November 2024

An Elite Running Team Grows in the Triangle

The Puma Elite team does a group run on the American Tobacco Trail. (Photo courtesy Puma Elite)

Professional runners often train at altitude or in cities with long histories in the sport. Puma Elite is making the case for N.C.

The Women's Campus of the Durham Rescue Mission. (Kate Medley for The Assembly)

The sprawling nonprofit has a big footprint in the region, but many have raised concerns.

Campaign worker Linda Carroll adjusts a sign at the Bladenboro precinct on Election Day. (Photo by Les High)

Rural counties like the Border Belt shifted further to the right, despite Democrats’ efforts to re-engage working-class voters.

Photo illustration by Nicole Pajor Moore.

An audit found the UNC System failed to monitor its $97 million online ed program, which has returned $102,000 in unallowable expenses.

Sen. Thom Tillis appears before the Senate Appropriations Committee on November 20. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The state GOP already censured Tillis for not being MAGA enough. Now he’s up for re-election as Trump taps controversial nominees.

A wrecking crew tears down the longtime home of The Wilmington Journal. (Madeline Gray for WHQR and The Assembly)

Earlier this month, a wrecking crew crushed the historic and dilapidated home of The Wilmington Journal–one of the state’s oldest Black papers.

A statue of Benjamin Duke on campus. (Photo by Erin Gretzinger for The Assembly)

A local coalition is demanding Duke pay the city $50 million a year in lieu of taxes, the latest in long-simmering town-gown tensions.

Photo illustration by Nicole Pajor Moore, photo via Associated Press.

Ex-staffers say its leader has created a toxic environment that imperils the institute’s future—and former Gov. Jim Hunt’s legacy.

A field hockey player works out at the U.S. Performance Center gym. (Photo by Travis Dove for The Assembly)

A review finds the U.S. Performance Center misspent nearly a quarter of the funds it was given by the legislature.

Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs talks to Johnston County voters. (Matt Ramey for The Assembly)

The race between Democrat Allison Riggs and Republican Jefferson Griffin drags into its third week, with the incumbent now up several dozen votes.