/tags/summer Summer en-US Copyright Tue, 14 Dec 2021 23:37:16 GMT /education/2021-12-14/the-cost-of-summer When school is out, students without the means to pay for summer camps and vacations stand to lose two to three months of learning, according to experts. With summer activities out of their financial reach, a Raleigh family got creative. Tue, 14 Dec 2021 23:37:16 GMT /education/2021-12-14/the-cost-of-summer Lisa Philip /education/2021-04-09/cooper-oks-bill-offering-k-12-students-summer-school-option North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed three education bills on Friday to help address learning loss incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic and expand access to in-state tuition for military dependents whose parents were reassigned to another location. Fri, 09 Apr 2021 21:02:44 GMT /education/2021-04-09/cooper-oks-bill-offering-k-12-students-summer-school-option Associated Press /news/2020-08-05/greensboro-residents-beat-the-heat-with-pop-up-spraygrounds In the time before COVID-19, people could go to the pool or a waterpark to cool off from the summer heat. But in the midst of a pandemic, those are no… Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:12:41 GMT /news/2020-08-05/greensboro-residents-beat-the-heat-with-pop-up-spraygrounds Naomi P. Brown /health/2016-07-21/health-officials-urge-shock-treatment-for-wake-pools-to-treat-for-parasite Wake County is encouraging its 1,600 public pools to shock treat their water to kill a diarrhea-causing parasite.Twenty cases of cryptosporidiosis have… Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:00:56 GMT /health/2016-07-21/health-officials-urge-shock-treatment-for-wake-pools-to-treat-for-parasite Rebecca Martinez /show/the-state-of-things/2016-06-28/nc-bookstores-deliver-2016-summer-reading-lists Summer is the time of year when vacationers look for good books to take to the beach or their backyard hammocks.These books can be the ones that are… Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:23:05 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-06-28/nc-bookstores-deliver-2016-summer-reading-lists Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-06-28/nc-bookstores-deliver-2016-summer-reading-lists Summer is the time of year when vacationers look for good books to take to the beach or their backyard hammocks.These books can be the ones that are… Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:23:05 GMT /arts-culture/2016-06-28/nc-bookstores-deliver-2016-summer-reading-lists Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /environment/2016-06-24/drought-creeps-eastward-from-nc-mountains Summer has brought moderate-to-severe drought conditions to 14 counties in the southwest corner of the state.The area usually sees about an inch of rain… Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:27:28 GMT /environment/2016-06-24/drought-creeps-eastward-from-nc-mountains Rebecca Martinez /show/the-state-of-things/2016-06-24/exploring-north-carolina-through-festivals Summer is here and so are summer festivals. While big events like MerleFest or the National Folk Festival get much of the attention, many smaller… Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:07:49 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-06-24/exploring-north-carolina-through-festivals Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-06-24/exploring-north-carolina-through-festivals Summer is here and so are summer festivals. While big events like MerleFest or the National Folk Festival get much of the attention, many smaller… Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:07:49 GMT /arts-culture/2016-06-24/exploring-north-carolina-through-festivals Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2015-07-07/youth-radio-whats-your-summer-song Our student reporters for the Summer Youth Reporting Institute are venturing out this week to collect interviews for their original stories. We asked them… Tue, 07 Jul 2015 14:37:05 GMT /arts-culture/2015-07-07/youth-radio-whats-your-summer-song Charlie Shelton-Ormond