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The Mount Airy News

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Student media team learning news on the job

This year, students from one local school district are benefiting from the unique opportunity to gain real-world experience through a club that builds community, experience and allows for more school-wide engagement. Surry County Schools’ Student Media Team was started last spring by Chief Communications Officer Hollie Lyons-Hawks, and 2026-27 marks the club’s first full year of existence. Lyons-Hawks was inspired to create the club in order to provide a creative space for students to learn skills and disciplines related to communications, as well as encouraging opportunities for students to develop connections with leadership, peers and other creatives. The communications officer said she wished a similar program had been around when she was in high school. As the only employee of a one-person communications team, she said the club will help her create a space for students to share their voices and perspectives through outreach opportunities. “There’s something meaningful about hearing a story from someone your own age or seeing a fellow student show up to your game or event, take photos, and celebrate what you’re doing,” she wrote. Since joining Surry County Schools, she said she’s witnessed a shift from more traditional student-led media clubs and representation at the district’s

Surry County, NC · 7d

ednc.org

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Finalists announced for inaugural North Carolina CTE Superintendent of the Year Award

The North Carolina Association for Career and Technical Education (NCACTE), in partnership with the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT), has established a new award designed to honor superintendents across the state who have made a significant impact in supporting career and technological education (CTE). The inaugural cohort of eight finalists was recently announced in a press release.

North Carolina · 8d
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alamancenews.com

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PLAYOFFS PREVIEW: Four area football teams get first-round byes for state playoffs, two others play next week

Only two football teams from Alamance County will have first-round games in the state playoffs, while four others received byes into the second round. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released the brackets for the playoffs Saturday. First-round games are set for Friday night. The second round is slated to be contested November 13.

Alamance County, NC · 10d
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The Stokes News

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Longtime band director Tom Deese honored with South Stokes lifetime achievement award

WALNUT COVE — South Stokes High School honored its first band director, Thomas E. Deese, with the school’s Lifetime Achievement Award during halftime of the Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy football game on Oct. 30 and announced that the school’s band room will be named for him. Principal Dr. Chris Bottoms presented the award to Deese on the field, citing the “tremendous impact” he has had on the school and community. Band alumni joined the ceremony on the field. The band room dedication will be held at a later date, school officials said. Deese led the South Stokes band from 1964 to 1993. Over those 29 years, he taught more than 1,500 students, and 150 of them earned All-State honors. Under his direction, the marching band won Best Overall Music in 22 of the 23 competitions it entered and earned 16 Superior ratings. At the 1979 Tunstall Marching Invitational in Virginia, the band received a Superior rating and won every category: Best Auxiliary, Best Percussion, Best Overall General Effect, Best Overall Visual, Best Overall Music and Band of the Day. The school’s Concert and Symphonic Band also competed 14 times in Grade 5 and 6 events, the most advanced level of repertoire,

Walnut Cove, NC · 9d

Salisbury Post

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High school cross country: Rowan teams qualify for state

KERNERSVILLE — South Rowan’s boys and girls, Carson’s girls and East Rowan’s girls qualified as teams on Saturday at Ivey Redmon Park for upcoming state cross country meets. Teams with […]

Salisbury, NC · 8d

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Jennifer Isley is our Educator of the Week!

REIDSVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — FOX8 honors Jennifer Isley of Monroeton Elementary School. Congrats, Mrs. Isley!. If you know of an educator who is worthy of this nomination please fill out the nomination form here. Educator of the Week is sponsored by the North Carolina Education Lottery.

Reidsville, NC · 8d

WECT

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Friday Night Football playoff bracket announced

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Nearly 20 area high school football teams have qualified for the 2026 state playoffs. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released the playoff bracket for all eight classifications on Saturday. First round games kick off this Friday, Nov. 6, with championship games played Dec. 10-12 at neutral sites. Games through the regional championships are played at the higher seeds.

North Carolina · 10d

dogbreedpro.com

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17 North Carolina College Campuses With Outdoor Paths Open To Leashed Dogs

Some of the best dog walks in North Carolina hide behind lecture halls and bell towers. College campuses here protect old forests, river trails, and quiet lakes that many locals never explore. Better still, plenty of them welcome leashed pups on their outdoor paths. From mountain valleys near Asheville to...

North Carolina · 8d

21alivenews.com

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College students in swing states rally against off-campus voting sites, student ID bans

(Indiana Capital Chronicle) - Led by members of the marching band and Aggie and Aggietha, the North Carolina A&T State University mascots, hundreds of students at the nation’s largest historically Black university walked 40 minutes from campus to the nearest early polling site on a recent afternoon. They started...

Greensboro, NC · 9d

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Sandhills Sports: Soccer Playoffs Tonight, Football Pairings Set

Monday, November 2, 2026 — November begins with state playoff soccer for all three Moore County public high schools tonight. Pinecrest and Union Pines also head into the football postseason after winning their regular-season finales Friday. Pinecrest beats Richmond, hosts Providence Friday. Pinecrest defeated Richmond Senior 36–33 at home...

Moore County, NC · 8d

Raleigh News & Observer

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It's Election Day. What would a bluer legislature mean for higher ed in NC?

