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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="880"] April Laissle/WFDD Several signs opposing the data center project appear throughout Walnut Cove.[/caption] NC Newsline - Community groups and Walnut Grove residents in Stokes County are suing the county to block a large hyperscale data center complex, known as Project Delta, that they say will harm environmentally sensitive areas along the Dan River corridor, damage sacred cultural sites and threaten the region's rural character. The lawsuit

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Members of the Wake County Board of Commissioners' Affordable Housing Committee met Monday morning to review programs aimed at expanding affordable housing and addressing homelessness, including new funding initiatives, partnerships and ongoing planning efforts as the county continues to face rising housing costs and a growing population. The meeting focused on the work of the Wake County Continuum of Care (CoC), a collaborative network that

[caption id="attachment_16778" align="alignnone" width="1760"] Courtesy of Museum of the Cherokee Indian. The Museum of the Cherokee Indian on the Qualla Boundary.[/caption] BPR News - The Museum of the Cherokee People is opening a new exhibit to highlight Aniywiya (Cherokee) voices and perspectives in response to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The exhibit is called "Unrelenting: Cherokee People and the American Revolution" features historic artifacts, images, and documents

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

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer In honor of Women's History Month, The Carolinian is proud to celebrate North Carolina's own Judge Betty J. Williams, a distinguished alumna of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and a dedicated career social worker who rose to prominence in the New York State Unified Court System. Judge Williams' impressive judicial career includes being elected to Civil Court in 2000 and re-elected in 2010.

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

  By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Long before the Boy Scouts of America became a nationwide institution, Black communities were already working to bring the ideals of scouting to their youth. In the early twentieth century, African American leaders and volunteers organized some of the first Black Boy Scout troops in the country, helping open opportunities for young people who were frequently excluded from mainstream civic organizations. Historians say identifying

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