Author: The Carolinian

Investopedia-Whether you want to open a new restaurant or sell homemade crafts online, starting your own business can seem like a daunting task, especially if you don't have a lot of money on hand. The one-year survival rate of small businesses, across various regions of the country, ranged from roughly 74% to more than 78% in 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Another BLS report found that

[caption id="attachment_16835" align="alignnone" width="912"] Raleigh residents are invited to share ideas for safer streets as the city gathers input for its Safe Streets for All plan.[/caption] By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer A growing set of tax incentives meant to encourage development and expand affordable housing in Wake County is now raising alarms among local officials, who say a surge in property tax exemptions could jeopardize funding for schools, public safety,

WUNC - The military's presence in North Carolina is dominated by Fort Bragg, the nation's largest Army base by population, and Camp Lejeune, the Marine Corps' main east coast infantry base. The state also has a major Army National Guard brigade of several thousand citizen soldiers. With no ground fighting, the state's major units of soldiers and Marines haven't been tapped for the war with Iran. But troops and military

THE CONVERSATION - North America's most diverse professional league kicks off on Feb. 21, 2026, as Major League Soccer returns after a winter break. The league, commonly known as the MLS, long prided itself as a standard-bearer for racial and national diversity: With players representing around 80 countries across six continents competing for teams. Members of racial minorities make up 63% of players and 36% of head coaches, according to

THE GUARDIAN - One afternoon last October, at a hotel in a forest in a Nairobi suburb, a few dozen people sat quietly in a room watching the 2020 documentary If Objects Could Speak, which explores restitution by tracing the roots of a Kenyan artefact stored in a German museum. The people were at the two-day Wakati Wetu ("Our Time" in Swahili) festival, aimed at sparking global conversations on reparative

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Durham - Avani Shah, founder and CEO of Therapy Smarts Inc., has been recognized as one of the region's outstanding health care leaders by Triangle Business Journal in its 2026 Health Care Leadership Awards. The annual awards celebrate individuals across the Triangle who are making a significant impact in health care through leadership, innovation, and dedication to improving patient outcomes. Shah was selected among a

NC Health News - What if your health plan offered free surgery, but only by surgeons on its approved list? That's the incentive behind a new program the North Carolina State Health Plan is rolling out for more than 700,000 teachers, state workers and their families. The plan connects members needing certain procedures with a select network of vetted surgeons and hospitals. Last week, officials announced that Novant Health will

[caption id="attachment_16662" align="alignleft" width="331"] The NC Court of Appeals ruled in 2013 that Cane Creek Village was entitled to a property tax exemption. (Photo: NC General Assembly Legislative Analysis)[/caption] NC NEWSLINE - A growing number of apartment complex owners in Wake County and elsewhere in North Carolina are taking advantage of a state law that grants property tax exemptions to nonprofits that provide affordable housing to low-and moderate-income residents, Wake

NC NEWSLINE - If it seems like your seasonal allergies start a little earlier every year, it's not all in your head. North Carolina is seeing a longer allergy season as a result of climate change, according to a new report from Climate Central. Raleigh's allergy season has lengthened by 41 days - more than a month - between 1970 and 2025, according to the analysis published March 4. The

[caption id="attachment_16795" align="alignnone" width="780"] A Wake County student's assigned laptop. Kate Denning / Carolina Public Press[/caption] CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS - Due to exhausted funds and concerns about excessive computer-screen time, some North Carolina public and private schools are considering reversing course on one-to-one device access and scaling back on in-class use. Districts across the country received billions in federal funding during the pandemic, hundreds of millions of which went toward