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Top teacher regional finalists named

February 9, 2026 The North State Journal

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has named this year’s nine regional finalists for the 2026 Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s North Carolina Teacher of the Year. The finalists are Gina Holste, Valle Crucis School, Watauga County […]

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools’ debt to NCDPI ‘paid in full’

November 14, 2025 The North State Journal

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools says it has paid off its $3.4 million debt to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. (Courtesy WS/FCS) RALEIGH — Officials with Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools told a state board of education […]

Gov. Roy Cooper announces NC schools will open using “Plan B”

July 14, 2020 The North State Journal

Gov. Roy Cooper listens to a question during a briefing at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Photo via NC Dept. of Public Safety RALEIGH — Today during a COVID-19 […]

State education officials announce guidance to use schools for childcare

March 18, 2020 The North State Journal

NC Dept. of Public Instruction building RALEIGH — The North Carolina State Board of Education and officials from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) held a conference call on March 18 to hammer out details […]

HARSANYI: Democrats are in no position to lecture anyone about candidates
Democrats are again acting like they occupy the high moral ground of American politics. But if 2026 has proven anything, it’s that there’s virtually nothing a left-wing candidate could say or do that would elicit […]
Robinson sued by man he accused of defamation
RALEIGH — Former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is being sued by a Greensboro musician. Louis Love Money, known for his band Trailer Park Orchestra, is the former employee of a pornography shop he claimed Robinson […]
The stream: ‘Hoppers,’ ‘Love Island;’ Lizzo, Death Cab for Cutie albums
New albums from Lizzo and Death Cab for Cutie and the streaming service debut of animated hit “Hoppers” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also, […]
BARONE: The California dream ends in empty reservoirs and homeless tents
Many years ago, sometime after Ronald Reagan replaced Pat Brown as governor of California, I was driving up the coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco and visited Hearst Castle, William Randolph Hearst’s epic mansion […]
Stein signs housing executive order
RALEIGH — Gov. Josh Stein signed Executive Order No. 36 on May 19, addressing the means of increasing affordable housing opportunities in North Carolina. “Too many families are struggling to make rent or afford a […]
SALAZAR: North Carolina passed Liam’s Law; now let’s stop the next crash before it happens
On June 26, 2021, two drivers were street racing on U.S. 74 in Gaston County at speeds of 90 to 100 mph. One lost control, went airborne over the grassy median and slammed head-on into […]