After four years of leading Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools as superintendent, Dr. Nyah Hamlett announced she would be leaving the district in June.

An American-Israeli hostage freed from Hamas captivity was forced to lie down at all times in a small room for weeks.

Honeywell plans to separate its automation and aerospace technologies businesses from the U.S. industrial conglomerate, ...

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HIGHLAND COMMUNITY CENTER – Black history program, Sat., Feb. 15, 5 p.m., with speaker Andell McCoy. Raffle tickets $5 each. Everyone is invited.

Colleges and universities are creating original virtual and physical offerings to help bolster students’ well-being.

Protests broke out in Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas and other cities across the country prompted by a new deportation policies ...

Local income taxes can be an important progressive revenue raiser, as they ask more of higher-income households and are ...

Over the weekend, protests took place across the country in response to an immigration crackdown and deportation policies planned by President Donald Trump. In Los Angeles on Sunday, protestors caused ...

In an era of mounting mental health challenges and academic pressures, Polk County’s school counselors and social workers are getting a boost thanks to a timely grant from the Polk County Community ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro leader Nyah Hamlett talks about what “most superintendents of color hold in and suffer in silence.” ...

Nyah Hamlett has seen successes, controversy since hired to lead the 11,000-student district during the pandemic.