In his first year as basketball coach at Queen’s Grant Charter School, Joe Badgett led the Stallions to their first NCHSAA Western Regional championship game. In his second, Badgett led Queen’s Grant ...

It appears Justin Gainey is coming home for a second time. N.C. State is closing in on hiring Gainey, a program alumnus and former Tennessee associate head coach, to become its next men’s basketball ...

Flowers, also known as buds, grows at the top of a mature marijuana plant on a farm owned and operated by Qualla Enterprises, LLC in Cherokee, NC. Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez mrodriguez@charlotteobserver ...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein warned his state’s lack of a budget jeopardizes economic growth and critical services while pitching his own stop-gap plan in Charlotte on Thursday. The Democratic ...

Real estate development firm BFC Partners has signed a 10-year, 13,758-square-foot lease for an entire floor at RFR Holding’s 17 State Street, according to the landlord. The exact asking rent was not ...

As a graduate of Idaho State University, where I earned my graduate degree, and as someone who had the privilege of serving in its administration for 26 wonderful years, I feel both gratitude and ...

Elijah Brown had a two-year run that would make the best in the country envious. The Belle Vernon senior had a 94-2 record over his last two seasons of high school and both years culminated in state ...

On June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. Shipped from France in 350 pieces and packed in over 200 crates, the iconic monument made its grand entrance in America. That year ...

After sexual assault charges were filed against two Laurel Highlands High School teachers within a week, state Rep. Charity Grimm Krupa asked the state attorney general’s office to determine whether ...

NC State basketball’s March Madness stay proved shorter than hoped, the Wolfpack losing a hard-fought 68-66 matchup with Texas in the First Four play-in game of the 2026 NCAA men’s tournament. Tramon ...

A familiar name is returning to Raleigh to take over the NC State men’s basketball program. Justin Gainey, 49, who played for the Wolfpack from 1996-2000, is being named as the program’s next head man ...

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