Decades ago, native Outer Bankers considered the ocean front, or "back of the beach" as they called it, to be a wasteland interspersed by shipwrecks and net houses. Getting your Trinity Audio player ...

The North Carolina Community College System's office in downtown Raleigh. (Erin Gretzinger for The Assembly) North Carolina community colleges hope to benefit from a major expansion of federal ...

Gov. Josh Stein on Tuesday signed the $34 billion budget lawmakers sent him, bringing an end to a more than year-long saga after state House and Senate Republicans resolved their stalemate over ...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein signs state budget into law during a July 7, 2026, ceremony in Raleigh (Bryan Anderson for The Assembly).

This story is copublished with The Chronicle of Higher Education. In the spring of 2023, administrators at UNC Greensboro announced that significant changes would be coming. Enrollment had dropped by ...

Who is Howard Bunsis and what's up with his analyses of college finances? Plus, how Workforce Pell will work in NC and the life of young Lee Roberts.

Stories That Matter. Stories Shaping North Carolina. Join thousands of North Carolinians in-the-know about their state. Sign up, the newsletter’s free. Every weekday. Roberts’ mother, famed NPR ...

When professors want to dispute cuts, they turn to Howard Bunsis. Is he just telling them what they want to hear?

Most North Carolina organizations that provide free legal assistance to low-income people on issues like housing evictions, labor complaints, disaster aid, senior health, and domestic violence and ...