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MHC breaks ground on W.S. King Recreation Center improvements
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (347+ words) carolinacoastonline.com Honoring the buildingâs origins, a group of W.S. King School alumni break ground at the W.S. King Recreation Center in Morehead City, marking the start of $8.2 million improvements to the facility which formerly served as…...
New Appalachian State partnership creates seamless transfer pathway for CCC health sciences students
7+ hour, 14+ min ago (247+ words) carolinacoastonline.com MOREHEAD CITY â Students pursuing careers in healthcare now have an even greater opportunity to advance their education at Carteret Community College. A new statewide transfer agreement between the North Carolina Community College System and Appalachian State University…...
State board questions voucher reinvestment, new DEI law
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (314+ words) carolinacoastonline.com Eric Davis, chairman of the N.C. State Board of Education. orth Carolinaâs education leaders spent their first meeting since the state budget became law questioning how two of the legislatureâs highest-profile education moves will work in practice....
CCPS announces new Director of Early Childhood Education
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (128+ words) Carolina Coast Online BEAUFORT â Carteret County Public Schools has named Karen Wood as the new Director of Early Childhood Education and principal of Carteret Preschool Center, effective July 28.A veteran educator with 26 years of experience, Wood returns to…...
K-12, higher ed snags more than half of $34.4B state budget
1+ week, 3+ day ago (104+ words) Carolina Coast Online Public school K-12 spending in North CarolinaâÂÂs proposed state budget has the largest share of the $34.4 billion spending plan.Lawmakers began voting on the bill Wednesday and finished Thursday, sending it forward to first-term Democratic Gov…...
School board adopts continuing budget resolution to continue to pay bills
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (152+ words) Carolina Coast Online BEAUFORT â The Carteret County Board of Education adopted a continuing budget resolution for 2026-27 during a special meeting Tuesday to ensure the district can continue to pay its bills until the N.C General Assembly approves…...
Judge does not force UNC-CH to release $1.2 million SCiLL report
2+ week, 1+ day ago (290+ words) Carolina Coast Online An Orange County judge rejected a media coalitionâs request Tuesday to force the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to release its $1.2 million report on the School of Civic Life and Leadership. University officials announced…...
Students immersed in marine science during camp
2+ week, 2+ day ago (247+ words) Carolina Coast Online MOREHEAD CITY â From microscopic sea life to majestic whales, county middle and high school students are spending June and July learning about everything ocean related during innovative marine science camps. The camps, offered by Carteret Community…...
Students cook up fun during culinary camp
2+ week, 2+ day ago (239+ words) Carolina Coast Online MOREHEAD CITY â Area middle and high school students are cooking up fun this summer during cooking and baking camps being offered at Carteret Community College. Camps are being held three weeks in June and two weeks…...
Carteret commissioner appointed to statewide UNC advisory board
2+ week, 6+ day ago (258+ words) Carolina Coast Online CARTERET COUNTY â County Commissioner Marianne Waldrop is among 40 alumni and community leaders selected to serve a four-year term on the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Visitors beginning July 1, according to university communications. The board comprises roughly 200 volunteers…...