Federal cuts have hit NC DHHS funding for local programs, including for HIV, tobacco cessation and well-water testing that ...

NC House and Senate bills would restrict student use of cellphones, but in different ways. With bipartisan support, ...

Norfolk Southern has train service hauling freight again in NC mountains. Additional rail lines still need major work.

Shelved plans from '60s for TVA project in NC unlikely to make comeback. Dam failures, costs and ecology will make new dams ...

NC mountains were no strangers to pockets of hunger. Helene further limited access to healthy food. New developments could ...

Leaders in federal, state and local governments often have different ideas about how to mitigate future floods in NC.

Despite complicated politics of trying to rebuild and mitigate against future floods, local knowledge provides path for ...

Elimination of maternity unit in Harnett continues pattern of lost women's services in rural NC hospitals, including several ...

Law enforcement in Western NC surprised not to see looting or contractor fraud they had feared. Efforts to warn public may ...

Sam Hayes takes over NC elections job from Karen Brinson Bell, whom he and other Republicans criticized. Bell defends her record.

The North Carolina House of Representatives passed its version of the budget Wednesday evening. With 27 Democrats joining Republican legislators in approval, it enjoyed far more bipartisan support ...

Dam failures during Helene, soaring costs and changing ecological wisdom point to the need for solutions other than dams to prevent devastating floods on ...