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A new state law gave schools until Jan. 1, 2026 to set policies regulating students’ cellphone use, but several North Carolina school systems began putting such rules in place over the past few years.

A 2025 Wellbeing Survey by the Physicians Foundation found that out of more than 1,000 U.S. physicians, 55% reported debilitating stress and 46% said they withdrew from family and friends.

Long before it grows its classic black and orange wings, the Monarch butterfly begins its life among the hooded flowers of milkweed. As caterpillars, they can’t eat anything else.

Apiculture — the technical term for beekeeping — is a major industry across the state of North Carolina. Many counties — over 80 out of the 100 in North Carolina — and the state as a whole, have their own beekeeping associations.

There once was just one tree in the space that is now the Coker Arboretum. UNC-Chapel Hill consisted of only about 800 students. Howell Hall did not exist. Neither did the Morehead Planetarium. Only half of Davie Hall had been built.

The North Carolina coast stretches along 320 miles of the Atlantic Ocean. Every mile is shifting in some way or another. There isn’t enough sand to sustain all of it.

Although North Carolina has not been affected by the virus thus far, medical professionals warn that clusters of unvaccinated individuals could leave the state vulnerable.

Shredded sharp cheddar. Pimento peppers. Mayonnaise. These simple ingredients compose the pâté of the South, the Carolina caviar — pimento cheese.