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With less than a week before the start of the new academic year, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools has made some progress in filling teacher vacancies.…

Stroud is stepping down effective Nov. 30, and High Point city officials have already posted the position. They’re seeking candidates with a college degree and at least 10 years of law enforcement experience.

Appalachian State University opened the doors to students at its new Hickory campus Monday. It was the first day of class for hundreds of new Appalachian…

North Carolina state officials joined historians and Black community leaders Wednesday under a sprawling oak tree in the heart of downtown Raleigh for the…

Salem College officials announced a second year of record growth, with the number of new students on campus increasing by more than 50 percent. The Winston-Salem-based women’s college also received an all-time high number of applications for a second consecutive year.

Rockingham County Board of Commissioners approved a rezoning request that could pave the way for a casino, which has some residents concerned. The…

An infrastructure project on the Blue Ridge Parkway is having an impact on the roadway’s first restaurant, The Bluffs at Doughton Park. The Bluffs closed…

On Friday, another case of animal rabies in Greensboro was confirmed by the Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services. A bat discovered…

Forty percent of third grade students in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools are proficient in reading. Teachers in the district have undergone two years of professional learning to improve instruction and student outcomes, but there are some barriers to literacy that schools alone can’t break.

Across the country, books and lessons that represent different families and identities are increasingly the target of conservative pushback — even when they're for the youngest of learners. Educators and free-speech advocates say the books and lessons caught up in these bans often simply acknowledge the existence of different identities. That's crucial, experts say, to help young children develop empathy and an understanding of themselves — especially for children whose families include people of color or LGBTQ+ relatives. Of the bans targeting picture books, about three-quarters are books that address LGBTQ+ themes and roughly half mention race, PEN America says.