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By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Shawtown - Shawtown, North Carolina, is a historically African American community near Lillington in Harnett County. Distinguished by a robust history of community-driven education, primarily centered around the Shawtown School, this institution was established through the Rosenwald Fund in the 1920s to serve the educational needs of Black children. The Shawtown School's origins date back to the early 1900s, initiating on a small parcel of

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Data centers have become the backbone of modern life. In North Carolina, that backbone is expanding at a historic pace by bringing billions in investment, thousands of construction jobs and a growing debate over energy, water and who pays the bill. The warehouse-sized facilities that power cloud computing, artificial intelligence, streaming services and nearly every corner of the modern digital economy are expanding rapidly across

By Cash Michaels Contributing Writer The party standard-bearers of the all-important November 2026 North Carolina midterm elections were elected Tuesday night. Candidates must have won more than 30% of the vote in their respective races to secure their party's nomination to run in November and avoid a May runoff. The results from the Tuesday primary contests are unofficial and preliminary, to be certified at a later date. In the Democratic

NC Newsline -The Democratic primary for North Carolina's 4th Congressional District is heading to a likely recount, with incumbent Valerie Foushee leading by one percentage point. In unofficial results, Foushee won 49.22% of the vote, just 1.01% more than the 48.21% for Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam. Mary Patterson won 2.6%. Foushee leads Allam by 1,202 votes out of nearly 122,000 primary votes cast. Provisional ballots and some military and

SC DAILY GAZETTE - Thousands of mourners came to South Carolina's capital Monday to say "thank you" to the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the iconic civil rights figure whose activism helped change a nation. Jackson died Feb. 17 at his home in Chicago at age 84. Though never an elected official himself, he inspired generations of Americans through his historic 1984 and 1988 campaigns for president. Two of his sons became

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Chapel Hill - If you haven't seen a Legacy Heirs production, please go to the website immediately and learn more. Sonny Kelly is an outstanding actor and educator. His one-man plays are absolutely captivating. His unique ability to embody so many people with a change in the tone of his voice, or a hat, or a pencil, is particularly incredible. Kelly has a way of

FAYETTEVILLE, NC -- Local businessman Frederick Surgeon, owner of Sweet Valley Ranch and Surgeon & Associates, Inc., has been appointed to the North Carolina Ports Authority Board of Directors by Governor Josh Stein. The appointment was announced by the Governor's office in late 2025, and Surgeon will serve a six-year term. "It is an honor to serve the state of North Carolina on the North Carolina Ports Authority Board of

[caption id="attachment_16363" align="alignnone" width="784"] Sen. Natalie Murdock (D-Durham) (Photo: NCGA screen capture)[/caption] NC Newsline - Becoming a fully licensed cosmetologist in North Carolina takes 1,500 hours of studying hair, skin, and nail services - even if you just want to provide natural hair care. Some community colleges are asking state lawmakers to consider lowering the number of required hours and creating lower-level licenses for certain services. "To put this into

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Professional snowboarder Zeb Powell has spent the past few years redefining what the sport looks like while carrying his North Carolina roots onto some of snowboarding's biggest stages.  Born in Charlotte and raised in Waynesville, Powell grew up far from the traditional mountain hubs that typically produce elite riders, yet carved out a path that would eventually make him one of the most recognizable figures

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Last Wednesday, the State Archives of NC's America 250 held a panel discussion offering a detailed examination of how colonial and early state laws shaped the lives of African Americans in North Carolina. The panel, titled "Bound by Law: Limits to Emancipation during the Revolution" revealed deep contradictions between revolutionary ideals of liberty and the legal system that restricted Black freedom.  Hosted as a lunch-and-learn