Refugee resettlement agencies have scrambled to provide newcomers with support amid Trump’s new orders.
May 2025
Posted inHigher Education
UNC-Chapel Hill Has Delayed Tenure Votes in Most Departments This Spring
The Board of Trustees did not approve tenure cases outside of health-related schools at its last two meetings.
Posted inPolitics
For the Tuscarora, Tradition and Politics Clash in Quest for State RecognitionÂ
The Tuscarora created a unified government. The only problem? Many longtime leaders aren’t on board with the plan.Â
Posted inCulture
Paperhand Celebrates 25 Years of People, Puppetry, and Politics
An exhibit at the Greenhill Center for N.C. Art in Greensboro captures 25 years of puppetry.
Posted inHigher Education
A Small, Private College Got $40 Million in State Funds for Cybersecurity TrainingÂ
The legislature is investing big dollars at Montreat College, even though public schools have accredited cyber programs.
Posted inBusiness
North Carolina Considers Dipping a Toe Into Cryptocurrency
A bill would enable the treasurer to invest up to 5 percent of state pension assets in digital currency.
Posted inHistory
North Carolina’s Deadliest Industrial Accident, 100 Years On
A century after underground explosions killed at least 53 people, a community commemorates the state’s ‘forgotten’ mining history.
Posted inLaw Enforcement
Charlotte Police Chief To Retire With $305,000 Severance
Johnny Jennings will step down at the end of the year after former council member Tariq Bokhari threatened to wound him politically.
Posted inCulture
More Than a Card Game
Two Triangle teens have become international Pokémon stars. A fledgling Poképarent travels to Atlanta to investigate the appeal.
Posted inDevelopment
Postmark Greensboro: The King Cotton Hotel
A vacant plot of land in the center of downtown Greensboro holds decades of history and untold potential.