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SportsRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State has reached a deal with former Wolfpack quarterback Philip Rivers to become its next head football coach in Raleigh, N.C., pending a vote by the university's board of trustees. Under school rules, the trustees must sign off on the agreement…
SportsCHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers are close to full strength heading into Sunday’s NFL trip to New Orleans, with only one player on the active roster sitting out Thursday’s practice. Linebacker Bobby Okereke sat out again with the foot problem that cost him last…
Education
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s Charter Schools Review Board this week cleared one new school for a 2028 opening, turned down another and pushed a third applicant to a second interview, while charter leaders facing renewal pressed the board to rethink how their academic results are judged. Hawkins Charter School,…
Education
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's private school voucher program, which grew sharply after lawmakers opened it to families of every income, is likely to face its toughest review in years once Democrats take over the state House in January. Speaker-elect Robert Reives, a Chatham County Democrat, told reporters Tuesday that…
Education
RALEIGH, N.C. — A state panel that studies how to prevent child deaths wants the General Assembly to pay for more school nurses, counselors, social workers and psychologists next year, and it sees North Carolina's settlement with Meta as one way to cover the bill. The Child Fatality Task Force…
Business
RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina State Fair more than tripled what it collected from food and drink sellers this year after switching to a fee based on sales, and fair leaders say the percentage model is here to stay despite complaints from some vendors. The fair took in just…
Business
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke Health has asked North Carolina health regulators to let it build a $575 million hospital in southern Durham County near Research Triangle Park, setting up another big-ticket expansion in one of the state’s fastest-growing health care markets. The request, known as a certificate of need, went…
Business
RALEIGH, N.C. — The first of two federal crackdowns on hemp products takes effect Thursday, and North Carolina retailers say the second one, due next month, is the one that could close their doors. Starting Nov. 12, stores can no longer sell hemp-derived products made with cannabinoids that a cannabis…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — Eastern North Carolina will send a Democrat to Congress for the first time in three decades after Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy conceded the 3rd District race to former state House member Raymond Smith. Smith holds a 293-vote edge in unofficial State Board of Elections returns, 118,488…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is one of the leaders of a bipartisan group of 49 attorneys general pressing federal regulators to close gaps that let robocallers onto the phone network. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, the coalition asks the agency to tighten…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — Jason Saine, the former top budget writer in the North Carolina House who now works as a lobbyist, says he expects to be indicted Thursday by a Wake County grand jury in the long-running case over a 2024 trip lawmakers took to Kentucky distilleries. In a statement…
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