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An updated North Carolina Dental Opioid Action Plan was released this week by the state Department of Health and

Incoming and returning Republicans to the North Carolina Senate chose on Monday a key lawmaker on tax, voting and energy issues to become the chamber's majority leader for the next two years.

United Furniture Industries has laid off its entire workforce, affecting people at six North Carolina facilities including Winston-Salem.

According to data from the Commonwealth Fund, American women already experience the highest maternal death rates among developed nations. Black women are nearly three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women. 

Democrats celebrated winning what was billed as North Carolina's lone toss-up race for the U.S. House this month, as state Sen. Wiley Nickel’s narrow victory over Republican Bo Hines in the 13th Congressional District helped weaken any national GOP midterm wave. But there’s a good chance Nickel's Raleigh-area district and others will be dramatically altered for the 2024 elections, returning the advantage to Republicans.

The State Board of Community Colleges has approved just over $15 million in funding to support life science programs in ten schools.

The future of North Carolina’s Christmas tree industry may be growing on a state-run farm in the High Country. 

The Forsyth County Board of Elections voted to dismiss a protest filed over the midterm elections this month.

The Guilford County Board of Education will meet next Tuesday to consider a challenge to the book “Salvage the Bones" by Jesmyn Ward.

Higher prices may mean a leaner Thanksgiving for many North Carolina farmers.