Federal Grants

Scientists have increasingly used tide levels to predict flooding on the coast. But two North Carolina professors showed that land-based factors, like rain, groundwater, and local infrastructure, are more often the driving force.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced the award to the town of North Wilkesboro Friday, one of 23 projects selected for brownfield cleanup in the southeast.

Federal grants from the U.S. Department of Education will not continue at Wake County Public Schools and UNC-Chapel Hill due to the Trump istration's cancellation of federal funding for mental health services.

North Carolina Humanities, based in Charlotte, receives about $1.6 million from the National Endowment for the Humanities each year.

Nineteen of the state's lowest-performing schools are getting nearly $40 million in federal grants starting in January to improve student outcomes. Each…