Corn, normally a $750 million business for NC farmers, yielded only $250 million in 2024 because of extreme weather — both wet and dry.

In statewide office for the first time, Hunt handles her role with a certain ease. But then, she's no stranger to how Raleigh ...

Reversing trend of NC rural women's health care services drying up will require tracking, enforcement and incentives in ...

Democrats and Republicans have split tickets in North Carolina elections for decades — and today maybe more than any other ...

The strategy for many organizations, if they want to stay in business, is to keep quiet and stay off the radar of the Trump administration.

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For months, Griffin election protests have made their way through state and federal courts. On Friday, a three-judge panel heard the latest. On Election Night, Griffin appeared to be the victor.

Financial pressures on rural hospitals keep some North Carolina facilities from adequately serving pregnant women, new mothers and babies, but that isn’t the full picture. Workforce shortages and ...

Last year was an all-time low in the history of North Carolina farming, thanks to drought and flood. Farmers are desperate to catch a break in 2025. But just as planting season begins, large swaths of ...

Rural North Carolina counties are seeing growing deserts of health services for women at local hospitals, with serious health ...

Who gets to claim the title of American Indian? That is the question at the center of a fight over potential federal recognition for the indigenous Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. For more than a ...

Josh Stein is arguably the weakest governor in the nation. Western Carolina University political science professor Chris Cooper jokes that if Republican lawmakers strip any more power away, he’ll be ...