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By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Lillington, NC – Under the leadership of President Benita Harrington, the Harnett County NAACP 5473B has maintained a consistent and influential presence in local governance, with representatives attending meetings ranging from the Board of Elections […]

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina is continuing its “Stop Summer Hunger” campaign through July 31 as officials warn of what they describe as the most severe hunger crisis in generations across […]

RALEIGH, NC – Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) has closed on financing to renovate 50 affordable rental apartments in duplex apartment buildings on Garner Road in Raleigh, North Carolina. POAH purchased the property with support from Wake County with the […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Clara Ester, an activist who as a 20-year-old college student rushed to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s side when he was shot, has died. Ester, who died on July 9 at the age of 78, […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Buies Creek, NC – On a webpage dedicated to ending Campbell University’s River Park Clear-Cutting Plan, a citizen shared the following: “I remember walking through the woodlands of Campbell University’s River Park, a place that […]

By Karl Cameron Contributing Writer WASHINGTON DC-Rev. Isaiah Green, Jr. and his Civil Rights Group, Equal Treatment Now, Inc., which has supported Bridget M. Long since 2023 in her Civil Rights Employment Discrimination Retaliation Claim case, has gotten approval to […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Winnabow, NC – Amidst the heavy, sun-drenched air of the lower Cape Fear, history and art converged at the Brunswick Town Fort Anderson State Historic Site on Thursday, July 16. Dozens of community members, historians, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind pill that can drastically reduce cholesterol in a way that’s previously only been available with expensive, injectable drugs. The drug from Merck was OK’d on Thursday for patients […]

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Book Harvest NC hosted its sixth annual Summer Block Party on Saturday at Durham Central Park, offering families across the region a free afternoon of books, live entertainment and community activities. The centerpiece of the […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Fayetteville, NC – On Wednesday, July 15, Fayetteville State University’s Rudolph Jones Student Center became the epicenter for critical regional discourse as it hosted the inaugural “Fayetteville Newsmakers” civic dialogue. Co-organized by The Assembly Network […]