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NC NEWSLINE - A nonprofit organization is launching a $9.25 million program in North Carolina to help train electricians across the state. Gov. Josh Stein and the Siemens Foundation announced Careers Electric on Tuesday, a national initiative kicking off in North Carolina. The investment aims to expand access to electrical training and help students transition to in-demand electrical careers. Through collaborations with the state, the program plans to train 25,000

[caption id="attachment_16267" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Worship service in a Milner Commons. (Credit: Ashley Fredde)[/caption] NC Health News - Sunlight pours through stained glass windows onto rows of wooden pews that, on occasion, still hold hymnals. But Milner Memorial Presbyterian Church, where those same windows once illuminated weekly worship, is gone. In its place stands Milner Commons, an affordable housing complex for older adults that is designed to preserve pieces of the

NC Newsline - The Durham Housing Authority's Board of Commissioners has announced that interim CEO Anthony Snell has retired after just 14 months on the job to spend more time with his family. Snell joined the agency in 2020 as director of real estate. He was named interim CEO in December 2024 following the departure of Anthony Scott, who stepped down after he and the housing authority's board reached the

THE GUARDIAN - A landmark house in Manhattan preserved as a museum to New York's 19th-century history has revealed an even more intriguing secret: its previously unknown status as a refuge for people who escaped slavery before and during the civil war. The Merchant's House Museum's link to the Underground Railroad, a network of abolitionists who secured the safe passage of enslaved people to freedom, was discovered when archaeologists looked

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Despite 10 head coaching vacancies this year, no Black head coaches were hired. The only person of color hired for a head coaching role during this 2026 cycle was Robert Saleh, who is of Lebanese descent and was hired by the Tennessee Titans. We checked in with NFL Network commentator and former Assistant GM Marc Ross for his perspective, "Painfully disappointing. All the initiatives over

RALEIGH, N.C. - Gov. Josh Stein joined the North Carolina African American Heritage Commission and the Legislative Black Caucus on Tuesday to celebrate Black farmers during Black History Month. "I am honored to shine a light on the contributions of Black farmers, whose innovation and resilience helped build North Carolina's agricultural economy from the ground up," Stein said. "This year marks 100 years of celebrations during Black History Month and

By Nicole Quick Carolina Forward Following a growing national trend, the NC House introduced a bill in April 2025 that would study the state's property tax reduction programs with a goal of reform. NC House Bill 432 would direct the Revenue Law Study Committee to evaluate options to decrease property taxes for low-income elderly and disabled residents and disabled veterans. The study bill passed the House with unanimous support before

By Karl Cameron Special To The Carolinian An Analysis The J.W. Ligon Magnet Middle School Auditorium was the scene Feb. 9 th of the Second Listening Session held by the Wake County Public School System to get input on the fate of the Middle School's building. The objective of the meeting, hosted by Wake Co. School Superintendent Dr. Robert Taylor, was to inform members of the Ligon community about the

[caption id="attachment_16215" align="alignnone" width="1536"] The entrance to the Durham County Main Library, where voters cast their primary ballots on Feb. 12, 2026, the first day of early voting. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)[/caption] NC NEWSLINE - The Republican National Committee has settled a federal lawsuit with the state Board of Elections over missing information on voter registration forms. Under the settlement filed Monday, the state agreed to continue its Registration Repair

RALEIGH, N.C. -  On Valentine's Day and Frederick Douglass's chosen birthday- thousands of moral, faith, and community leaders gathered for the "Love Forward Together" Mass People's Assembly & Moral March at the North Carolina State Capitol. The rally follows a historic 50-mile, three-day march from Wilson to Raleigh through the recently gerrymandered 1st Congressional district, drawing attention to attempts to diminish the political power of the community. Organizers of the