Hello reader! Welcome to Higher Stakes , your source for higher education news in North Carolina. I’m reporter Jane Winik Sartwell . It’s Election Day ! What a wild election season it’s been. Our politics team has been working tirelessly to bring you breaking news, important fact checks, and in-depth analysis ahead of today. And now, the long-awaited Tuesday is here. So go vote if you haven’t already. Here’s our voter guide . And keep up with all our coverage tonight at newsobserver.com . With President Donald Trump’s approval at an all-time-low, a blue wave could come crashing in North Carolina, congressional impact reporter Danielle Battaglia wrote yesterday . That has implications for state politics as well. What would a bluer legislature mean for higher ed in NC? There’s a chance that by the end of the night, Republicans could lose their supermajority in the state Senate — and possibly even their majority in the state House, Capitol bureau chief Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan reported last week . What would that mean for higher education in North Carolina? The General Assembly appoints the UNC System Board of Governors, as well as select members of university boards of trustees across the state.

North Carolina · 8d

Rocky Mount Telegram

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RMA boys repeat as NCISAA champions

The Rocky Mount Academy boys’ cross country team has repeated as the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association Division II state champions. Led by five runners placing in the top 10 — including overall winner Reid Gross — the Eagles finished with 19 points to easily outdistance St. Thomas More Academy, which was second with 70 points, and Hickory Christian Academy, which took third with 121 points, at McAlpine Park in Charlotte. Faith Christian School ended up 14th with 353 points. On the boys’ side, Gross, a junior, captured the state championship by completing the course in 16:02.51, more than 27 seconds better than his teammate, junior Sage Burrison (16:28.64). Junior Auvi Alston finished third in 16:29.61 while senior Benjamin Spain ended up fourth in 16:47.77. RMA’s fifth scorer, sophomore Thomas Vaughn, emerged ninth overall in 17:51.65. Other competitors for the Eagles included freshman Logan Williams (29th in 19:41.72) and freshman Alex Vire (34th in 19:49.35). Faith Christian’s highest-placing runner was junior Ethan Carr, who was 33rd overall in 19:49.31. Other Patriots competing included sophomore Zachary Rabe (83rd in 24:20.02), freshman Luke Roberts (93rd in 24:58.45), freshman Chance Pridgen (94th in 25:06.16), seventh-grader Roman James (103rd in 26:40.39) and freshman

Rocky Mount, NC · 8d

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UNC-Chapel Hill's graduate students feel 'discarded' and 'expendable' following multiple changes

During recruitment season for UNC-Chapel Hill's sociology department, PhD student Erin Cuellar Wright opens up her Carrboro home for a few nights. A prospective student stays with Wright and her cat as she shows them what it is like to be a graduate student at Carolina. "And there was kind...

Chapel Hill, NC · 8d

828newsnow.com

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Prep football playoff pairings: Asheville earns No. 1 seed

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released the first-round football playoff pairings on Oct. 31, and several Western North Carolina teams earned playoff berths. Asheville High was the only area team to earn a No. 1 seed. The Cougars are the top seed in the 6-A division. Listed below...

Asheville, NC · 10d

The Enterprise

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Southern Nash flag football drubs Williams, 48-6, in NCHSAA 2nd round

Southern Nash beat Williams 48-6 in the NCHSAA flag football playoffs, advancing to face Pamlico County after Leila Gonzalez threw four touchdown passes.

North Carolina · 8d

WRAL

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HighSchoolOT's Male and Female Athletes of the Week for Oct. 26-31

HighSchoolOT is naming athletes of the week for each area code during the 2026-27 school year. There will be a male and a female selection each week, from any sport. To shine a light on as many student-athletes as possible, players will not be eligible for selection more than once.

North Carolina · 8d

hillsborough-sports.com

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Orange Football to Host Richlands in Opening Round of the 5A State Playoffs on Friday; Winner Goes to Eastern Alamance

When Fritz Hessenthaler became Orange football coach in June 2025 and brought along David Grimm as his offensive coordinator, the mission was clear. To return Orange football to prominence. Now, just 17 months after taking the job, Orange will host a state playoff game on Friday night for the first...

Hillsborough, NC · 10d

FOX8 News

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MrBeast gives $13k to Greensboro middle school library

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Greensboro middle school has received a massive gift from one of the internet’s biggest stars. North Carolina native and YouTube star MrBeast awarded Northern Guilford Middle School a $13,000 donation for the school’s library. The award was granted at an event for the release of MrBeast and James Patterson’s book, […]

Greensboro, NC · 11d

nsjonline.com

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Education Department adds NC to ‘pass the trash’ investigations

RALEIGH — The U.S. Department of Education gave an update on its initiative to hold accountable states and districts for a practice known as “pass the trash.”. Pass the trash refers to a teacher being allowed to keep teaching or transfer to another school or district despite allegations of sexual misconduct with students, which sometimes go unreported to state officials and law enforcement.

North Carolina · 11d

chathamstartribune.com

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Eagles, Warriors to battle for District Title. Again.

Stop me if you've heard this before, but the G.W. Eagles and the Magna Vista Warriors are ready to do battle to determine this year's Piedmont District Football Championship. In the news business we call this a "Dog Bites Man" type story. That is to say, it is a story where the facts are entirely unsurprising.

Ridgeway, VA · 9d