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On Tuesday, the Guilford County Schools Board of Education approved the name “Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School” for a future High Point school. The board also voted to name a new K-8 school after Katherine Johnson, one of several Black women who played crucial roles as NASA mathematicians.
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Despite bipartisan support in the Republican-majority state senate, House Speaker Tim Moore says medical marijuana legislation is unlikely to reach the floor in his chamber.
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The second of two self-described members of an anti-government extremist group accused in Minnesota of dealing firearm components to informants acting as members of Hamas is headed to prison. A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Benjamin Ryan Teeter, of Hampstead, North Carolina, to four years behind bars.
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It’s been 15 years since the championship was last played at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club. Pine Needles previously hosted the Women’s Open in 1996, 2001, and 2007. Annika Sorenstam, the winner in 1996, is back this year.
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Support was nearly unanimous in the chamber for the measure, which also loosens practice restrictions on specialty nurses and eases government scrutiny of medical construction and equipment.
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North Carolina is home to more than 6,000 dams and most are classified as low hazard. But some 194 of them are classified as high hazard and in poor or unsatisfactory condition.
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Charlotte needs land for affordable housing, and local churches are stepping forward to help with donations of land, money and even entire buildings.
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North Carolina, which won its eighth ACC title, has won seven consecutive games.
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The top-ranked Tar Heels finished the season 22-0, setting a school record for wins and becoming the first undefeated national champion since 2017.
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In the Charlotte region, fear and frustration mix with desperate hope for change as educators and parents face another mass school shooting.