A look at 3 contested 2026 races for the NC House and Senate in Mecklenburg and Cabarrus counties that could be in ...

Surging costs drive demand at food pantries like CORA in Chatham County and across much of NC. Further loss of resources could be devastating.

Goal of 2 million degreed or certified NC young people by 2030 banks on innovative community college programs including at many rural schools.

Feds say they are going after scammers who enrolled in Affordable Care Act. State of NC doesn't know how many residents are affected.

A federal judge will decide whether two people have legal standing to sue after being brutalized by Washington County sheriff’s deputies in 2022. A video of a violent interaction involving Gary Thomas ...

FIRE gives most US schools low grades for campus free speech and rewards positions of institutional neutrality in higher education.

In 2015, Mark Oakley, then an officer with the Roanoke Rapids Police Department, slammed a detainee at the Halifax County jail to the ground, then “tased him” while the man was “in handcuffs and posed ...

North nearly pulled off an upset in a Forsyth district no one thought was competitive in 2024. She might have a better chance in 2026.

Wake County leaders gave the go ahead Monday for a controversial combination between Raleigh-based WakeMed and Atrium Health, ...

In many Western NC communities devastated by Helene, volunteer organizations have helped bring relief while government funding has been slow.

Groups are suing to prevent the NC State Board of Elections from spoiling ballots over rules they see as unrelated to voter ...

Protesters attend the We Will Protect Our Vote rally on Monday, June 22, 2026, behind the state legislative building. The rally was held by a coalition of nonprofit groups to raise awareness of and ...