Election watchers from political parties observe Granville County Board of Elections members scan accepted absentee-by-mail ballots on Oct. 13, 2020, in Oxford. File / Jordan Wilkie / Carolina Public ...

Students walk across campus on Sept. 30, 2025, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kate Denning / Carolina Public Press The University of North Carolina System Board of Governors ...

Nearly 2,000 women in Harnett County give birth each year. But the county’s only hospital no longer has a space fully equipped for them to deliver. Betsy Johnson Hospital in Dunn closed its maternity ...

From absentee voting to early voting surges to controversies over polling sites, each NC county election director has eyes on midterms.

From absentee voting to early voting surges to controversies over polling sites, each NC county election director has eyes on ...

Florida-based Paradigm promised jobs from a battery plant in storm-battered Burnsville. With no progress, Yancey Co. wants ...

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

The NC Department of Public Instruction has a bold goal to boost public school enrollment. So far, there's not been much ...

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 ...