Elected officials discuss state's economy at Chamber event. RALEIGH – Housing affordability, health care accessibility and workforce development are key for Wake County legislators. The 11 elected officials of the North Carolina General Assembly spoke at the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Elected Officials Breakfast last week. Chamber members

Nine-year-old Harlem Barrett is homeschooled. He also is nonverbal and autistic. His mother, Atoya Barrett, told The Tribune that finding the right school for him has been tough. For the past two and a half years, Harlem attended PreEminent Charter School in Raleigh, one of several schools run by a national for-profit education company called National

Henry Edwards II, seated, with Edward Scott, left, Tommy Green and Dennis Gaddy. Formerly incarcerated men want people to know they should not be defined by their past. They want a genuine second chance. Henry Edwards II is trying to help them get it. Edwards, who has never been incarcerated, is producing “I Am Successful... Unfolding”

Jazz singer Nnenna Freelon is known for her award-winning talent along with an equally notable family. But, in 2019, Freelon lost her husband and soulmate, renowned architect Phil Freelon, to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. Soon after, Freelon’s sister, Debbie, passed from cancer, and her beloved dog Basie followed; all within six months.

RALEIGH – John E. Smith grew up in Biltmore Hills Park, a Southeast Raleigh neighborhood. Smith also has been playing tennis at the park’s courts all his life. Although there is a plan to add eight more tennis courts through the Raleigh Parks Bond Referendum, Smith and others want to see the existing courts upgraded. The park was originally

DURHAM – What will become of the $10 million reserved for investment into historic Hayti? Although the Hayti Promise Community Development Corporation was awarded the amount in American Rescue Plan Act funding almost three years ago, the needle has not moved, and community members are left wondering where the money is. Durham residents concerned

A grand jury has issued felony indictments against a Durham Public Schools principal and two administrators for obstruction of justice in connection with an alleged child abuse case at an elementary school. Two of the three were also indicted on charges of suspected perjury. All three were suspended with pay Dec. 19 pending the outcome of Durham Public

Left to right: Vivian McCoy, Cori Greer-Banks, Alec Virgil, Irving Joyner and Justice Anita Earls. DURHAM – The Carolina Theatre was packed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, its seats filled with people of all races. But it took a battle, sometimes violent and life-threatening, led by Durham’s determined and revolutionary youth to get to this