July 2024

UNC Frats Get Center Stage At RNC

Fiserv Forum during preparations for the RNC. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

The Trump campaign invited members of UNC fraternities who protected the flag to the Republican National Convention. Not everyone was enthused.

NCSU’s Randy Woodson Announces Retirement

Randy Woodson, chancellor of N.C. State University. (Julia Wall for The Assembly)

Woodson stayed nearly three times longer than most college leaders. Now the UNC System must undertake yet another chancellor search.

Yeti or Not, Here They Come

Bargain hunters at the Bigfoot festival in Marion. (Cornell Watson for The Assembly)

What is it about North Carolina that attracts the Sasquatch-curious?

A Heated Political Moment

Several days before the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump, the New Hanover County Democratic Party Chair's car was vandalized. (Courtesy of Jill Hopman)

Vandals have allegedly damaged Democrats’ property at least twice this month amid a national conversation about political violence.

River Rescue

Volunteers with the Environmental Quality Institute use a net to catch invertebrates. (Mike Belleme for The Assembly)

The governor keeps asking for more money to protect waterways. Citizen scientists are taking up the slack.

The Greensboro City Council Is About To Get A Lot of New Faces

Big changes could be in store with at least four, and possibly six, current members departing next year.

How Blue-Collar Candidates Could Change Politics

Tanya Robinson talks with supporters. (Julia Wall for The Assembly)

An upstart effort to get more working-class people to run for political office takes root in Ashe and Alamance counties.