Appalachian State University will build a health sciences building using $70 million of the first $200 million in Connect NC bonds, the school announced this week. The Connect NC bonds were approved by voters statewide in March. “New university facilities ...

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The number of homes that went into foreclosure in the Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord area decreased 29.04 percent in 2013 from 2012, according to new data from RealtyTrac. In 2013, the metro region saw 10,147 total foreclosure filings compared to 14,300 for all ...

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At 75, Stan Thompson is a power source unto himself. The retired future-thinker for Southern Bell, then BellSouth, and finally AT&T is now one of the world’s most active and vocal advocates for the production of energy using hydrogen, the ...

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The North Carolina Board of Elections says a student at Elizabeth City State University can run for the city council, overturning a local ruling many had seen as a partisan attempt to disenfranchise college students.

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RALEIGH — The governors of North Carolina’s public university system learned today that a possible 15 percent cut in state funding would eliminate thousands of classes across the 16 college campuses and mean job losses for more than a thousand ...

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