The Urban News

Nearly 140 college scholarships administered by the North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF) are now open for applications. This represents nearly $1.8 million in available scholarship funds. At NCCF, we believe…

Saint Augustine’s, established in 1867 in Raleigh, NC, is a four-year liberal arts university. By Cash Michaels – Officials at St. Augustine’s University (SAU) have capitulated to the demands of…

Sophia West By Kristin D’Agostino – Sophia West, a student in the college’s English Language Acquisition (ELA) program, moved to Asheville from St. Elizabeth Parish in southwestern Jamaica nine years…

The Appalachian Regional Commission’s READY Nonprofits training program is offering seven weeks of no-cost, virtual training to help Appalachian nonprofits strengthen their operations, programming, and fundraising. The training program is…

Immigrants work here, pay taxes, and do not want their families separated. Hundreds in Asheville marched downtown on Monday, February 3, 2025, to protest President Donald Trump’s illegal immigration and…

The Department of Government Efficiency’s access to the Treasury’s payment systems and USAID shutdown has sparked a lawsuit from federal workers’ unions, and promises of legislative actions by Minority Senate…

A second round of grant applications are now open for the Western North Carolina Small Business Initiative II (WNCSBI).  Small businesses with an annual revenue of up to and including…

by Eloise Goldsmith, Common Dreams – After Colombian President Gustavo Petro blocked two US deportation flights from landing, US President Donald Trump on Sunday, January 26, 2025, announced a suite…

Tens of thousands of migrants are stuck in Mexico as a result of President Donald Trump’s most recent border crackdown to, what he says, remove ‘illegal aliens’ from the United…