North Carolinians Making an Extraordinary Difference
community 5 Ordinary North Carolinians Making an Extraordinary Difference

These folks didn’t let age, money, time, or any other factors stop them from helping their NC communities.

Vanessa Infanzon Vanessa Infanzon September 7, 2023 3:50 pm EDT
Charlotte 4 North Carolinians Making a Difference for Kids in the Tar Heel State
Charlotte 4 North Carolinians Making a Difference for Kids in the Tar Heel State

They say that children are our future. The North Carolinians in this story made a choice to help the future look a little brighter.

Vanessa Infanzon Vanessa Infanzon September 7, 2023 3:30 pm EDT
community Flowers lay under a boarded up window at Caudill Labs on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, after a graduate student fatally shot his faculty adviser. A bullet hole could be seen earlier Tuesday in the bottom left corner of that window. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)
community Why the Shooting at UNC-Chapel Hill Is Different for Asian Americans

When people of color are accused of committing high-profile crimes, their community tends to bear the blame for it too. It’s the same way in the UNC shooting.

Leah Sherrell Leah Sherrell September 6, 2023 1:23 pm EDT

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The proposed rule would require utility companies to locate and dig up roughly 370,000 lead pipes statewide within 10 years to ensure clean drinking water for North Carolinians and to protect children’s health. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Infrastructure Biden wants to replace all lead pipes in North Carolina within 10 years
"Holiday Lights in the Garden" is an annual light show in Fayetteville's Cape Fear Botanical Gardens. (Image via Cape Fear Botanical Gardens) community The 12 Best Christmas Tree Farms and Light Displays in NC
Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina signed the Medicaid expansion law in March. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum) Medicaid How to apply for health insurance under North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion
In this 2017 file photo, young hogs owned by Smithfield Foods gather around a water source. The Chinese-owned company, which is one of the largest employers in Sampson County, NC, has been the subject of multiple "hog nuisance" lawsuits because the smells, the noise, and health concerns. But hogs are just one of the environmental concerns in this rural NC county. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) Agriculture ‘You can’t win for losing’: Inside Sampson County, NC’s environmental nightmare
Commentary Back-To-School in NC
Commentary Why Back-To-School Is So Gut-Wrenching (And So Important) For Me Right Now

I lost a child in January. But our local public schools made the grief more bearable. 

Billy Ball Billy Ball August 31, 2023 1:57 pm EDT
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community We Asked a NC Teacher What They Need This School Year. Here’s What They Said.

There are lots of ways you can show appreciation for educators. We got advice straight from a NC teacher.

Leah Sherrell Leah Sherrell August 23, 2023 12:12 pm EDT