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8+ hour, 24+ min ago   (64+ words) Randy Bridges, the new interim superintendent for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, started his nine-month tenure on Thursday. He answered questions about the district’s financial recovery, leadership transitions, rebuilding community trust and more. Randy Bridges, the new interim superintendent for Winston-Salem…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (520+ words) The John Locke Foundation is supporting an Alaska group’s petition to the US Supreme Court. The case addresses a state government agency’s attempt to force Alaska Policy Forum to reveal its donors. The policy group’s legal issues started after it…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (549+ words) The United States Treasury Department released proposed regulations Oct. 1 for the Education Freedom Tax Credit, the federal program North Carolina opted into in June when the General Assembly overrode Gov. Josh Stein’s veto. The regulations spell out the requirements for…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (687+ words) North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein says the state should have launched Hurricane Helene recovery programs faster, particularly for small businesses that could not afford to wait for assistance. A new survey finds three out of four participating western North Carolina…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (806+ words) Listen to this story (10 minutes) The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and a Brunswick County developer are battling at the state’s highest court over the impact of a delayed stormwater permit. Both sides in the dispute filed briefs Wednesday…...

14+ hour, 41+ min ago   (409+ words) I said Fayetteville might see another day in the 90s before things cooled down. Looks like that day is coming up. The Cape Fear region will see a brief but impressive October warm-up leading into a soggy weekend. After that, much…...

3+ hour, 10+ min ago   (747+ words) A federal judge has denied multiple requests to throw out a lawsuit North Carolina, nine other states, and the federal government filed against landlords accused of using the RealPage software to keep rents high. US District Judge William Osteen issued…...

5+ hour, 4+ min ago   (778+ words) Eugene Merritt Jr., who was born in Rose Hill, went on to become a champion for downtown Wilmington. Merritt-Holland Company, founded by Eugene Merritt’s father and his uncle, first operated out of this tiny gas station in Rose Hill. Born…...

4+ hour, 10+ min ago   (602+ words) The US Senate on Wednesday failed to advance legislation that would bar members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from purchasing individual stocks while in office, putting a spotlight on where North Carolina’s two major-party Senate candidates stand on…...

12+ min ago   (170+ words) British police have arrested a dual U.K.-Iranian national on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following a security incident at a U.S.-run military air base in England. The 27-year-old man was arrested in London on Thursday, and police have searched…...