Funding cuts in the new state budget eliminate a 30-year-old program that has trained more than 1,600 environmental educators across NC.

A Wake County program collects unopened cafeteria items instead of the landfill, cutting waste and methane, advocates push to add dairy.

By Rachel Crumpler As last year’s state budget stalemate stretched into January of this year, N.C. Department of Adult Correction Secretary Leslie Cooley Dismukes laid out the crises facing her ...

Cyclospora infects the small intestine, and usually causes watery diarrhea with frequent, sometimes explosive bowel movements. Other symptoms can include loss of appetite, substantial loss of weight, ...

In North Carolina’s largest jail, hundreds of people sleep on the floor on portable bed platforms. As of July 16, 2,146 people were in custody in Mecklenburg County’s uptown Charlotte jail — 242 ...

Domestic violence organizations are raising the alarm over a proposed federal rule change that policy analysts say politicizes the federal grantmaking process and clears the way for officials to ...

Nearly two years ago, Hurricane Helene knocked out power in Burnsville, North Carolina. Fire Chief Niles Howell had to use the station’s generator to keep everything running. Through the storm, and ...

People who pay close attention to the machinations of state budget-making these days in North Carolina know that you can’t just look at the bottom line to understand how lawmakers’ spending choices ...

Want to catch up with your lawmakers are doing? It’s challenging, given that the modern streaming era has come slowly to our state legislature compared to neighboring states, such as Virginia, South ...

North Carolina’s men seem to be doing better than the state’s women in getting exercise and improving their life expectancies over time. And while all of North Carolina’s counties saw increases in ...