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Nonprofit complies with state requirements, delivers hundred. ..
3+ week, 4+ day ago (378+ words) Nonprofit complies with state requirements, delivers hundreds of Hurricane Helene home repairs'The Wake Weekly Nonprofit complies with state requirements, delivers hundreds of Hurricane Helene home repairs State audit: Baptists on Mission fully complied with grant rules while using $3 M to…...
Opinion: ECU's win-win approach to higher education
10+ hour, 28+ min ago (546+ words) Colleges and universities are under pressure from many directions, but perhaps none are more important and essential than student recruitment and retention. The competition for student enrollments is stiffening. At its peak, in 2025, North Carolina had 120, 990 high school graduates, but…...
Sleeping Booty Band to headline May 8 Friday Night on White
13+ hour, 1+ min ago (439+ words) Weather permitting, local favorite Sleeping Booty Band will headline the May 8 Friday Night on White (FNOW). The free outdoor concert is scheduled from 6-9 p. m. along South White Street in downtown Wake Forest. Beer sales and Wake Forest Social District Beer will…...
Opinion: Time to invoke the 25th Amendment
14+ hour, 31+ min ago (430+ words) In the aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination, legislation was passed that would permit Congress to remove a president who was deemed unfit for office. It became the 25th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution. It is time for the Cabinet and our Congress…...
Opinion: "Never resident" voters return to NC election law spotlight
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (508+ words) Few observers of North Carolina politics have spent much time during the past year thinking about "never resident" voters. The issue slipped from the headlines after May 2025, when state election officials certified Allison Riggs as the winner of North Carolina's…...
Stein makes the case to invest in North Carolina at Select USA Investme. ..
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (451+ words) The Wake Weekly Stein makes the case to invest in North Carolina at Select USA Investment Summit At the Select USA Investment Summit, Gov. Josh Stein promotes North Carolina's workforce, sites and global access to attract more foreign investment, citing…...
Opinion: NC's new Medicaid "compromise' comes at a cruel and frightful. ..
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (236+ words) As the old saying goes, "when the world hands you lemons, make lemonade." This, for example, is from an American Cancer Society analysis of the bill: "This bill creates unnecessary red tape for patients seeking cancer treatment as well as…...
Consumer Alert: Watch out for scam calls targeting professional licens. ..
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (287+ words) Attorney General Jeff Jackson is alerting licensed professionals across North Carolina about scam calls targeting their licenses and impersonating representatives of state licensing boards. The callers often have publicly available information like a name, license number, or professional identification number,…...
Opinion: Regulating AI offers more of the risk, less of the benefit
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (357+ words) Citing anonymous sources, the New York Times reported on Monday, U. S. President Donald Trump is considering an executive order that would require pre-release "national security vetting" of all new artificial intelligence models. The following day, the U. S. Department of Commerce revealed that…...
Heritage High's Jim Burrows earns national honor for construction safe. ..
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (397+ words) A Wake Forest teacher with decades of construction experience is being recognized on a national stage. Jim Burrows, a carpentry instructor at Heritage High School, has been named the 2026 National Safety Educator of the Year by Career Safe, an organization…...