Opinion
‘Stay strong hill country’: One volunteer’s perspective on the devastation in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene(The Daily Signal) – Beside a lonely road in Boone, North Carolina, Styrofoam stood, balanced on cardboard and weighed down by a rock. Scrawled on it in faded black,… Read More
Government
China continues buying up land near US military installations(The Daily Signal) – Chinese companies and Chinese nationals have been buying farmland across the United States, disproportionately located in the vicinity of major military installations. This includes land located… Read More
Weather
Helene: In North Carolina, 7 missing, 101 dead; 229 died in 7 states(The Center Square) – Seven North Carolinians remain unaccounted for or missing and 101 in the state are dead from Hurricane Helene, which has claimed the lives of 229… Read More
2024 election
Competing visions for the nation highlighted on election trail(The Center Square) – With just six days until Election Day, both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris made appearances in North Carolina on Wednesday.They… Read More
Public Education
Lab schools for UNC System demonstrate significant gains(The Center Square) – Several lab schools established by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to improve academic performance have demonstrated significant gains, according to a new… Read More
Government
‘Voting means everything’: NC resident blasts government for incompetent Hurricane Helene response, says election matters now more than everMere weeks after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on long-deprived residents of western North Carolina, two goals remain: survive and vote. “Voting this year means more. It means everything,”… Read More
Public Education
NC community forbids Ten Commandments, Constitution displays in schoolsA school district in North Carolina has decided against allowing the display of the Ten Commandments and other “founding documents” in its schools, citing the possibility of legal repercussions. Read More
Government
NC National Guard has no information about armed militias ‘hunting FEMA’ despite media reportsThe public affairs office at the North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) tells The Heartlander it has no information about an alleged interaction between its soldiers and supposed militia “hunting… Read More
Politics
Will battleground North Carolina voters overcome Hurricane Helene challenges?(The Daily Signal) – The North Carolina State Board of Elections unanimously passed measures attempting to address concerns about hurricane-ravaged western counties leading up to the Nov. 5 presidential election. Read More
Public Education
Beloved NC teacher among two dozen missing educators in wake of Hurricane HeleneThe search continues for a North Carolina middle school teacher after her home was swept away by flood waters in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Kim Ashby, a… Read More
Culture
‘Everything was gone’: Volunteer first responders recall slothful government response to Hurricane Helene, ask for prayerWhen Hurricane Helene devastated North Carolina, the first responders weren’t from the government. The real first responders weren’t paid, trained, or even supposed to be there. They… Read More
Government
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoes school choice once againDemocratic Gov. Roy Cooper has again attempted to stifle school choice in North Carolina by vetoing additional funding the Legislature approved for students waiting for scholarships. Earlier this… Read More
2024 election
Poll: Trump captures 4% swing on Harris in North Carolina(The Center Square) – Sixty-one percent of North Carolinians say the United States is “headed in the wrong direction” in a poll that Donald Trump leads Kamala Harris 49%-47%. Read More
Homeschools
North Carolina’s public schools changing policies to embrace homeschoolers, analysts sayAs homeschooling has grown in North Carolina over the years, schools have been changing their policies to accommodate them, a recent study suggests. “The last time EdNC did… Read More
Public Education
Teen addresses school board about ‘graphic’ and ‘incestual’ story read in class(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A North Carolina teen spoke out Tuesday at a school board meeting after she was allegedly forced to read a sexually explicit book in… Read More
Public Education
North Carolina school district spends $3K for ‘implicit bias’ training(The Daily Signal) – A school district in North Carolina spent more than $3,000 on two hours of training in “implicit bias” for its school board members last year,… Read More
Government
North Carolina plan will clear 55,000 from school choice scholarship waiting list(The Center Square) – Republican leaders in North Carolina announced a mini-budget spending plan Friday that will clear a 55,000-student wait list for school choice. The measure, scheduled… Read More
Public Education
North Carolina’s focus on K-3 literacy paying off(The Center Square) – From kindergarten through third grade, North Carolina public school students scored higher than the national average on literary assessments at the end of last school… Read More
Public Education
Majors trimmed at two UNC System schools(The Center Square) – Eighteen academic programs at two University of North Carolina System institutions have been eliminated because of budget shortfalls and enrollment declines. The decision was… Read More
Government
New law valuable tool in the sex trafficking demand reduction arsenal(The Center Square) – Making solicitation of prostitution a felony and enhanced training requirements are key ingredients to the North Carolina legislation helping combat human trafficking. Lawmakers directed… Read More