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3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (105+ words) The post Another North Carolina HBCU shatters enrollment record as Black colleges surge appeared first on HBCU Gameday. North Carolina Central University has crossed the 10,000-student mark for the first time, adding another major enrollment milestone to a growing list…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1631+ words) Forget bringing out-of-town guests to the “nice” place. Take them somewhere with a buffet. Not because you’ve given up on impressing them. Quite the opposite. This is the kind of Southern spread that can turn a perfectly polite dinner into…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (524+ words) North Carolina’s charter school association has brought in a consulting firm to write quality standards for the state’s virtual charter academies, schools the state charter office said last month none of its staff has experience evaluating. Nineteen remote charter academies…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (201+ words) A driver fell asleep behind the wheel Monday morning and slammed into a dental office on the 2200 block of Page Road in Durham, according to police. The crash happened around 7:45 a.m., when the dental practice was closed, and the driver was…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (291+ words) Mail-in ballots were on their way to voters in North Carolina Friday, despite the Trump administration's emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to lift a block on changing ballots. For now, experts say mail-in voting will remain unchanged for eligible…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (196+ words) Davis eventually turned onto Frances Avenue in Great Falls, where the pursuit continued for roughly one more mile before deputies brought it to an end. The sheriff's office says the investigation is active and ongoing, and additional charges may follow....

1+ week, 3+ day 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…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (108+ words) Officials in North Carolina are preparing to send out on Friday the first ballots in the midterm elections, even as a legal fight continues over President Trump's efforts to curtail mail-in voting,... Officials in North Carolina are preparing to send…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (901+ words) North Carolina joined more than 20 other states Monday in urging a federal Appeals Court to uphold a trial court’s decision rejecting Trump administration tariffs. A new brief at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit also asked appellate…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (675+ words) The federal government is cracking down on some potent kratom-related compounds — two of which are currently sold in consumer products such as powders, chewable tablets and liquid shots at gas stations, smoke shops and convenience stores. The U.S. Department of…...