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High Point is now home to North Carolina's first school named after a Latina person. Guilford County Schools hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School this week. 

Forsyth County's Historic Resources Commission has launched a new online tool to identify former Green Book locations in Winston-Salem.

State officials are urging residents to stay safe online, with Governor Roy Cooper proclaiming October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month.  The governor released a statement noting that advances in digital technology have opened the door to more sophisticated cyber threats, and he’s urging users to make “smart decisions” online.

A teenager is facing murder charges in adult court nearly one year after police say the youth killed five people and injured two others in a shooting rampage that rocked his quiet neighborhood in North Carolina’s capital city.

North Carolina laws requiring citizens to reside in the state and within a precinct at least 30 days before an election date to be eligible to vote are unlawful and must be blocked, a union-affilia

Several people were removed from a Greensboro City Council meeting Tuesday after loud chants protesting a policy to limit disruptions.

The fall session of High Point’s International Furniture Market is less than two weeks away, and organizers are hoping new product lines will give a boost to the industry.

North Carolina’s wildlife rabies vaccination program gets underway this week as part of an annual effort to help protect North Carolinians and their pets.

Now that Kevin McCarthy is out of his job as House speaker, one of his top lieutenants is presiding over the chamber while the chamber figures out who will be the next leader.