Sarena Fuller, the executive director of ArtSpace Charter School in Swannanoa and 2024 Charter POY, writes "Our schools are, ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Update, Oct. 10 at 12 p.m. — Gov. Roy Cooper signed the Hurricane Helene relief bill into law on Thursday, Oct.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. is a New York Times bestselling author, scholar, political commentator, and James S.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Update, Oct. 9 at 3:30 p.m. — A relief bill unanimously passed by the General Assembly on Oct. 9 expands the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The pews of Greenlee Baptist Church were filled Tuesday, Oct. 8 not for a typical service, but for an Old Fort ...

After a challenging rollout of the “Better FAFSA” last year that resulted in fewer students completing the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the 2025-26 FAFSA is set to open ...

“When the flood happened three years ago, we could wrap our arms around the communities affected,” said Dr. Shelley White, president of Haywood Community College. “But now, we are all having to wrap ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Heather Smith is an educator in Haywood County, which is in the disaster area declaration. She says in the chaos ...

The Boone Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation (BACCF) board of directors agreed last week to allocate $125,000 toward tuition payments for licensed early childhood development centers in Watauga ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Emma Maney is a teacher in Jackson County Public Schools. These are some of her experience as Hurricane Helene ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. According to a press release from the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE), as the N.C. General ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. As rescue and recovery efforts continue in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene, the N.C. Department of ...