Author: Jordan Meadows

  By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Edward Austin Johnson, born enslaved in Raleigh on November 23, 1860, became a leading educator, attorney, author, and political figure whose work shaped public life in Wake County.  Johnson was educated first by Nancy Walton, a free African American woman who also instructed white children from prominent families, and later at a school run by two white New Englanders. After graduating from Washington School

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Apple's long-anticipated Research Triangle Park (RTP) campus has entered another extended holding pattern as North Carolina formally approved the company's request to push back the hiring and investment milestones tied to its incentive package. The NC Economic Investment Committee voted to grant Apple a four-year extension on the timelines originally established in 2021, effectively restarting an agreement that could ultimately deliver up to $845 million

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Raleigh Police Department has announced that Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., retired Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS), will join the agency as Deputy Chief of the Administrative Services Division beginning January 5, 2026.  Buffaloe brings more than three decades of law enforcement, public safety, and administrative experience to Raleigh. As state public safety secretary, he oversaw more than 21,000 sworn

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Enloe Charity Ball is one of the Triangle's most impactful student-run philanthropic traditions. Founded in 2004 by Rachel Escobar and paused only once, during the COVID year of 2020, the organization has become a defining feature of Enloe High School's culture. Each year, the event is planned, executed, and led entirely by students in Enloe's Student Council, who select a local nonprofit beneficiary, run

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Central Children's Home of North Carolina-originally founded as the Grant Colored Asylum-stands as one of the most significant African American child-care institutions in the state. Its origins trace back to the Reconstruction era, when the emancipation of enslaved people and the decline of the apprenticeship system created a sudden rise in homeless and neglected Black children who lacked safe and reliable care. In 1873,

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) has released the 2025-2030 North Carolina Cancer Plan, outlining an ambitious roadmap to reduce cancer incidence, improve early detection, expand treatment access and support survivors statewide. With cancer remaining the second leading cause of death in the state, the new five-year plan confronts both the biological and social factors that shape cancer outcomes, with a

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Knights of Labor (KOL)-founded in 1869 and once the nation's largest labor organization-left an imprint on North Carolina far deeper than their brief period of prominence suggests. At their peak in the 1880s, the Knights expanded from a handful of assemblies in the Raleigh-Durham area to a statewide force stretching from Asheville to the port city of Wilmington. The first North Carolina assemblies of

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Landis family of Creedmoor, North Carolina, long celebrated in the two-part documentary series A Singing Stream, represents one of the most remarkable family histories in the state-an intergenerational story shaped by land, labor, and a musical tradition passed down like an heirloom. The family story begins with matriarch Bertha Mangum Landis, born in 1898-the same year as the Wilmington Race Riot. Her lifetime would

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Federal immigration authorities expanded their presence into Raleigh on Tuesday, intensifying an enforcement surge that began in Charlotte over the weekend and has already produced more than 130 arrests.  Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell confirmed Monday that agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) "are already in Raleigh" and will be active throughout the week.  City leaders were given little

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer More than a decade after filing a civil lawsuit over an alleged timber fraud, a group of brothers from Martin County, North Carolina, say they are still struggling to access basic court documents and have faced repeated procedural and financial setbacks they believe reflect deeper inequities in the state's civil justice system. The case, first filed in 2009 in Martin County Superior Court, centers on