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"Oh, the places you'll go!" handmade poster hangs on a wall at McNair Elementary

Guilford County seniors celebrate graduation with elementary students

Northern Guilford High School seniors walked the halls of McNair Elementary wearing black and purple caps and gowns Wednesday morning. Hundreds of…

Purpose In Every Twist - Owens Daniels

Chantal Stevens, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, speaks at a news conference outside the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Stevens and other voting rights advocates expressed their opposition to a pair of elections bills filed by North Carolina Senate Republicans, which were heard in committee later Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

Elections board, absentee, early vote changes heard by North Carolina Senate panel

North Carolina Republican senators began on Wednesday to attempt to advance wide-ranging voting measures addressing early and absentee balloting and transferring control over the state election board from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to legislative leaders.

The main hall at Salem Academy and College. The school is receiving a grant from NASA to support its STEM degree programs. Courtesy Salem Academy and College

Salem Academy and College will receive NASA funding to address STEM gender gap

Salem Academy and College has been awarded nearly $750,000 in funding from NASA to help address a STEM gender gap. Salem is one of seven schools…

FILE - Workers work on equipment at the West End Substation, at 6910 NC Hwy 211 in West End, N.C., Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, where a serious attack on critical infrastructure has caused a power outage to many around Southern Pines, N.C. EnergyUnited said in a news release that an alarm alerted it to an equipment problem at the substation in Randolph County, northeast of Charlotte. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)

North Carolina legislature increases penalty for utility damage after substation shootings

Increased punishments for intentionally damaging utility equipment received final legislative approval Thursday in North Carolina after attacks on the…

Ninety-two Guilford County Schools will provide breakfast and lunch to all students at no cost next year. That's 74% of the schools in the district. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

92 Guilford County Schools to provide free meals to all students next year

These schools qualified for Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) status, which means enough students at a school are participating in assistance programs, experiencing homelessness, or are migrant youth or runaways.

New dining patios along Elm Street in downtown Greensboro. Photograph by Ron Overman.

An outdoor dining upgrade is coming to downtown Greensboro

Greensboro restaurant-goers will have several enhanced dining locations from which to choose this weekend with the addition of new outdoor patios at more…

Environmental Awareness - Maggie Miller

FILE - Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan speaks to the media about hosting the NBA All-Star basketball game during a news conference in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Michael Jordan is finalizing a deal to sell the majority share of the Charlotte Hornets, a move that will end his 13-year run overseeing the organization, the team announced Friday, June 16, 2023. Jordan is selling to a group led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall, the Hornets said. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Michael Jordan selling majority ownership stake in Charlotte Hornets

Michael Jordan is finalizing a deal to sell the majority share of the Charlotte Hornets, the franchise announced Friday, leaving the 30-team NBA without any Black majority ownership.

(FILE) Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, speaks at a news conference on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C. The White House announced Friday, June 16, 2023, that Cohen will be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She succeeds Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who last month announced she was resigning effective June 30. (AP Photo/Bryan Anderson)

Former North Carolina health official is picked to be new CDC director

Dr. Mandy Cohen, a former North Carolina official, will be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House announced Friday.

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