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By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer This past Labor Day weekend, downtown Raleigh was transformed into a celebration of heritage, creativity, and community during the 16th Annual African American Cultural Festival (AACF) of Raleigh and Wake County. Drawing an estimated 50,000 attendees, the free, family-friendly event stretched across Fayetteville Street and Hargett Street and embraced this year's powerful theme: "Heritage Heartbeat: 16 Years of Rhythm." Festival organizer Pam Thompson Smith explained

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer  A wave of optimism swept through Raleigh as Fathers Forever, a local nonprofit dedicated to empowering fathers, hosted a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at its newly expanded campus on Stony Brook Road.  The event on Thursday drew a crowd of supporters, community leaders, and program participants to witness a new chapter in the organization's journey.  The ceremony's keynote speaker was First Lady Anna Stein, who shared her

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Throughout the last century, Black Americans have made their voices heard not only through marches, speeches, and sit-ins, but also through a lesser-remembered yet equally powerful form of protest: the economic boycott.  These boycotts were not merely refusals to spend; they were declarations of self-worth. Black communities organizing economic resistance-refusing to support businesses that refused to hire, respect, or serve them with fairness-was vital to

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

By: Chris Lamb The Conversation John Rivers, John Bailey, David Middleton, Leroy Major and Buck Godfrey - all teammates from the 1955 Cannon Street YMCA Little League All-Star team - left Charleston, South Carolina, on a bus on Aug. 18, 2025. After a stop at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, for a couple days - where their story is included in an exhibit on Black baseball

[caption id="attachment_13449" align="alignnone" width="1440"] Hampton infielder Mo'ne Davis (3) fields a ground ball during an NCAA game (AP Photo/Mike Caudill)[/caption] AP NEWS-Hundreds of women will flock to Washington on Friday to take their first swings at turning pro baseball dreams into reality. Some at the historic tryout will be seasoned veterans and trailblazers in the women's game. Plenty others are beginners chasing a shot at the pros. They'll meet on

Atlanta, GA-The sight of a vehicle driving itself, with a passenger in the back and an empty driver's seat, might seem like a scene from a science-fiction movie. But for many, this is becoming a daily reality. The question is, are we ready for this shift? The Carolinian sat down with autonomous vehicle expert Allanté V. Whitmore, PhD, Executive Board Vice President for PAVE (Partners for AV Education), to discuss

[caption id="attachment_13469" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Teachers at a WakeEd Partnership event Aug. 21, 2025: (Photo by Ahmed Jallow/NCNewsline)[/caption] By: Ahmed Jallow NC Newsline Justin Lane teaches agriculture electives at Carnage Magnet Middle School in Wake County, where students plant, measure and diagram their own gardens. That means his classroom needs a diverse toolkit. Scissors to trim plants, construction paper to draw plants, identifying rulers to measure growth, and a lot of

By: Ms. Jheri Worldwide Staff Writer Dunn, NC - A recent incident at a local grocery store has ignited concerns about the implications of North Carolina's permitless carry law and the importance of responsible firearm handling. On Sunday, August 16th, at approximately 12:15PM, a startling event unfolded at the Carlie C's grocery store at the East Cumberland location in Dunn, North Carolina. According to a witness, a loud bang sound

By Nick de la Canal  WFAE North Carolina lawmakers return to Raleigh this week to continue hammering out the state budget, and one of the biggest questions hanging over them is the future of Medicaid expansion. Nearly 680,000 North Carolinians have gained coverage since the program launched in 2023. But President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," the sweeping tax and spending package signed into law earlier this summer, could put