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High Point officer resigns after DWI charges, department confirms
HIGH POINT, N.C. — A High Point officer resigned from the department Thursday after receiving DWI charges, the department confirmed. Officer Christian M. Pfahlert, 25, was driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding at a high rate of 70 in a 35 mile per hour zone early Tuesday morning, investigators said.
U.S. titanium company to invest $867 million in new Fayetteville manufacturing site
A US titanium company is choosing Fayetteville as the home of its new manufacturing facility. The new titanium mill is projected to invest almost $1 billion into the city's tax base and bring more than 300 jobs.The site at Bethune Drive in Fayetteville is about 100 acres of unoccupied land now but officials said American Titanium Metals decided its forthcoming mill could be up and running there as early as 2027."We know we were up against other states, including Texas being one other state here in the South," said Robert Van Geons, President & CEO, of Fayetteville Cumberland County Economic...
UNC Football: The Waiting Game
It’s been a long summer (he writes, fully knowing that we are still smack-dab in the middle of it). The hard-baked heat of June and early July has given way to the afternoon storms that you can set your watch to here in the middle of North Carolina. Life has continued, somehow, shuffling ever onward under the humidity and crushing heat, days melting off of the calendar one after another. There is a week remaining in July, then it’s a truly downhill (albeit still hotter than fish grease) run to the end of August and the beginning of football season.
Meet the Carolina Housing Staff
Hello new and returning students! The Carolina Housing staff and I are so excited for move-in, we wanted to share some helpful tips regarding the package center, how to address technology issues, tar heel talks, student staff opportunities and more!. Becca Gillison: The Assistant Director for Student Staff Recruitment and...
Weekend Football Recruiting Visitor’s List
Recruits can visit programs on campus again this weekend, and as it does on the last weekend of July every year, North Carolina will host a bevvy of prospects, both committed and uncommitted, this weekend in Chapel Hill. On tap will be a variety of fun events, which in the past has included wiffle ball, as an example, a cook out, and even ice cream trucks. It’s a social weekend as much as anything else, and has been a success under Mack Brown since his return to UNC more than five years ago. Most of the visitors this weekend are...
Abigail’s Academics: Sparkman Becomes The First Volleyball Student-Athlete To Complete A Master’s Program
ELON, N.C. – Every May, Elon University holds its undergraduate and master's commencement ceremonies. This year, attending the master's commencement ceremony was a first for the Elon University volleyball coaching staff. Graduate student defensive specialist Abigail Sparkman earned her Master of Arts in Interactive Media and became the first...
Gas prices fell from last week: See how much here
Regional gas prices fell last week and reached an average of $3.30 per gallon of regular fuel on Monday, down from last week's price of $3.39 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The average fuel price in the Lower Atlantic region has risen about 4 cents since last month. According to the EIA, gas prices across the region in the last year have been as low as $2.88 on Dec. 18, 2023, and as...
Judge strikes down a North Carolina abortion restriction but upholds another
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that a provision in North Carolina’s abortion laws requiring doctors to document the location of a pregnancy before prescribing abortion pills should be blocked permanently, affirming that it was too vague to be enforced reasonably. The implementation of that requirement was already halted last year by U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles until a lawsuit challenging portions of the abortion law enacted by the Republican-dominated General Assembly in 2023 was litigated further. Eagles now says a permanent injunction would be issued at some point. But Eagles on Friday restored enforcement of...
Dolley Madison photo sold for thousands just one artifact of the former First Lady’s life
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Sotheby’s made a big deal out of this little image of Dolley Madison when they auctioned it off recently, but down at the Greensboro History Museum, old photos of Madison are, well, old hat. The museum is home to a small chest that holds some of Madison’s personal effects. “Inside that chest were daguerreotypes, […]
Two N.C. A&T Aggies nominated for the 2024 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team
Five CAA Football players and one head coach are among a distinguished group of 178 nominees for the 2024 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. Making the list for the Aggies is North Carolina A&T senior defensive end Henry Daniel with Head coach Vincent Brown selected as one of the 11 coach nominees.
Rental Pricing Software Could be Artificially Raising Rents for Triangle Tenants
The software company RealPage, which sets prices for large shares of the rental market in Raleigh and Durham, is the subject of an antitrust investigation by the state attorney general. In a new report, the Triangle chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America says it has found evidence that RealPage...
N.C. Coaches Association announces coaches for 2025 all-star games
The N.C. Coaches Association has released the names of the coaches who will lead teams in the 2025 East-West All-Star Games and the Carolinas Classic. The Carolinas Classic, which features some of North Carolina's top senior boys & girls basketball players and their counterparts from South Carolina, will be played in March 2025, though an exact date has not been announced.
Food news: See what Fayetteville restaurants and food trucks opened or closed this summer
June and July brought several openings and closings in the Fayetteville-area food scene. Two mall food court stands closed in Fayetteville and a burger drive-thru in Spring Lake served its last meal. A new restaurant and bar opened on Bragg Boulevard in Fayetteville, two food trucks made their debut, and a hot dog stand moved into a brick-and-mortar restaurant on Raeford Road. ...
UNC Pembroke receives $950K undergraduate research grant
ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WPDE) — The University of North Carolina Pembroke has been awarded a $950,000 grant for the REACH program. The grant is awarded by the Mellon Foundation, which has funded the program since 2019. REACH stands for Research Engagement Action Community Humanities. Funding supports research site visits...
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