North Carolina

Sections of Virginia's New River Valley were shaken by the biggest earthquake there in decades. The impact was felt in some areas of North Carolina. 

North Carolinians are closely watching the path of Hurricane Irma, and the state is telling residents it's never too early to prepare an emergency plan.

Robert W. Lee IV said some members of his congregation were uncomfortable with the media attention he received after his speech against racism and hate on MTV's Video Music Awards in August.

Two local universities are part of a state mandated program to help improve student outcomes in low-performing public schools. They will open so-called “laboratory” schools next fall.

North Carolina lawmakers have approved new legislative district maps to replace one thrown out by the courts for being illegal racial gerrymanders. But many critics say the new maps are just as bad.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions traveled to Winston-Salem, North Carolina Thursday.

Evacuation orders will be lifted noon Friday for Ocracoke and Hatteras, where electricity was cut off by a construction accident July 27. That meant no air conditioning and no restaurants.

In Texas, every statewide elected official is Republican and the GOP controls the legislature. But efforts to restrict bathroom access for transgender people show a party that's far from united.

The local utility says construction crews building a bridge across the Oregon Inlet cut three underground cables, leaving much of the vacation spot without electricity.

Thousands of tourists were stripped of air conditioning and places to eat after a power outage on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Now, they've been forced to leave, cutting many vacations short.