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Parent anxiety high as Opportunity Scholarship rally planned for Wednesday
Around 55,000 students and their families remain in limbo, stuck on a waitlist for the Opportunity Scholarship program, as uncertainty continues to swirl over whether North Carolina lawmakers will fully fund the program for a new school year that kicks off in a matter of weeks. Tapping into that sense...
Green fundraising outpaces Morrow in superintendent race
Democrat Mo Green is raking in the donations in the statewide race for N.C. superintendent of public instruction. Green raised more than six times the amount of Republican opponent Michele Morrow in the second fundraising quarter. “Mo has made history in North Carolina,” said Misti Williams, Green’s campaign manager, in a statement to The Center Square, noting that no other candidate for the statewide office has raised even close to...
Federal court ends fight over Novant $320M merger proposal
Another stamp of finality, this one from a federal court, has been given to Novant Health’s proposed $320 million merger with Lake Norman regional Medical Center and Davis Regional Psychiatric Hospital. The injunction sought by the Federal Trade Commission had already been granted June 18, and in response Novant said it would discontinue pursuit of the deal. This week, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion erasing the June 5 opinion of U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Bell. ...
North Carolina’s Latest Brewery
According to Charlotte Business Journal, Suffolk Punch Brewing is hoping to open its latest taproom in Birkdale Village in Huntersville in time for the holidays. Suffolk Punch Brewing already has two locations in Charlotte including South End and an 11,000 square foot spot in SouthPark Mall. And now, those folks...
NCHSAA head: No NIL deals for high schoolers
Because of a new state school board policy, talented high school student-athletes in North Carolina will have to wait till they reach the collegiate level before they can profit from deals using their name, image or likeness. That’s according to Que Tucker, commissioner of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, who was the guest speaker at the 9th annual Northeastern North Carolina High School Football Media Day, presented Friday by Elizabeth City State University’s WRVS FM 89.9 campus radio station. ...
The Triad’s in for a cloudy week!
PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — Clouds steadily increase overnight Sunday into Monday morning leaving us with mostly cloudy skies to start the work week. Temperatures will be in the upper 60s Monday morning with highs reaching the low 80s. A few rounds of rainfall and thunderstorms will be possible on Monday, so make sure to […]
Partisan split on pushing HCA to sell Mission Health? NC, US legislative candidates
ASHEVILLE - A partisan split looks to be forming over a new effort to push the for-profit HCA to sell Mission Health to a nonprofit. All six Democratic incumbents or challengers for Buncombe County congressional or North Carolina General Assembly seats said they supported Reclaim Healthcare WNC. The coalition of doctors, elected officials...
Three White Supremacists Sentenced for Plotting to Destroy Power Grid
The men “planned and trained to attack America’s power grid to advance their violent white supremacist ideology,” the government said. A press statement from the Department of Justice says that the three men who planned a white supremacist attack on an energy plant in Idaho or one of the states nearby were sentenced on July 25.
Tryon Palace explores 14,000 years of indigenous history in Community Class series
A new educational initiative at Tryon Palace is shedding light on North Carolina's indigenous history. The program aims to provide a comprehensive look at pre-colonial and early colonial North Carolina from a Native American perspective. Nancy Strickland Chavis from UNC-Pembroke is curating the series. As a Native American historian and...
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