On Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, Jeff Cox, the president of the N.C Community College System, announced his retirement effective June 30, 2026. “As a first-generation college student from rural Alleghany County,” Cox said, “I could never have imagined that one...
The U.S. military faced a new threat to national security toward the end of the 20th century. This threat affected the recruitment and retention of our nation’s armed forces, reducing their capacity to defend the denizens of the United States...
In June 2025, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) confirmed the first case of measles this year in North Carolina. In July, Haywood County first confirmed six active cases of pertussis, commonly called whooping cough, in...
Editor’s Note: The first brief of an eight-part series from the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation is embedded below on classroom experiences while aligning reading instruction with the “science of reading.” Reading proficiently by third grade is one of the...
The Editor’s Notes
The CDC released new data on vaccines last week, and the number of cases of whooping cough continues to increase in Haywood County, so we’ve updated our recent article on immunizations.
Proponents argue that these programs are tightly aligned to workforce needs, more affordable, and meet the needs of people who live far from or otherwise can’t attend a university. ...
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