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The William C. Friday Fellowship for Human Relations program of the Wildacres Leadership Initiative has tapped a Rockingham County leader as one of 15 recipients of its prestigious leadership fellowship.

The William C. Friday Fellowship for Human Relations program of the Wildacres Leadership Initiative has tapped a Rockingham County leader as one of 15 recipients of its prestigious leadership fellowship.

Legislative questions about how to govern the North Carolina Community College System have existed since the beginning and persist today.

North Carolina in the 50's

Phillip Gerard’s latest book, “North Carolina in the 1950s: the decade in motion,” came out in early March.

RALEIGH — Nominations are being accepted for the 2023 North Carolina Award, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the state, now through April 30.

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1922.

Gerry Hancock, NCBiotech's original board chair, served two terms in the State Senate and co-chaired the General Assembly’s Legislative Commission on Biotechnology. He was recently honored with a Peabody Award.

Gerry, who is a partner in the Everett Gaskins Hancock law firm in Raleigh, has served since 1991 as legal counsel to the Low Wealth Schools Consortium.

The state’s highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award, will be presented to six distinguished North Carolinians Nov. 15, at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Governor Roy Cooper will