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.

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Same HAVA goof that drove challenge to outcome of Supreme Court elections is in question as US Justice Department sues over ...

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

Crack-era sentencing led to large number of people who wouldn't be in prison by today's rules. Biden gave clemency to many ...

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 ...