Some N.C. law enforcement officials and district attorneys say the law has put strain on local jails without providing more ...

Some law enforcement officials and district attorneys say the law has put strain on local jails without providing more resources. People who said they were wrongfully detained due to problems with the ...

As Thanksgiving approached last fall, there was little question where Leela Livis would spend it. While she’d lived in Cullowhee most of her adult life, the 32-year-old often returned to her hometown ...

The rains from Hurricane Helene began before dawn that September day, dumping more than two feet in the hills west of Swannanoa and flooding the little white church in the valley below. Fallen trees ...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley is hopping on the Carolina Hurricanes bandwagon as the team aims for its first Stanley Cup in two decades. After a Wednesday event in Zebulon focusing ...

This story is republished from N.C. Local. Thousands of Duke Energy customers say they’re afraid they won’t be able to pay their power bills if the North Carolina Utilities Commission approves the ...

I thought I knew North Carolina pretty well when I set out to launch The Assembly. But you can discover a lot more about your home state in five years of deep reporting. Since founding The Assembly in ...

By investing in a diverse energy grid—one that supplements traditional resources like oil and gas with renewables like solar, wind, and battery—North Carolina can improve power reliability, save money ...

This story is published through our partnership with Inside Climate News. The Ratepayer Protection Act, wending its way through the North Carolina legislature, conjoins two opposing ideas: rein in ...

Some graduates of Durham Technical Community College could soon be able to transfer roughly five miles across town to Duke University as part of a new joint program. The program would allow students ...

Early last Monday morning, Talia Duniec and her husband, Carlos, were dropping their child off at Charlotte’s Eastway Middle School when they spotted Border Patrol officers in the cemetery across the ...

Cape Fear River contaminant GenX is among the chemicals that would no longer fall under legally enforceable, nationwide drinking water standards. This story is published through our partnership with ...