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 Retired Sergeant Robert Grier, one of Winston-Salem Fire Department's first Black firefighters, has died at the age of 104. Grier was born and raised in Forsyth County. He attended North Carolina A&T State University and served in the Army during World War II. In 1951, he became one of the "Original 8," a group of Black firefighters who integrated the Winston-Salem Fire Department more than a decade before racial segregation

WUNC - When Clark Rinehart was a local church pastor, he realized two things. One: Churches own a lot of real estate. Two: Past Wednesday night and Sunday programming, a lot of that space went largely unused. "We have been facing a nationwide housing shortage for about two decades now that's become more and more acute," he said. "I saw an opportunity with my engineering background (and) my experience with

RALEIGH, N.C. - A busy terminal at Raleigh-Durham International Airport fell silent this week as hundreds of travelers paused to honor the return of a fallen North Carolina soldier. Many stood shoulder to shoulder along the airport's terminal windows, placing their hands over their hearts as the flag-draped casket of Army Sgt. Michael Swinton was carried across the tarmac during a dignified transfer on July 21. The solemn moment, captured

GREENSBORO, N.C. -  The Old North State Medical Society (ONSMS), North Carolina's oldest physician organization, founded in 1887, will host its 135th Joint Annual Scientific Meeting in partnership with the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers (NCABL), Friday, August 14 through Sunday, August 16, 2026, at Hotel Ballast, 301 North Water Street, Wilmington, NC 28401, on the Cape Fear riverfront at Hotel Ballast. The conference opens Friday afternoon, August 14,

[caption id="attachment_19050" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Two Seniors from the Covenant Senior Living facility visited Rocky Mount's Community Garden on Wednesday morning. They pull ripened cucumbers and zucchini to take back to their neighbors at Covenant.[/caption] ECU Health / Conetoe Family Life Center Chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and cancer continue to place a heavy burden on the United States healthcare system. These conditions affect millions of Americans and

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The North Carolina Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force convened in Raleigh Tuesday morning with law enforcement, public safety officials, and community leaders as the state grapples with a recent surge in youth-related violence and "teen takeover" incidents in the capital city. The meeting, held at the Governor's Crime Commission and streamed online, was led by co-chairs Leslie Cooley Dismukes, secretary of the Department of

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Raleigh, NC - Transportation leaders, public agency officials, private industry partners, and emerging professionals gathered on Hillsborough Street last Thursday, July 23, for the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) North Carolina 2026 Summer Social. The evening combined networking, community investment, and a pivotal milestone for the chapter's leadership: the official swearing-in of the incoming Executive Board of Directors. The evening opened with recognition for

NEW YORK (AP) - How many women hold executive-level positions at top U.S. companies? What is the racial and ethnic breakdown of those roles? What is the gender and racial breakdown of the lowest-paid roles at those companies? The Trump administration is making it harder for the public to know, moving to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports

WASHINGTON (AP) - A'Zariah Miles' dream of attending Howard University was a few weeks from being realized. Then it all came crashing down. Miles, 17, of Knoxville, Tennessee, is one of more than 500 incoming first-year students at Howard who learned this week that they have been unenrolled from the prestigious, historically Black Washington, D.C., university and no longer have spots for the upcoming fall semester that begins Aug. 17.

THE GUARDIAN - As he approaches the 45th anniversary of his incarceration in December, the Black radical writer and prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal is taking his claim that he has been subjected to arbitrary imprisonment for a crime that he did not commit to a new tribunal: the United Nations in Geneva. On Tuesday Abu-Jamal, 72, lodged a petition with the UN's working group on arbitrary detention, a body within the