In the mid-1990s, a one-column ad in magazines like The New Yorker beckoned readers to northern Chatham County. It consisted of a simple pen-and-ink rendering of a Belted Galloway cow known for its ...

Lake Lure residents recall the far-out happenings at a lakefront compound featured in an HBO docuseries about a doomsday cult.

The number of students at UNC Asheville fell 8% this fall, as the public liberal arts university struggles to stem years of enrollment woes that prompted major cuts to its budget and academic programs ...

A rezoning request for a planned church outside Chapel Hill is now a federal case, with religious-freedom groups and the U.S. Department of Justice weighing in.

After Richard Burr voted against Trump at his second impeachment trial, state party chair Whatley retaliated. Then Trump rewarded him—twice.

State legislative candidate Shelly Headen has called for President Trump’s supporters to “experience sexual assault” and for ...

UNC Health's plan to make nurses bid against each other for extra shifts was abandoned after a social media firestorm.

RTI International is expanding a facility that helps startups develop new technologies. The effort comes after federal funding cuts upended its business model.

It was a humid night in July, and the patrons of Atomic Clock Brewing looked at me like I’d lost my mind when I asked if they knew who Dolly Parton was. Of course they knew Dolly: her charity, her ...

A settlement has been reached in the three-year litigation against Tyler Technologies over eCourts system, which has faced complaints across North Carolina. Tyler Technologies, the company behind ...