Public Education
Teacher guilty of abusing special-needs students in North Carolina; school district delayed police report 2 yearsA North Carolina public school teacher has been found guilty on six counts of assaulting persons with disabilities and now faces two federal lawsuits for his conduct. The November verdict… Read More
Government
NC Legislature passes ‘common sense’ override to ban sanctuary cities for illegal immigrantsFirst it was school choice, and now it’s sanctuary cities. Twice this week, Republicans in North Carolina’s Legislature used their supermajorities to override Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes of… Read More
Public Education
NC Legislature empties school choice waitlist as it overrides Democrat governor’s vetoAnother 54,000 students will join North Carolina’s school choice program after the state Legislature overrode Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto this week on funding for it. The Republicans used their… Read More
Government
Boil water notice ends in Asheville(The Center Square) – Residents of North Carolina’s most populous mountain city are no longer under a boil water notice, Asheville officials announced on Monday. Extensive rain and flooding from… Read More
Culture
Helene death toll rises to 103 in North Carolina, 232 in South(The Center Square) – North Carolina fatalities linked to Hurricane Helene has risen to 103, says the Division of Public Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. The… Read More
Public Education
Toxic lead discovered in Asheville, North Carolina schools’ waterAsheville public schools still don’t have clean water, city officials have reported. On Thursday, Clay Chandler of Asheville’s Water Resources Department (WRD) said a Nov. 7 test found lead… Read More
Government
NC Republicans make final push to fully fund school choiceThe North Carolina Legislature is making one final push to fully fund school choice before Republicans lose their supermajority. North Carolina’s wildly popular Opportunity Scholarships program,… Read More
Opinion
Government delivered inflation – but no real aid –in North Carolina(The Daily Signal) – North Carolina can’t catch a break under the Biden-Harris administration. The federal government’s appalling response to Hurricane Helene almost surely cost lives, adding insult to the… Read More
Opinion
‘Stay strong hill country’: One volunteer’s perspective on the devastation in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene(The Daily Signal) – Beside a lonely road in Boone, North Carolina, Styrofoam stood, balanced on cardboard and weighed down by a rock. Scrawled on it in faded black, yellow,… Read More
Government
China continues buying up land near US military installations(The Daily Signal) – Chinese companies and Chinese nationals have been buying farmland across the United States, disproportionately located in the vicinity of major military installations. This includes land located near… Read More
Weather
Helene: In North Carolina, 7 missing, 101 dead; 229 died in 7 states(The Center Square) – Seven North Carolinians remain unaccounted for or missing and 101 in the state are dead from Hurricane Helene, which has claimed the lives of 229 across… Read More
2024 election
Competing visions for the nation highlighted on election trail(The Center Square) – With just six days until Election Day, both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris made appearances in North Carolina on Wednesday. They were… Read More
Public Education
Lab schools for UNC System demonstrate significant gains(The Center Square) – Several lab schools established by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to improve academic performance have demonstrated significant gains, according to a new report. Read More
Government
‘Voting means everything’: NC resident blasts government for incompetent Hurricane Helene response, says election matters now more than everMere weeks after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on long-deprived residents of western North Carolina, two goals remain: survive and vote. “Voting this year means more. It means everything,” a longtime… Read More
Public Education
NC community forbids Ten Commandments, Constitution displays in schoolsA school district in North Carolina has decided against allowing the display of the Ten Commandments and other “founding documents” in its schools, citing the possibility of legal repercussions. Members… Read More
Government
NC National Guard has no information about armed militias ‘hunting FEMA’ despite media reportsThe public affairs office at the North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) tells The Heartlander it has no information about an alleged interaction between its soldiers and supposed militia “hunting FEMA.”… Read More
Politics
Will battleground North Carolina voters overcome Hurricane Helene challenges?(The Daily Signal) – The North Carolina State Board of Elections unanimously passed measures attempting to address concerns about hurricane-ravaged western counties leading up to the Nov. 5 presidential election. With… Read More
Public Education
Beloved NC teacher among two dozen missing educators in wake of Hurricane HeleneThe search continues for a North Carolina middle school teacher after her home was swept away by flood waters in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Kim Ashby, a math teacher… Read More
Culture
‘Everything was gone’: Volunteer first responders recall slothful government response to Hurricane Helene, ask for prayerWhen Hurricane Helene devastated North Carolina, the first responders weren’t from the government. The real first responders weren’t paid, trained, or even supposed to be there. They were young… Read More
Government
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoes school choice once againDemocratic Gov. Roy Cooper has again attempted to stifle school choice in North Carolina by vetoing additional funding the Legislature approved for students waiting for scholarships. Earlier this month, Republican… Read More