A judge dismissed charges against four men convicted of murder as teens. Now an appellate court decides whether they should be vindicated.

Most organizations would have a hard time turning down $3 billion. But Raleigh’s largest hospital system, WakeMed, appeared to do just that when it pledged to pair up with Charlotte-based Atrium, the ...

Jennifer Balkcom will replace Rep. Chuck Edwards on the ballot. She will square off against Democrat Jamie Ager in the U.S. House race.

Lee Lilley, North Carolina’s secretary of commerce, is wrapping up a walking tour of downtown Wilson with local officials, business leaders, and the media. It’s sunny and heat stroke-inducing hot–an ...

This past January, my partner and I were sitting in our garage, drinking coffee and enjoying the predictable choreography of a Tuesday morning in our quiet neighborhood: cars warming up in driveways, ...

Next week, Republicans will choose a replacement for the Western North Carolina lawmaker on the November ballot. Here’s who might advance. Edwards said in a statement on X that he’ll serve out the ...

On a muggy day in June, Don Hopkins was conducting a routine bee inspection when his phone rang. Hopkins is an apiarist at the N.C. Department of Agriculture, and visiting hives around the state to ...

A couple walks by the Old Well on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus. (Matt Ramey for The Assembly) UNC-Chapel Hill plans to close its six “area studies” centers this year as part of an effort to cut more than ...

This story is republished from NC Local. This week, Border Patrol agents descended on North Carolina cities in an immigration enforcement action claiming to detain individuals who are in the country ...