Local search for North Carolina

1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (212+ words) SALEM - Two railroad crossings in the City of Salem are back open after being blocked by a broken-down train for nearly 12 hours. A media spokesperson for Norfolk Southern told 21 News that the train experienced engine failure in Salem early Thursday…...

3+ hour, 32+ min ago   (594+ words) Michael Malone understands exactly what he signed up for at North Carolina. There are national championship banners hanging inside the Dean E. Smith Center. There are generations of former players who remain connected to the program. There is a passionate fan…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (223+ words) Director of the Center for Effective Education, John Locke Foundation The release of annual state test scores earlier this week at the State Board of Education generated a lot of smiles. Highlights included: Graduation Rates. Data revealed record high graduation…...

13+ hour, 5+ min ago   (282+ words) A pop of red midst the green. A soft yellow reaching toward the sky. Few places are more beautiful than High Country in the Fall. Leaves are already changing colors in some parts of western North Carolina, and peak fall…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (103+ words) A 15-year-old boy allegedly driving 79 mph in a 45 mph zone slammed into a car turning left at the intersection of Station Road and Military Cutoff Road just before 11:15 p.m. on June 16, killing 37-year-old Marina Smyrnow days later. Now the teen and…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (746+ words) The Pacific Legal Foundation is watching with interest as North Carolina’s second-highest court tackles a case involving the state Department of Transportation and just compensation. At stake is more than $150,000 in legal costs awarded to a property owner in a…...

23+ hour, 12+ min ago   (753+ words) A centuries-old tradition has been revived at a Durham pub as punters are welcomed back after a £1 million revamp. The Court, a restaurant and bar in the former Court Inn on Court Lane, has been relaunched six years after last…...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago   (199+ words) (The Center Square) – Four-year cohort graduation of North Carolina’s public school students for 2025-26 is 88.8%, up from the previous year’s record 87.8%. Seeking to reach a “Best in Nation Measure” as identified in the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s strategic plan,…...

16+ hour, 54+ min ago   (274+ words) A man has been arrested on multiple charges after allegedly stealing a $900,000 air conditioning system from a Durham elementary school for scrap metal. William Leroy Jenkins, 38, of Durham was arrested Tuesday on five charges, including felony larceny, in the Aug....

3+ hour, 21+ min ago   (362+ words) Greensboro, Asheboro, and Reidsville are asking the state’s second-highest court to reverse a ruling involving state regulation of a chemical called 1,4-dioxane. The cities argue that state environmental regulators failed to follow the proper procedure before putting new rules in…...