Chantal dumped rain across central N.C. days after Gov. Stein vetoed a bill weakening climate goals. GOP lawmakers will ...

Programming Note: We are taking our annual summer publishing pause this week and will be back with new stories on July 14. In the meantime, I’ll be recirculating some of our best work from the past ...

The first meeting of the new Republican-controlled State Board of Elections quickly turned awkward. After years of bills, ballot measures, and court battles, Republicans gained a 3-2 advantage on the ...

In the spring of his senior year at Duke University in 1994, Jay Woffington figured he was headed to law school. Then he took Tony Brown’s leadership class. Brown prodded Woffington relentlessly about ...

The North Carolina Healthy Alternatives Association is dedicated to shaping the future of the industry through impactful state and federal policies. Their mission centers on empowering adults to ...

A collaborative reporting project examining how diversity efforts have evolved at North Carolina’s public and private colleges.

North Carolina’s hemp industry is at risk. Senate-backed HB 328 threatens over tens of thousands of jobs, billions in revenue, and the well-being of local farmers, veterans, and small businesses. This ...

By Lee VanTine III North Carolina Health Alternatives Association North Carolina’s hemp industry is at a crossroads. Over the last decade, this industry has grown into a thriving economic powerhouse, ...

I was not, by any measure, a model father during this period. I was a studio anchor for a national television sports network based in Los Angeles. I would fly home to North Carolina for two days each ...

I couldn’t know that something about it had lodged, like a splinter from that thirdhand wood, under the skin. Or that, over the years, it would keep working its way out. The first time came in spring ...

This article is published in partnership with Axios Raleigh. John Bell, who runs the hemp manufacturing and distribution company Asterra Labs, says that if the hemp-regulation bill the state Senate ...

As deputy city manager for the last three years, Wilson also handled interim city manager duties for much of 2024 before handing the reins over to current city manager Trey Davis. Wilson was ...