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State and local parks in North Carolina are getting a boost thanks to nearly $14 million in end-of-year funding.

The lawsuit, filed in West Virginia’s northern district, challenges the NCAA’s authority to impose a one-year delay in the eligibility of certain athletes who transfer between schools. The suit said the rule “unjustifiably restrains the ability of these college athletes to engage in the market for their labor as NCAA Division I college athletes.”

Students and faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will not be returning to campus this semester for in-person classes after a gunman killed three professors, the university's president an

Guilford County and Greensboro officials approved funds this week to help provide shelter for residents without housing this winter.

Surry County Schools is implementing a clear bag policy for athletic events starting next year. 

U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning announced Thursday that she will not file under lines that state election data suggests could net Republicans at least three more seats. Manning's district is now considered a GOP-leaning district. It's one of four challenged earlier this week by Black and Latino voters in a federal lawsuit alleging the new map weakens minority voting power to strengthen “the state's white majority.”

The Spatial Justice Studio in Winston-Salem has selected its 2023-2024 community fellows. They will study a host of local issues from health care access to green spaces.

It’s been decades since Winston-Salem has had regular passenger rail service, but a new grant could be a step toward bringing it back.

North Carolina’s elementary schoolers are improving their reading skills according to new data presented to the state board of education.