Nearly everyone backs the science of reading. Why did it take eight years to update the UNC System's literacy curriculum?

Several NC cities have ended ties with ShotSpotter, a software that tracks gun violence, but others have extended contracts ...

Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page helped shape the anti-immigration agenda that will define Donald Trump’s second term.

The colleges North Carolina’s legislators attended reveals different backgrounds that may shape how they tackle higher ...

Destin Hall, the youngest state House speaker in 200 years, will have greater influence over the Republican agenda.

Launched in 1996, ShotSpotter is now used in more than 180 communities across the country. The technology uses acoustic sensors to detect gunfire, alerting police to shots that may not come in through ...

This article is published in partnership with The Food Section. Tessa Desmond wasn’t getting married last fall, but her coworkers could be forgiven for thinking otherwise. The director of The Seed ...

Behind the two-story wooden office building and gift shop of the Hot Springs Resort & Spa is a moonscape. Mounds of sand at least 10 feet high and craters 15 feet deep scar a landscape once lush with ...

Wilmington approved a pilot social district for three Saturdays next month. (File photo) For three Saturdays next month, Wilmington will pilot-test a new social drinking designation in the Brooklyn ...