CATS has cracked down on crime and increased police presence on Blue Line light rail system. But nonpaying customers remain major concern.

Feds say they are going after scammers who enrolled in Affordable Care Act. State of NC doesn't know how many residents are affected.

UNC student protesters on April 24, 2026, call for the release of files related to a controversial academic program linked to right-wing politics. Kate Denning / Carolina Public Press While a ...

In 2015, Mark Oakley, then an officer with the Roanoke Rapids Police Department, slammed a detainee at the Halifax County jail to the ground, then “tased him” while the man was “in handcuffs and posed ...

Lety Martinez (left) and Carol Tyner at Mountain Strong’s office in Burnsville on Sept. 16, 2026. Walker Livingston / Carolina Public Press When Tropical Storm Helene hit Western North Carolina on ...

Eleazar was 24 in 2014, when he began working seasonally with a H-2A visa for temporary farmworkers at a tobacco farm in Benson, North Carolina. Eleazar, who requested that only his first name be ...

Government funding woes have made recovery in Western NC housing uneven after Helene. But nonprofits are helping create ...

Growing pains, schools and property taxes are hot issues in each of the three close NC legislative contests in Wake County in 2026.

Town officials have voted to move toward dissolving Ronda, based on advice from NC Local Government Commission. But some still hold out hope.

Wake County leaders gave the go ahead Monday for a controversial combination between Raleigh-based WakeMed and Atrium Health, ...

Property owner describes Cherokee cultural artifacts and possibly burials. TVA plans transmission line there as data center drives demand.

Groups are suing to prevent the NC State Board of Elections from spoiling ballots over rules they see as unrelated to voter ...