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Brown Investment Properties and Simpson Commercial Real Estate plan to build the center by Southeast Guilford High School along future Interstate 685.

A developer looking to build a controversial hyperscale data center in Stokes County has resubmitted a rezoning application for the project.

Alamance County Commissioners have agreed to allocate an additional $7.3 million to the local public school system for capital projects. The move comes after the district initiated a budget dispute last month.

The North Carolina Health Care Affordability Commission held its first meeting this week to make healthcare more affordable for North Carolinians without sacrificing quality. The state currently ranks 50th in the nation for costs and 42nd for outcomes.

For more than 30 years, Charlotte and other municipalities have set goals to ensure their contractors hire minority- and women-owned businesses. But a provision in the state budget approved this month ends the ability of local governments to require participation by minority- and women-owned businesses in public contracts, a change that could have far-reaching effects across North Carolina.

Officials say that 12-16 pups have survived their first few months.

Starting in August, Greensboro will block vehicles on parts of South Elm Street to make way for a pedestrian plaza. February One Place to Washington Street will be closed to traffic for about three months.

A local nonprofit is installing an artificial reef at Lake Norman State Park to create a new habitat for fish.

Retired Sergeant Robert Grier integrated the Winston-Salem Fire Department more than a decade before racial segregation was outlawed in the United States. He died this past weekend at the age of 104.

Rail advocates say some legislators didn’t want to commit the money because of a delay on the federal side.