Some states have incarceration rates more than four or fives times that of others. See how North Carolina ranks.
A new study takes a look at the impact, from the number of state jobs in NC to the percentage of kids covered by CHIP.
The Trump administration exempted Florida from oil drilling, citing the impact on its tourism. But it won't save the Carolina shore.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 15. Here's a list of local government offices and services that will close for the holiday.
The winter storm has claimed three lives in N.C. Mecklenburg emergency officials are facing heat for not opening warming stations.
It could cause a double-digit decrease in sale prices in pricier areas, and cost many N.C. home buyers their mortgage interest deduction.
Dwayne Clifford Selman has been named as the pedestrian killed Tuesday evening as he tried to cross Sardis Road.
A deadline to pay $23K in ransom to cyber hackers in exchange for the release of computer data has passed; the county won’t pay.
County officials face a 1 p.m. deadline Wednesday to pay $23,000 in ransom to get files back from hackers.
A county-wide computer system outage in Mecklenburg County sparked a complete IT shut down Tuesday.
North Carolina has $659 million in unclaimed money. Here’s how to find out if some of that money belongs to you.
All North Carolina representatives voted along party lines except for one. How did your representative vote?
This Raleigh lawyer wanted to create a reminder of the innocence of 14-year-old girls in this social campaign that is going viral.
Voters went to the polls Nov. 7 to choose mayors and local commissioners in Mecklenburg County. Here's the result of all the races.
Voters will go to the polls Nov. 7 to choose mayors and local commissioners. Here's how to cast your vote.
Early voting for the Nov. 7 election has begun in Mecklenburg County. Here are five things you need to know.
North Carolina will join 14 other states in bipartisan U.S. Climate Alliance, Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday.
North Carolina groups openly condemn Trump Administration’s decision to end DACA in six months.
Early voting in the primary race for Charlotte's mayor and some city council seats began Aug. 24. Here are five things you need to know.
Hundreds turned out for a Tuesday night protest on the University of North Carolina’s campus.
UNC in Chapel Hill has fenced off a Confederate monument in preparation of a Tuesday night protest.
Durham protesters who brought down a Civil War statue Monday now face charges, according to the county's sheriff.
A Google Maps mashup from a historian specializing in nuclear secrecy calculates a nuclear bomb’s deadly effects in targeted U.S. cities.
Rowan County commissioners’ prayer before meetings is unconstitutional, A U.S. Court of Appeals said Friday.
Jamell Lashon Alexander has been arrested and charged for his involvement in a 2005 armed robbery that left one man dead.
Elliott Avery Starks is wanted for a brutal 2016 murder in Washington, D.C. and could be in Charlotte, the FBI says.
This week, a technicality undermined a legal challenge to the state’s law allowing magistrates to refuse to perform same-sex marriages.
CMPD says its officer was justified in shooting Keith Scott in a 2016 confrontation. His family is now appealing that finding.
The GOP's Obamacare repeal attempts in Congress and President Trump’s budget wishlist leave women’s care in unprecedented uncertainty.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed the state's $23 billion budget plan Monday morning, but faces House and Senate override.
Pat McCrory, North Carolina’s former governor, has had to adapt to driving for himself and shuns from academia, according to a report.
The court struck down a North Carolina law that would prevent registered sex offenders from using sites like Facebook and Twitter.
North Carolina launches an investigation after news breaks that election software used in the state was targeted by Russian hackers.
Hours after Trump announced withdrawal from the Paris Accord, Charlotte's Mayor commits the city to international environmental goals.
Two congressional districts were designed with race in mind, says the U.S. Supreme Court, striking them down.
A suspected carjacking suspect led police on a high-speed chase on I-77 Thursday afternoon.
The North Carolina senator had collapsed during a morning race in Washington and had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance.
Ramps that help ducklings safely get in and out of the Capitol Reflecting Pool have drawn sharp criticism from an N.C. congressman.
N.C. Sen. Thom Tillis has collapsed in Washington and had to be resuscitated, according to news reports.