Local search for North Carolina

25+ min ago  (474+ words) On June 19, the Freedmen's Schoolhouse in Smithfield will be dedicated by community leaders after completion of restorations. Out of 169 freedmen's schoolhouses in North Carolina, this is the only remaining one. "Immediately after emancipation of enslaved people in 1865, missionaries came in…...

34+ min ago  (583+ words) All parties have agreed to the dismissal of a 2023 federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina's ban on gender transition surgeries for minors. The suit had been on hold since July 2025 as supporters and opponents of the ban waited for the 4th US…...

7+ hour, 36+ min ago  (784+ words) Coming into this year's 5 A playoffs, No. 14 Salem Hills wasn't expected to do much. Sure, it wasn't a surprise that the Sky Hawks beat No. 19 Viewmont in the first round, but their second round match against No. 3 Olympus appeared likely…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (693+ words) While one group of North Carolina bar owners continues to press its lawsuit against the governor over the economic impact of COVID-related shutdowns, a second group has ended a similar suit. Plaintiffs in a case called Howell v. Cooper filed Thursday…...

4+ hour, 48+ min ago  (865+ words) Posted by Associated Press | Jun 19, 2026 | World Written by SCOTT BAUER Former President Barack'Obama formally opened his presidential center'in Chicago on Thursday with a call to defend democracy as three former presidents joined him on stage in an extraordinary event featuring…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago  (171+ words) Jack Fowler writes for National Review Online about Pennsylvania Democrats" opposition to education options their constituents support. Americans are strongly in favor of charter schools. [The survey] shows that 53 percent of all adults support them, with only 14 percent opposing, while…...

4+ hour, 22+ min ago  (112+ words) Editors at National Review Online critique the results of President Donald Trump's latest negotiation. State Department official John Negroponte made the droll comment after Richard Nixon's 1972 Christmas bombing campaign in North Vietnam that "we bombed them into accepting our concessions....

4+ hour, 16+ min ago  (250+ words) Brianna Lyman writes for the Federalist about a conflict between competing principles. For years conservatives warned that multiculturalism and free speech are on a collision course. If a society starts treating every culture as equal and beyond criticism, then eventually…...

4+ hour, 13+ min ago  (264+ words) Ashley Brasfield writes for the Daily Caller about a surprising reason why the SAVE America Act has stalled in Congress. Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago  (154+ words) Eliana Johnson writes for the Washington Free Beacon about one American expatriate's dubious dealings. A Shanghai-based American expatriate who works hand in glove with the Chinese Communist Party is using a network of American nonprofits to foment and amplify American…...