Chang and Eng Bunker, the original “Siamese twins,” settled down in Mount Airy. Generations of descendants have kept their legacy alive.

After hiring Bill Belichick and Michael Malone, the price of Tar Heel sports is going up. But it’s not clear how much, or if revenues are following suit.

Update: Whatley told The Assembly after an event on Saturday that he’d be willing to participate in a Senate debate. North Carolina’s leading contenders for U.S. Senate haven’t agreed to participate ...

Nash County is home to three state legislative races that could make or break a GOP supermajority in North Carolina.

In a moment that encapsulated Chapel Hill, a few hundred demonstrators were sandwiched between the DKE house and a G20 gathering.

On December 11, Dare County resident Richard Burrus posted a 23-second audio clip on social media that he claimed revealed former Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett using the N-word and joking about ...

It was a humid night in July, and the patrons of Atomic Clock Brewing looked at me like I’d lost my mind when I asked if they knew who Dolly Parton was. Of course they knew Dolly: her charity, her ...

Ninth graders in N.C. are held back more often than students in other parts of the country. How can schools ensure they're ready to move on?

The Senate candidate won praise for declaring three players innocent as AG in 2007. Critics wish he’d done more for other defendants.

As Anita Earls runs for re-election to the state Supreme Court, here's what her dissents tell us about her judicial philosophy.

An analysis of legislators’ voting records shows that seven of 170 members haven’t missed a single vote since 2025. Several others, however, have been frequently absent. North Carolina lawmakers don’t ...