Talons  "Netflix and Chill" We love Netflix. It’s entertaining and a great way to procrastinate. With a wide selection of movies and TV series, there is always something to watch. The “chill”...

They say you make some of your best memories in high school, and that high school will be one of the best times of your life. From the minute I walked in the doors of West as a scared little freshman,...

Assistant Principal Sharon Auten will replace current principal Dean Jones on Feb. 1, 2016. Jones will retire at the end of the first semester. The change was announced at last night’s school board...

English teacher Teresa Davis passed back graded papers to her junior English students.  She noticed an odd fruity scent wafting through her classroom, but she didn’t think much of it. A student sat...

For years, high school students in North Carolina have received course grades based on a seven-point scale, but starting next fall, B’s could be A's and C’s could be B's. The State Board of Education...

For more than five decades, North Carolina’s public high school students have taken driver education primarily funded by the taxpayers. This could change on July 1, 2015. From 1957 until 2011 driver...