State Board of Elections members are to remain the appointments of the governor of North Carolina and not shift to the state ...

Digital Realty Trust is looking to rezone 156 acres in west Charlotte to allow for a 3-million-square-foot data center. The ...

Brood XIV, the second-largest group of periodical cicadas, is set to return sometime this spring. Learn more about the ...

Brood XIV is one of 15 broods of periodical cicadas that emerge every 13 or 17 years. This year they'll be in states such as Maryland and Tennessee.

Community advocates expressed disappointment after county staff decided not to apply for this season’s state water ...

Debris removal following Tropical Storm Helene needs to be done more carefully to not destroy high-priority habitat and ...

Another fire, the Bee Rock Branch Fire, near Little Switzerland in McDowell County started April 14 and has grown to 175 ...

Tax Day gets a bad rap, but why? When you know nearly 75% of all taxpayers who file get a refund, what's to complain about?

This underscores some counties’ difficulty retaining or growing their educated workforce. The map provides a powerful snapshot of North Carolina’s progress. While the overall trend is positive, county ...

Millions in revenue for counties is lost by the law as it stands, he said. Kevin Leonard, executive director of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, spoke in favor of the bill ...

As crews continue to contain wildfires across the Carolinas, some people are just beginning the process of cleaning up, including one family in Western North Carolina whose home was destroyed in ...