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The State Board of Education approved on Thursday a policy that seeks to reassert control over North Carolina charter schools weeks after the General Assembly shifted decision-making for approving

Musician and songwriter Nani Vazana who performs as “Nani” will bring Ladino songs of the Jewish Sephardic diaspora to the North Carolina Folk Festival this weekend.

Statistics compiled by PTI show passenger travel is up by 12% year over year, and the number of departing seats has increased by more than double that. Cargo is the outlier in the report — it's down by about 30%. 

North Carolina public school students performed better on standardized tests this past spring compared to the year before, according to data reviewed Wednesday by the State Board of Education. But the pupils remain below proficiency rates recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Governor Roy Cooper has declared September as Deaf Awareness Month. State officials want to promote understanding and appreciation of contributions made by the state’s deaf citizens.

As North Carolina House members met privately over whether to authorize m

Attorneys with the ACLU of North Carolina sent a letter to the city of Greensboro last week warning against removing the belongings of unhoused people.

Winston-Salem’s city council approved economic incentives Tuesday for two local companies eyeing expansion. 

Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts