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U.S. employers added 177,000 jobs in April — a modest slowdown from the previous month, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%.

Americana artists Mark and Maggie O’Connor are performing with the Winston-Salem Symphony this weekend. The concerts, called “Beyond The Blue Ridge," celebrate the American West.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to Fort Bragg. The North Carolina base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a national effort under the Biden administration to remove names that honored Confederate leaders.

The N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction is hosting a two-day symposium for educators in Greensboro this week. It will feature discussions about what the Civil War and Reconstruction eras were like in the Piedmont, and strategies for teaching about them to middle and high school students.

According to a report by The Pre-K Priority, 58% of workers with children under five in North Carolina who left their jobs cited a lack of child care as a key reason.

North Carolina government cashed in early when it came to reaping fiscal benefits from authorized sports wagering in the ninth-largest state. A report…

Dual enrollment in Guilford County Schools increased by 46% last year. Superintendent Whitney Oakley says these students took more than 10,000 college courses, amounting to an estimated $2 million in tuition savings.

Winston-Salem Department of Transportation Director Jeff Fansler explains that the intersection at University Parkway and Coliseum Drive, being a major city corridor, requires pedestrian accommodations. Financial challenges prevented DOT from redesigning the intersection completely, but he says the city has secured funding to install pedestrian traffic signals on all four corners. The timeline for the project is late 2026 or early 2027, with an estimated cost of $120,000.

Gunfire erupted around a house party in western North Carolina early Sunday, and one person was killed and 11 others were hurt, some with gunshot wounds and others with injuries from fleeing the shooting in a usually quiet residential neighborhood, sheriff's deputies said.

The nativity scene in St. Peter's Square comes from a different place every year. For Pope Leo's first Christmas as the pontiff, this year's display comes from Salerno {sah-LAIR-no}, Italy.