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An annual survey of North Carolina superintendents found K-12 school vacancies were down by a third this fall, but it's in part because districts cut positions due to funding losses.

For dedicated hosts, trivia is a craft and commitment. Where they’re successful, regulars return each week, loyal to their chosen venue’s host and quiz style.

A debate has been sparked among Black pastors who are trying to square a heroic view of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist who was gunned down in Utah this month, with the insulting statements about people of color that were key to his political activism. Conservatives and white Christians, particularly evangelicals, are emphasizing Kirk's faith and label him a martyr. From the pulpits of Black churches, pastors used their sermons to denounce what they called hateful rhetoric from Kirk that runs counter to the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Gospel. Many Black clergy have linked the veneration of Kirk to a history of weaponizing faith to justify colonialism, enslavement and bigotry.

As part of an ongoing Army-wide transformation, the state guard’s largest unit, the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, will be remade as a lighter, faster-moving force.

One year after Helene, Asheville’s service industry contends with weaker tourism, fewer jobs and lingering storm trauma, all while trying to keep a happy face for customers.

The proposal was added to Iryna's Law during debate late Monday evening. It added a partisan element to a bill that had appeared to have bipartisan support.

Medicaid coverage will likely be cut next month – and state employees and teachers will continue to go without raises – after Republican legislative leaders concluded a session Tuesday without reaching a compromise on most state budget issues.

Republicans in the N.C. House have introduced a bill calling for tougher penalties for political violence in response to the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

BJ Barham of the Raleigh-based band American Aquarium is running for one of three vacant seats on the Wendell Board of Commissioners.

The legislation is named after Iryna Zarutska, who died after being stabbed on board a Charlotte light rail train last month.

State lawmakers are back in Raleigh this week, but Republicans still haven't reached an agreement on a budget and Medicaid funding.

The former provost at UNC-Chapel Hill has filed a legal complaint against the school.