News
The legend of North Carolina’s most famous mother
NC native Anna Whistler’s portrait (and life) still captivate 150 years later.
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NC teachers cite discipline as biggest workplace challenge
NC public school teachers ranked student discipline as their toughest workplace challenge in a 2026 statewide survey of more than 102,000 educators, with concerns most acute in middle and high schools. Teachers tied the problem to inconsistent consequences and weak administrative follow-through, fueling burnout and threatening retention.
Opinion
How UNC silenced satire and the Daily Tar Heel
The articles may have been a bit out of touch, yes — but many of them were also really funny. And more importantly, students on campus should have the latitude to make clumsy jokes.
Opinion
Carolinians helped shape comic culture
While we properly associate American pop culture with places such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, I’d recently come to appreciate the pivotal contributions of North and South Carolinians to the pulp fiction of the early 20th century and the comic-book culture that followed it.
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House Oversight Committee summons school leaders over library books
House lawmakers call Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School leaders to testify over elementary library books, escalating oversight tied to Parents’ Bill of Rights law.
Opinion
In politics, common decency still matters
I am a conservative. He was a progressive. Still, we had many productive conversations and worked together on a few important issues where our views converged.
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Chapel Hill-Carrboro eyes school closures amid declining enrollment
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is considering closing three elementary schools to address declining enrollment and a significant budget deficit, reflecting a statewide trend of decreasing public school student populations. This decline is attributed to factors like the COVID-19 pandemic, lower birth rates, and increased enrollment in charter schools, private school voucher programs, and homeschooling.
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Foushee narrowly wins NC-4 Democratic primary as challenger Allam concedes
Progressive challenger Nida Allam concedes to Rep. Valerie Foushee after razor-thin NC-4 Democratic primary.
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GOP primary voters reject Educators on the Ballot candidates
All six candidates recruited by the pro-public school group Educators on the Ballot failed to unseat Republican incumbents in the recent primary election, suffering landslide losses across every district contested. Critics characterized the group's effort as an attempt to disrupt GOP primaries with left-leaning candidates who had recently switched parties, a strategy that was decisively rejected by Republican voters.
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Foushee ahead in 2nd expensive battle with Allam
Foushee unofficially leads 49.18% to 48.22%. Because the margin is under 1%, Allam can request a recount.
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Freed Hamas hostage from NC meets First Lady at White House
Hamas seized 251 hostages, including Keith and his wife, Aviva Siegel. Keith was a North Carolina expatriate living in Israel and grew up in Chapel Hill.
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NC officials warn to stay vigilant as ice storm nears
“Our message to North Carolina is simple: this is a serious storm, and we are taking it seriously, and so should you,” said Democratic Gov. Josh Stein at a media briefing Friday morning.
