State Rep. Gerald Pierce, D-Scotland, stands to debate Senate Bill 876, which would make local Moore County and Albemarle elections partisan, on Tuesday, June 16 in Raleigh. Sarah Michels / Carolina ...

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

FIRE gives most US schools low grades for campus free speech and rewards positions of institutional neutrality in higher education.

In many Western NC communities devastated by Helene, volunteer organizations have helped bring relief while government funding has been slow.

In 2022, North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services approved new hospital beds to be built in Western North Carolina for the first time in more than a decade. According to the formula ...

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

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

NC House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, speaks with reporters about the budget after a legislative session on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Sarah Michels / Carolina Public Press By the time the first ...

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

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University juniors Shia Rozier and Terence Olu Rouse hold a press conference on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, at the Beloved Community Center in Greensboro to ...

As Wilmington tries to handle an influx of newcomers, long-time residents worry about the loss of wetlands and forests in the transition. Jane Winik Sartwell / Carolina Public Press WILMINGTON — This ...

Public comment speakers at the Granville County Board of Elections meeting on July 15, 2026, in Oxford call for the board to reinstate two early voting sites. Sarah Michels / Carolina Public Press ...