Needle exchanges, disease testing, providing Narcan and other harm reduction efforts navigate complexities of Western NC communities.

A potentially strong challenge to a state senator and an open contest for a state House seat make New Hanover worth watching ...

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Frequently asked questions about early voting for the 2026 midterm general elections in North Carolina in 2026.

With cost of diesel fuel hitting records, school districts across North Carolina are reckoning with how they'll afford to ...

While Jennifer Balkcom and Jamie Ager both come from Western NC farming families, the issues on which they are running are quite different.

The use of school restrooms designated for one sex by transgender individuals who are biologically of the opposite sex has become the subject of a federal investigation in Buncombe and Cabarrus ...

Former Swain Co. sheriff faces sex crime charges from NC and Cherokees. He might avoid NC prosecution if judge buys mental ...

A sign outside the North Carolina Education Building in Raleigh, where the NC Department of Public Instruction is housed. Kate Denning / Carolina Public Press The North Carolina Department of Public ...

When Anderson Clayton took control of the North Carolina Democratic Party at 25 years old, she knew she needed to make some changes. The previous election cycle, Democrats had left a quarter of the ...

High Point Police Chief Curtis Cheeks III says his agency screens job applicants carefully. Provided / City of High Point Anyone who wants to work as an officer for the High Point Police Department ...

Part of a long line of Orange County voters around 2:30 p.m. on the first day of early voting for the general election in 2024 at the Department of Social Services early voting site in Hillsborough.