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Washington, NC / Beaufort & surrounding counties this week: Beaufort County Community College has renamed its Centralized Advising Center in honor of Laurie Smart Evans, the; and All six graduates of Beaufort County Community College’s…

A Forbes travel piece argues that Myrtle Beach’s drinking culture has matured beyond frozen beach cocktails, pointing to a downtown Brazilian bar, a brewery in a former five-and-dime, and a Little River distillery…

New York City, NY this week: AI-staged listing photos have become a pervasive deception in New York City’s rental market, luring apartment; and Covenant House New York, the city’s largest homeless-youth nonprofit, is facing accusations…

Illinois State University’s College of Engineering opens its new 28-acre facility, formerly a Country Financial site, for the 2026 fall semester.

World & Travel this week: Israeli settlers are running English-language recruitment tours in the West Bank, advertising hilltop outposts like; and The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is the fastest-growing ever…

New Hanover County has approved a $6.5 million contract for the first infrastructure at the Holly Shelter Business Park, which will be renamed the I-40 Coastal Commerce Park.

Pawleys Island / Georgetown & Horry Counties, SC this week: Horry County Council unanimously passed an ordinance to impose impact fees on new developments, with rates ranging; and Horry County is finalizing a development agreement with…

World & Travel this week: The U.S. has resumed airstrikes against Iran after a temporary ceasefire collapsed, with both nations exchanging; and Hilton is terminating its management agreements for two Frankfurt hotels after the U.S.

Wilmington, NC and surrounding area this week: Lauren Collins’s new book, “They Stole a City,” revisits the 1898 Wilmington coup, the only successful coup in U.