For the second time in a week, someone has died visiting a waterfall in the North Carolina mountains, searchers say. The latest incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, July 13, at Big Bradley Falls ...

There’s something utterly enchanting about settling into a worn vinyl seat at a hometown eatery where the coffee never stops ...

The “Velt’s Cafe” sandwich brings together Norwegian smoked salmon, panko-crusted tomatoes, capers, pickled red onions, ...

A recent study by CoworkingCafe highlights several North Carolina cities as top destinations for careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Durham-Chapel Hill secured the first posi ...

A great offseason doesn't mean UNC earns a spot in preseason basketball rankings. UNC dropped out of USA TODAY Sports' ...

Part of the Tar Heels' long history, dating back to their first season in 1888, are some of the top rivalries across college football. In the Athletic's recent rankings of college football ...

Money.com analyzed 732 schools, ranking on 25 factors in three categories including quality of education, affordability and outcomes. Based on this methodology, here's how worth the money Western ...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill boasts the third-best value among public schools in the nation, according to The Princeton Review.

Campbell, Charlotte, East Carolina and Elon are among the more than 300 Division I institutions to opt into settlement ...

An N&O analysis of new state enrollment figures released last week shows 25.1% of the state’s 1.8 million students attended a private school, charter school or were homeschooled for the 2024-25 school ...

Learn more in The N&O’s higher ed newsletter about key differences and similarities between Senate Bill 558 and the UNC ...