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.

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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.

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...