Eastman Leadership Academy has opened in Halifax County as a new $53 million pre‑K-8 school built largely with lottery‑funded construction grants.
Plans to move Hillsborough's wastewater pumping station to a better site fell through when FEMA canceled a grant.
Twenty Democratic-led states filed suit against FEMA, challenging the elimination of a long-running grant program that helps communities guard against damage from natural disasters.
Grant money recipients say the funds are already being put to good use to help youngsters in need throughout Durham.
Cumberland County says money from its community impact grants will go towards solutions to help uplift young people.
The US Department of Health and Human Services will not extend a grant funding the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development, work that was led in part by Duke Health.