From wages and taxes to schools, housing, health care, and crime, here's where North Carolina has gained—and lost—ground since 2010, by the numbers.

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.

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Lake Lure, a popular vacation destination in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, appeared in the news frequently after Hurricane Helene devastated the town in September 2024. Its triumphant ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...