North Carolina's prisons are woefully understaffed. Part of the problem is how long it takes the state to hire correctional officers.

A $1.8 million grant from NCInnovation is helping an App State team expand a sweet potato milk project designed to reduce farm waste.

A proposed natural gas project along the Yadkin River is drawing pushback from environmental advocates. Duke Energy is proposing the construction of two natural gas power plants in Davidson and Davie ...

The judge wrote in his 94-page ruling that it was "crystal clear" that the arts complex was named for the late president John F. Kennedy. He also ruled that the center could not wind down its programm ...

In echoes of past outbreaks, community members are attacking clinics, distrusting doctors and following burial traditions that could lead to more cases of Ebola.

Louisiana's Republican lawmakers raced to eliminate one of two majority-Black congressional seats in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the current map unconstitutional in a sweeping ruling.

Downtown Lexington fixtures Soho's and The Candy Factory were among the buildings destroyed by fire on May 19, 2026. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined. Lexington officials and business ...

Bahar Movahed is a practicing orthodontist in Southern California. She's also a classically trained musician with a solo career, something she wasn't allowed to have in Iran, where women are ...

Kushi Gottimukkala, a Morrisville resident and seventh grader at Carnage G&T Magnet Middle School, finished fourth at this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Dana Lewis received a plastic card, an artifact number and a promise: Come back in 50 years to reclaim what you sealed inside ...

About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Research Triangle Park-based company Vulcan Elements, ...

More than 140 households are being displaced from the Chatham Estates mobile home park in Cary, an oasis of affordable ...