One thing you have to hand the Founders — they sure knew how to keep voters on their toes. When they decided to hold biennial ...

A recent performance audit report of the North Carolina Education Lottery found that while lottery sales surged due to ...

Practical Magic 2” conjured a box-office victory this weekend, opening atop the North American charts nearly three decades ...

President Donald Trump made a stop in Gastonia on Wednesday evening, stumping for Michael Whatley, the Republican candidate ...

Sept. 17 Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is 93. Mountaineer-explorer Reinhold Messner is 82. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Phil ...

RALEIGH — North Carolina K-12 public school students posted their strongest statewide testing results last school year, their ...

From the unofficial start of the North Carolina Senate race last summer, former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has led in polling against former RNC Chairman Michael Whatley. That continued even after ...

Kelly Rand’s teenage twin boys playing hockey in St. Paul, Minnesota, are going through growth spurts that force the family ...

In a crowded scrum moments after the Stanley Cup parade in downtown Raleigh, I asked Jordan Staal a simple question. “Did you think of going out on a high note?” Staal smiled and replied, “No. I want ...

The Gallagher brothers brought some rock star energy to a sleepy, and sweaty, Venice Film Festival last Saturday, where the ...

The Local Government Commission approved resolutions of notice and warning for the towns of Ronda in Wilkes County and ...

RALEIGH — North Carolina crime rates dropped in the first half of 2026, with new state data showing declines in every major category tracked by law enforcement. The Criminal Justice Analysis Center ...