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By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Professional snowboarder Zeb Powell has spent the past few years redefining what the sport looks like while carrying his North Carolina roots onto some of snowboarding’s biggest stages.  Born in Charlotte and raised in Waynesville, […]

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Last Wednesday, the State Archives of NC’s America 250 held a panel discussion offering a detailed examination of how colonial and early state laws shaped the lives of African Americans in North Carolina. The panel, […]

Carolina Public Press – Where are all the men? That’s the question the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal is asking in its new policy brief analyzing enrollment data, which found that women outnumber men at every UNC System […]

NC Newsline – Longtime affordable housing allies in Orange County are at odds over a 75-unit townhouse development in Hillsborough that one side contends prices out low- and modest-income African American families. The disagreement pits Habitat For Humanity of Orange […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Raleigh – In an era defined by the relentless glow of smartphone screens and the rapid-fire pace of digital notifications, a new storefront on 228 Fayetteville Street is asking Raleigh residents to do something radical: […]

Lillington, NC – February 15 – The Harnett County African American Heritage Center proudly hosted its annual Black History Program on Sunday, February 15, at the Harnett County Resource Center in Lillington, North Carolina. This highly anticipated event brought together […]

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Another pillar of the Black Press has fallen. In February, the Richmond Free Press announced it would cease publication after 34 years, sending shockwaves through Virginia’s Black political, civic, and business communities. Founded in 1992 […]

RALEIGH, N.C. – What North Carolina Black Alliance (NCBA) has done in its 25 years, particularly its work to correct environmental injustices, was singled out this month when the Wake County Board of Commissioners approved a proclamation both recognizing Black […]

MILAN (AP) – As soon as U.S. hockey defender Laila Edwards skated onto the Olympic ice ahead of Thursday’s gold medal win against Canada, she scanned the stands for the real MVP: Her 91-year-old grandmother. Their shared ritual was on […]

REIDSVILLE, NC — Recent pipeline explosions across the United States are raising serious concerns about the expansion of high-pressure fossil fuel infrastructure through the Piedmont of Virginia and North Carolina. From a catastrophic explosion in Minnesota linked to aging weld […]