Raises for teachers and cops prompted Gov. Stein to accept the state budget despite objections to numerous other tax and ...

New NC budget included provision that previously failed to pass, intended to make details of university sexual misconduct cases private.

National nonprofit organization Undue working with NC health officials and local groups, such as churches, to provide medical ...

NC was cut out of negotiations and payments as EPA quietly sued and settled with Chemours, whose Bladen Co. plant is linked to PFAS pollution.

The turtle-shaped Lumbee Tribal Housing Complex in Pembroke. Lucas Thomae / Carolina Public Press The Lumbee Tribe, or “People of the Dark Water,” as they’re sometimes called in reference to the murky ...

NC Division of Juvenile Justice wants Mecklenburg County sheriff to house juveniles again at Jail North, but for now that's ...

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 ...

Beachgoers flock to Lake Lure on June 29, 2026. The lake was refilled earlier this year for the first time since Tropical Storm Helene in September 2024. This is its first season open to tourists ...

Protesters attend the We Will Protect Our Vote rally on Monday, June 22, 2026, behind the state legislative building. The rally was held by a coalition of nonprofit groups to raise awareness of and ...

Editor’s note: During the holidays, Carolina Public Press will be reposting some of our most memorable stories from 2025. Today’s story looks at the hard lessons learned about dams and flooding during ...

When Tammy Finch entered the Orange County charter school she co-founded to assess the damage from Tropical Depression Chantal, instead of seeing children in the halls, she saw a fish. The Expedition ...