This weekend, the North Carolina Transportation Museum will play host to the America 250 Locomotive Celebration, honoring the nation’s semiquincentennial.

Wake County Public Schools has a new task force to promote student attendance. Kingswood Magnet Elementary has been welcoming students with music and high fives every morning, and has a lower absenteeism rate than the district.

Country music legend Dolly Parton leaves a legacy in North Carolina that extends well beyond her music. Since 2017, her Imagination Library has provided more than 24 million free books to young children across the state.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education voted Tuesday to release a summary of its outside investigation into Superintendent Crystal Hill.

Nearly 140,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students returned to class Tuesday to begin the 2026-27 school year.

Union County Public Schools students returned to classrooms Monday, with district leaders touting new academic offerings and setting goals for the year ahead.

Several school districts in the Charlotte region return to class Monday, which is expected to increase traffic on roads across the area.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education will vote Tuesday on whether to release parts of its investigation into Superintendent Crystal Hill to the public.

WUNC asked a selection of higher education leaders in North Carolina about the state, and future, of higher education – and their institution’s place in it. North Carolina Wesleyan President Evan Duff discusses private college enrollment declines, the gaps between what the public and students value about college, and expanding educational pathways.

A former acting headmaster whose appointment helped fuel a parent revolt at a York County charter school last year has been charged with felony embezzlement and elder exploitation.