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LGC approves $1.5B-plus for Charlotte

May 15, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — During its May meeting, North Carolina’s Local Government Commission signed off on more than $1.5 billion in new borrowing for the City of Charlotte, including $215 million in revenue bonds to build a fourth […]

College baseball enters the home stretch

May 11, 2026 Shawn Krest

Call it “come what May”. It may not have the same poetry as March Madness, but the start of May means crunch time for college baseball. We are two weeks out from the ACC baseball […]

Duke, UNC return to Sweet 16

March 30, 2026 Asheebo Rojas

For the second straight year, North Carolina and Duke will both dance in the Sweet 16. Duke, the three seed in the Sacramento 2 bracket, took care of its home court with two double digit […]

High Point’s historic run ends one win shy of Sweet 16

March 30, 2026 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — For a program that didn’t win its first NCAA Tournament game until last week, High Point’s men’s basketball team came close to an even bigger achievement over the weekend. On Saturday night, the […]

Path to Phoenix: Local women’s teams take on tournament field

March 20, 2026 Asheebo Rojas

Once again, the path to a national championship in the women’s NCAA Tournament will run through North Carolina. Duke and UNC will host the first and second rounds, while the state’s other bids, NC State […]

High Point stuns Wisconsin 83-82 in March Madness on Johnston’s first 2-point basket of season

March 20, 2026 The Associated Press

Chase Johnston made his first 2-point basket of the season, a fast-break layup with 11.7 seconds remaining that gave No. 12 seed High Point an 83-82 victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin on Thursday in the first round of […]

High Point, Queens lead NC mid-majors into NCAA Tournament

March 19, 2026 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — Two of North Carolina’s 15 mid-major men’s basketball programs, and one women’s mid-major program, are going dancing in the 2026 NCAA Tournament this week. The High Point Panthers men’s team (30-4) is heading […]

High Point leads the way as other women’s mid-majors hope for at large bids

March 14, 2026 Ryan Henkel

The women’s college basketball regular season has come to a close and now, we’re in tournament season, starting first with the various conference tournaments. All 31 conference tournament champions will receive autobids to the NCAA […]

Queens, High Point earn NCAA bids as three NC mid-major teams remain alive

March 14, 2026 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — With conference tournament play well underway, two of North Carolina’s 15 mid-major men’s basketball programs have secured NCAA Tournament bids, 10 have seen their March Madness hopes end and three remain alive. Queens […]

Futures Game includes NC prospects

July 25, 2025 Shawn Krest

Before turning the stadium over to the best players in baseball, MLB allowed the stars of tomorrow to take the field with the All-Star Futures Game. More than 30 players who made this year’s All-Star […]