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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.

It’s a scorching mid-August afternoon on the RTI International campus as construction workers put the finishing touches on the nonprofit’s newest facility. The RTI Pilot Xcelerator is tucked away in ...

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

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 ...

Rewind to Feb. 15, 2021—Presidents Day. N.C. GOP chairman Michael Whatley calls an emergency session of the party’s Central Committee. Meeting via Zoom, the 30 members vote unanimously to censure one ...

UNITED STATES - JULY 28: Former Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., attends a Congressional tribute ceremony for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, July 28, 2026.

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