As artificial intelligence increasingly integrates into modern education, schools across the nation are testing AI-driven tutoring systems and automated grading assistants to personalize learning, while simultaneously navigating concerns over academic integrity and the loss of human connection.
Local school districts are expanding their use of artificial intelligence this school year, working to ensure the technology is used responsibly as a resource for teachers.
The Town of Holly Ridge is under contract to buy the former J&J Snack Foods manufacturing plant at 312 Sound Road, nearly a year after the facility abruptly closed and 48 jobs were lost.
A Chadbourn man will spend at least 23 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to second-degree murder for shooting and killing his 17-year-old son over a truck in 2023.