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Enrollment fell sharply amid the COVID-19 pandemic, following a 27 percent drop over the previous decade. But new leadership has turned that trend around. theassemblync.com/education/high…

BREAKING: UNC System President Peter Hans just announced that the system is "exploring the idea" of creating a new accrediting agency with several other major public university systems. Hans did not specific which systems were in talks, saying he will have more details soon.

Terry Schilling saw that, once same-sex marriage had become fully legal, social conservatives would need a new electoral battlefront—and opposing the burgeoning transgender-equality movement was what it had to be. theassemblync.com/politics/terry…

The owners of Freeman’s Grub & Pub returned to Greensboro in 2021 after leaving to focus on their mental health. Now, as they celebrate a decade, they offer an example of how to keep the fun in food service. theassemblync.com/business/freem…

A Columbus County Superior Court judge issued an order Monday requiring the county and the sheriff’s office to release additional public records concerning former sheriff Jody Greene and operations at his office. theassemblync.com/politics/court…

The UNC System Board of Governors unanimously approved S. Keith Hargrove as the next chancellor of Elizabeth City State University. theassemblync.com/education/high…

BREAKING: Two U.S. House committee chairmen say Duke’s partner school in China is a ‘direct extension of the Chinese military and intelligence apparatus.’ Scoop by Erin Gretzinger for The Assembly. theassemblync.com/education/high…

Each year, the board of trustees would pass a budget, and each year revenue would fall significantly short of projections. It was only this year the board discovered the issue: The school hadn’t been collecting payments from all of its students. theassemblync.com/education/high…

The chairmen of two U.S. House of Representatives committees sent a letter to Duke University this week urging the school to end its partnership with Wuhan University in Kunshan, China. theassemblync.com/education/high…

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A three-judge panel there seems poised to strike down a Reconstruction-era law that authorizes North Carolina district attorneys to charge convicted felons with a crime if they mistakenly vote before their voting rights are restored. theassemblync.com/politics/court…

In collaboration with Travel South USA, a conclave of tourism offices in Southern states, Michelin announced it will publish a Michelin Guide American South in 2025. theassemblync.com/culture/food/m…

As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few grasped what was coming. theassemblync.com/place/helenes-…

The North Carolina Division of Emergency Management last week fired a subcontractor that had been founded by top officials at ReBuild NC, the now discredited state agency that botched response efforts to hurricanes Matthew and Florence in 2016 and 2018. theassemblync.com/business/pathb…

Many small business owners say they are struggling with rising costs, shipping delays, and economic uncertainty as President Donald Trump’s administration levies higher tariffs on goods from a number of countries. theassemblync.com/business/north…

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As the Trump administration targets the funding streams that shelters and service agencies rely on, providers wonder how they will keep going: ‘This isn’t something we’re going to bake sale our way out of.’ theassemblync.com/health/nc-dome…