Author: Jordan Meadows

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Book Harvest NC hosted its sixth annual Summer Block Party on Saturday at Durham Central Park, offering families across the region a free afternoon of books, live entertainment and community activities. The centerpiece of the event was a collection of 15,000 free children's books available for kids from infants through high schoolers to take home and keep. The books are described as culturally inclusive and

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Southeast Raleigh residents are demanding answers over the implementation of voter-approved parks bond projects, as community members allege that key plans have been altered without transparency and that public input has been effectively sidelined. The concerns, first reported by The Carolinian in May, center on projects tied to the historic South Park-East Raleigh neighborhood, including the renovation and expansion of the John P. "Top" Greene

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer In a unanimous vote at a meeting of the RTP Owners and Tenants Association, companies and landowners across the 7,000-acre research campus approved a sweeping set of new development standards under the RTP 3.0 framework. For the first time in the park's nearly 70-year history, the approval clears the way for mixed-use and residential projects on land that has been governed by a single corporate-campus

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has temporarily suspended most vehicle stops during enforcement operations nationwide following two deadly shootings involving ICE agents in Maine and Texas. The directive was issued by Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin who told the department to stop non-urgent vehicle stops following the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old Colombian man in Biddeford, Maine. The pause applies to ICE's Enforcement and Removal

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer North Carolina's AI Leadership Council released a statewide artificial intelligence strategic roadmap last Tuesday, offering the state's most comprehensive policy framework yet for how government agencies, workers and residents should navigate the growing influence of AI across public life. The roadmap, developed over roughly ten months following Gov. Josh Stein's creation of the AI Leadership Council through Executive Order 24 in September 2025, organizes 17

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Edmonia Lewis, widely considered the first sculptor of African American descent to achieve international prominence, is receiving renewed attention more than a century after her death, following a pair of recognitions: a commemorative stamp issued by the United States Postal Service and a posthumous degree awarded by Oberlin College in Ohio. Lewis, who was born on the Fourth of July 1844 near Albany, New York,

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Gov. Josh Stein signed four bipartisan bills into law Monday at the Executive Mansion, capping the General Assembly's short session with legislation addressing gang violence, the state's involuntary commitment system, housing affordability and a sweeping overhaul of how North Carolina hires and retains state employees. "Today I am proud to sign into law four bills," Stein said. "Each will make North Carolina stronger in different

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Nine people were shot and at least 29 arrests were made after an estimated 8,000 teenagers gathered across two Raleigh locations over the Fourth of July weekend in what police described as large, social media-organized "teen takeovers," prompting renewed scrutiny of juvenile laws. The incidents unfolded late Saturday night into early Sunday morning, on the Fourth and fifth of July, beginning at Brier Creek Commons

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Educator and civil rights advocate Rose Butler Browne played a key role in advancing educational access in North Carolina and across the United States during the 20th century. Born in Boston in 1897, Browne was raised in a family that emphasized education despite financial hardship. In her autobiography, Love My Children, she described the influence of her great-grandmother, whom she called the "High Priestess," as

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Community members, county officials and local treatment providers gathered Wednesday morning at the McKimmon Center at NC State University for Wake County's annual opioid settlement community meeting, an event meant to both report back on how the county has spent its share of national opioid settlement funds and gather input on where that money should go next. Wake County is set to receive more than