New bill seeks to ban the use of American Indian mascots at public schools in NC
Rep. Jarrod Lowery (R-Robeson), who is Lumbee, filed House Bill 655 on Tuesday. The bill, which is titled "Ending Offensive Indian Mascots," would require the State Board of Education ban public ...
Raise up: Petey Pablo anthem to North Carolina proposed as state hip-hop song
North Carolina has an official state dog, state tree and state bird. But what about an official state hip-hop song? On ...
More than 8 million under red flag warnings as wildfires still rage in the Carolinas
The risk is spread throughout Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, northern Georgia and extreme western portions of North ...
A Judge Lost His Election. He Asked His Colleagues to Declare Him the Winner Anyway.
On Friday, lawyers for Judge Jefferson Griffin asked his colleagues on the North Carolina Court of Appeals to retroactively ...
Fires return to Carolinas, prompting evacuations and outside help
The states are dry or under drought, and a burn ban is in place because of conditions that can cause wildfires to spread.