Education
NC Community colleges, high schools emphasize training for manufacturing jobs
North Carolina's community colleges offer skills certifications geared to advanced manufacturing, and a new Triangle apprenticeship program is launched.
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CRIME
Seven Enloe students arrested in balloon-tossing prank
Wake County school officials said Friday that they believe balloons thrown at Enloe High School, where seven students were arrested Thursday afternoon, were filled with tap water.
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CRIME
Judge reseals warrants in UNC student’s death
The search warrants were resealed May 14 for another 60 days in the death of Faith Hedgepeth, 19, a junior from Warrenton.
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LOCAL/STATE
ECSU head resigns amid probes of campus crimes
Elizabeth City State University's top administrator resigned Friday as investigators looked into the school's failure to report campus crimes as federal law requires and into alleged witness intimidation by the university's police department.
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CRIME
Princeton teen says he knew about shotguns in truck and lied about it
David Cole Withrow, a Johnston County teen, apologized Thursday for misleading investigators about a pair of shotguns found in his truck at Princeton High School, admitting that he knew the weapons were in his vehicle.
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EDUCATION
Tensions flare as Wake leaders discuss $810 million school bond
Wake County voters could be asked to approve an $810 million school construction bond referendum in October that would raise property taxes on the average homeowner by more than $145 per year. A heated discussion arose between the school board and commissioners Thursday.
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EDUCATION
Wake school board to announce superintendent finalists Tuesday
Wake County school board chairman Keith Sutton said the board will announce the finalists for superintendent on Tuesday. The finalists will visit Wake County to meet with the public before a final vote, expected by the first week of June.
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EDUCATION
Senate backs Wake commissioners takeover of school construction
Amid accusations that legislators were targeting the Wake County school system, the state Senate approved legislation Wednesday that would allow Boards of Commissioners in nine counties, including Wake, to take over authority to own and build schools.
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EDUCATION
Rewrite of UNC-Chapel Hill sexual assault policy begins
A task force on UNC-Chapel Hill’s sexual harassment and assault policy will look to a recent agreement between the U.S. government and the University of Montana over that campus’s response to sexual assaults.
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EDUCATION
Review of UNC-CH’s sex assault policy begins Wednesday
As federal investigations continue into UNC-Chapel Hill’s reporting and handling of sexual assault cases, a new group will begin work on a revised policy aimed at serving students better.
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DURHAM COUNTY
Durham Tech fires assistant registrar
Durham Technical Community College has fired an assistant registrar after state auditors found she had been running businesses of her own during work hours.








