/tags/clinton Clinton en-US Copyright Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:01:04 GMT /politics/2023-09-15/lauch-faircloth-north-carolina-us-senate-dies-obit The onetime conservative Democrat switched late in his career to the Republicans and then got elected to Congress. Former campaign aide and close friend Brad Crone said Faircloth died Thursday at his home in Clinton. Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:01:04 GMT /politics/2023-09-15/lauch-faircloth-north-carolina-us-senate-dies-obit Associated Press /education/2015-06-10/how-one-n-c-school-district-gives-dropouts-a-shortcut-to-graduation North Carolina’s high school graduation rate is at an all-time high at about 83 percent. State education leaders credit several reasons: early college… Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:08:48 GMT /education/2015-06-10/how-one-n-c-school-district-gives-dropouts-a-shortcut-to-graduation Reema Khrais