Sample ballots may fend off confusion at the polls
Keeping up with all the shifting political maps in recent years has been tough, so you’re probably not alone if you show up at your local precinct and end up scratching you
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WS/FCS Board of Education candidate forum to be held at Reynolds High School
Last week, social studies teachers at R.J.
Panthers fire Matt Rhule after 1-4 start; Wilks takes over
The Carolina Panthers fired coach Matt Rhule on Monday, ending the former Baylor coach’s tenure five games into his third losing season.
David Lee, judge who oversaw school funding case, dies at 72
A memorial service will be held this month for Judge David Lee, who presided for several years over a far-reaching North Carolina school funding case and ordered last year that taxpayer money be sp
NC Senate nominees parry over abortion, inflation in debate
The major-party candidates to succeed retiring North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr parried over inflation, abortion and election integrity on Friday night in their only expected debate.
Fall leaves are at peak color in the High Country
Fall foliage has arrived in the High Country. The autumnal change arrived on time and the colors are popping with golds and reds, says Howard Neufeld, a biologist at Appalachian State University, who is also known as the "Fall Color Guy."
N. Carolina governor pushes to legalize marijuana possession
North Carolina’s two top Democratic state officials are urging the Republican-led legislature to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana in light of President Joe Biden’s pardon Thursday of thousands of Americans convicted of “simple possession” under federal law.
Riot plea: Proud Boys member admits to seditious conspiracy
A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Thursday to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election, making him the first member of the extremist group to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge.
N.C. approves nearly $1B in tax credits for affordable housing development
North Carolina will leverage nearly $1 billion from federal tax credits and other financing to spur the construction and renovation of affordable housing throughout the state.
NC Senate candidates to meet in likely only televised debate
The two major-party candidates seeking to succeed retiring North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr are meeting for what is likely their only televised debate.