March 2026 Archives

NCInnovation awards inaugural ‘Pipeline’ grants to UNC Asheville

March 29, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — NCInnovation, a North Carolina-based public-private partnership focused on commercializing university research, has awarded its inaugural Pipeline Grants to four faculty-led projects at UNC Asheville. Each project receives $10,000 to advance early-stage innovations toward […]

Second period burst leads Hurricanes past Devils

March 28, 2026 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes scored three times in just over four minutes in the second period en route to a 5-2 win Saturday over the visiting Devils. Nikolaj Ehlers, Jackson Blake and Jordan Staal scored […]

‘Saturday Night Live UK’ aims to take comedy hit across Atlantic

March 28, 2026 Jill Lawless

LONDON— “Saturday Night Live” has crossed the pond with a mild splash. A British offshoot of the 51-year-old U.S. comedy institution has debuted to generally positive reviews, defying doomsayers who doubted the show would survive […]

ELDER: Outrage hypocrisy: America’s accidental tragedy vs. Iran’s deliberate atrocities

March 28, 2026 Larry Elder

The recent U.S. Tomahawk missile strike in Iran, which reportedly killed 170 school children, has ignited a firestorm of outrage from anti-war critics. Former Clinton White House staffer Keith Boykin used the unintentional tragedy, under […]

Landmark trial to decide whether Meta misled users about child safety

March 28, 2026 Morgan Lee

SANTA FE, N.M. — Closing arguments began Monday in a landmark trial in New Mexico where social media conglomerate Meta is accused of misleading its users about how safe its platforms are for children. Jurors […]

Google expands Lenoir data center with $1B investment

March 28, 2026 Dan Reeves

LENOIR — Google is doubling down on its North Carolina footprint with plans to invest $1 billion over the next two years to expand its data center campus in Caldwell County — part of a […]

Local Government Commission approves $135M for Holly Springs

March 28, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — At its March meeting, the North Carolina Local Government Commission approved a request for $135 million in revenue bonds for the fast-growing town of Holly Springs in Wake County. The town has nearly […]

MCCARTHY: Education: bane or blessing

March 28, 2026 Marty McCarthy

So what’s wrong? And what can we do to fix it? The answer in both cases is … education. You might wonder how education is both the problem and the solution when we are the […]

Trump admin to pay French company $1B to desert US offshore wind leases

March 27, 2026 Jennifer McDermott

The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a French company to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy. TotalEnergies […]

BARONE: Uncertainty remains after 20 days of war with Iran

March 27, 2026 Michael Barone

Four years and 25 days. Twenty days. There’s a huge difference between those two numbers. The first number — 1,486 days altogether — is the length of time since Russian troops crossed the Ukraine border […]

Month: March 2026