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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded roughly $270,000 along with a non-federal match of nearly $90,000 to help the state’s Resources Commission evaluate crayfish.

On day two of the federal trial over North Carolina’s 2018 voter ID law, plaintiffs called four witnesses to the stand.

Karen Brinson Bell, the Tar Heel state’s lead voting official, told NPR there have been nearly 60 changes in county election directors in five years of tracking the data. She cites low pay, harassment, and increased security responsibilities without additional compensation as contributors.

Beginning next month, Medicaid expansion takes place in North Carolina, giving hundreds of thousands of people living in poverty access to coverage for the very first time.

The North Carolina Republican Party Convention gets underway this afternoon in Greensboro with headline speakers including Former President Donald Trump, Former Vice President Mike Pence, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Students were released from Forsyth Technical Community College’s campus Thursday afternoon after a lockdown that followed reports of a shooting.

Lunch counter sit-ins as a form of civil protest began at the Woolworth’s in downtown Greensboro on February 1, 1960. That event caught the attention of a group of younger students in High Point who wanted to desegregate stores in their community.

Five Marines from High Point will be recognized by the city council and a local museum for their service, and for their roles in breaking the race barrier in the military.

GTCC leaders recently announced a new program that will provide a select group of roughly 30 students hundreds of hours of on-the-job experience.

New census data shows the Tar Heel State among tops in the nation for population growth last year.