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By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Rocky Mount residents who rely on public transportation now have a new option for getting around on Sundays, filling a long-standing gap in the city’s public transit system. Tar River Transit launched TRT2GO on Sunday, […]

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) opened nominations for its 2027 National Small Business Week Awards, which recognize exceptional small business owners from every state. National Small Business Week will take place May 2-8, 2027. Nominations must […]

By Steve Worthy Photography North Carolina Central University and Campbell University went back and forth in a competitive non-conference matchup on October 3 in Durham, with Campbell ultimately holding off the Eagles for a 38-31 victory. NC Central quarterback Nelson […]

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Black Conservative Federation released its 2026 State of Black America Report on Wednesday afternoon, presenting what the organization’s leaders described as an accounting of Black American life built entirely from federal, academic, and independently […]

Dr. Joynicole Martinez Rising Tide Capital She opens her salon at 7 a.m., cuts hair until the last client leaves, and goes home to do the books at the kitchen table. She pays her taxes. She employs two stylists. And […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer The North Carolina Department of Commerce released August County and Area Unemployment figures on September 30th. We learned that unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) decreased in 91 counties in August 2026 and remained unchanged in […]

THE CONVERSATION – The 2026 U.S. midterm campaigns are the first in which AI-generated political ads are regularly appearing on people’s televisions and social media feeds. We are researchers who have been studying political advertising through the Wesleyan Media Project […]

NC NEWSLINE – With Election Day less than a month away, lawmakers in several states are suspending gas taxes or rolling back regulations on diesel fuel as voters grow increasingly frustrated with rising fuel costs amid President Donald Trump’s war […]

The 2026 Color of Education Summit brought educators, students, researchers, policymakers, advocates and community leaders together at the McKimmon Conference & Training Center in Raleigh on Oct. 3 for a day focused on racial equity and educational justice in North […]

NC NEWSLINE – The U.S. Department of the Treasury released new guidance Thursday for participating states, scholarship-granting organizations and taxpayers as the federal scholarship tax credit program prepares to take effect in January. Created through President Donald Trump’s massive tax […]