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March 2025

Posted inSports

The Man Can Dance: N.C. State Team Spotlights First Male Dancer

by Sylvia Adcock March 20, 2025March 25, 2025

Ryan Cawley is one of a handful of male performers on university dance teams.

Posted inHealth

Cone Health CEO Steps Down

by Joe Killian March 19, 2025June 21, 2025

Dr. Mary Jo Cagle saw Cone through the COVID-19 pandemic and a recent acquisition.

Posted inPolitics

Run, Roy, Run?

by Calen Razor March 19, 2025April 26, 2025

Democrats are putting pressure on former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to run for senate.

Posted inReligion

Out of the Lion’s Den

by Kyle Perrotti March 19, 2025March 19, 2025

A Christian author with a long list of abandoned business deals and unpaid creditors finds a new home for his work in N.C.

Posted inHigher Education

Kevin Howell Chosen as N.C. State’s New Chancellor

by Matt Hartman March 18, 2025March 19, 2025

The UNC Health executive has deep ties to the university and will be its first Black chancellor. He will take over for the long-serving Randy Woodson.

Posted inCulture

Miso Made the Masterful Way–But in North Carolina

by Davina van Buren March 17, 2025April 27, 2025

Rutherfordton-based Miso Master has become the world’s largest organic producer of a Japanese culinary staple. 

Posted inPolitics

Why Thom Tillis Shouldn’t Worry About the Primary

by Christopher Cooper March 16, 2025March 20, 2025

Trump and his advisers have bashed the N.C senator. A political scientist explains why their efforts to replace him are almost certain to fail.

Posted inPolitics

‘Of Course People are Yelling’: Rep. Chuck Edwards Faces Protesters at Asheville Town Hall

by Jessica Wakeman March 14, 2025March 14, 2025

The GOP lawmaker’s answers were tough to hear over disruptions from the crowd of about 300 people.

Posted inHigher Education

Scoop: Belichick Asks UNC Staff To Copy Girlfriend on All Emails

by Matt Hartman March 13, 2025August 18, 2025

Somewhere in the 700 pages of UNC-Chapel Hill emails I read this week, I learned that Bill Belichick requested that staff copy his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, on every email they sent him.

Posted inBusiness

Sunblocked: Can Shibumi Make Waves South of the (NC) Border?

by Johanna F. Still March 13, 2025March 13, 2025

Myrtle Beach has maintained its ban, but Horry County is considering giving sunshades a trial period this summer. 

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