Author: Jordan Meadows

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer  Veterans, and community members gathered on August 20th at a ribbon cutting event in Garner where the Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System officially opened its newest and largest outpatient facility-the Garner VA Clinic, a state-of-the-art center located on Benson Road. The new facility is set to serve more than 30,000 veterans across 27 counties in Central and Eastern North Carolina, including Wake County-home to

[caption id="attachment_13459" align="alignnone" width="1536"] LeVelle Moton (center) turns dirt on site of future Cottages of Idlewild. (Photo by Greg Childress/NC Newsline)[/caption] BY: Jordan Meadows  Staff Writer On Monday, the Raleigh Area Land Trust (RALT), in partnership with Raleigh Raised Development and the City of Raleigh, officially broke ground on the Cottages of Idlewild, the city's first permanently affordable cottage court community. Located in the historically Black neighborhood of Idlewild-the first

  By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, born Elizabeth Nevills on January 5, 1893, in Carrboro, North Carolina, emerged as one of the most influential figures in American folk and blues music. A self-taught, left-handed guitarist, Cotten developed a singular playing style by flipping a right-handed guitar upside down, creating a distinctive technique in which her thumb played the melody and her fingers plucked the bass strings. This

[caption id="attachment_13327" align="alignnone" width="1920"] A rendering of the potential redevelopment of Northgate Mall in Durham. Courtesy of Northwood Investors[/caption] By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Last week, Raleigh's Planning Commission unanimously approved a controversial rezoning request that would allow the West at Peace development-a proposed 30-story mixed-use tower near Smoky Hollow-to move forward. The development, backed by Raleigh Development Company, aims to bring over 900 residential units, retail space, restaurants, and

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer North Carolina Central University's Department of Nursing broke new ground in health education last Thursday, becoming the first university in North Carolina to implement an immersive interactive training room designed to revolutionize how nursing students train for real-world clinical situations. Located on the second floor of the nursing building, the new immersive room transports students into high-stakes medical scenarios, including everything from post-operative complications to

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer North Carolina has found itself at the center of a fierce national debate over the future use of private school vouchers. A program launched in 2014 to help low-income families access private schooling has now grown into a nearly billion-dollar initiative, driven by aggressive legislative expansion, rising private school tuition, and new opportunities introduced by federal policy. The state's Opportunity Scholarship Program was initially underutilized,

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Just outside the nation's capital, in the suburban sprawl of Montgomery County, Maryland, lies a serene 116-acre stretch of forested land named in honor of a man whose legacy was nearly lost to history-Matthew Henson. Matthew Henson State Park Stream Valley Park is threaded with a 4.2-mile paved trail that winds through woodlands and wetlands, with deer, wild turkeys, and birds making frequent appearances. Most

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer North Carolina teachers often spend over $900 of their own money on classroom supplies. To help lighten that burden, WakeEd Partnership, an independent nonprofit working to improve public education, created Tools4Schools, a free classroom supply store serving Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) teachers. Since opening in 2022, Tools4Schools has given away more than $1.6 million worth of new school supplies to WCPSS teachers. In

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Josephine Amanda Groves Holloway, born on March 10, 1898, in Cowpens, South Carolina, was a determined pioneer who worked to ensure African-American girls had a place in the Girl Scouts. The seventh of ten children born to Emma Gray Groves and Methodist minister John Wesley Groves, she was raised in a household that deeply valued education. After completing Brewer Normal School in Beaufort, she followed

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Mike Whiting, affectionately known across the Triangle as "Big Mike," is more than just a familiar face at Carolina Hurricanes games-he's the heartbeat of the fan experience, a beloved preschool teacher, and a local hero whose impact spans classrooms, arenas, and countless hearts. Raised in Cary, North Carolina, Mike grew up as one of the few Black families in the area, where he developed a