North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper wants to tackle an emerging problem of water and air pollution from industrial chemicals by beefing up the state’s health and environmental agencies, a move legislators have resisted. Cooper...
Read MoreNorth Carolina state judges favored Republican legislative leaders Monday in the latest batch of rulings over laws that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has sued over by complaining that they unconstitutionally eroded his authority. A...
Read MoreNorth Carolina school psychologists and guidance counselors say hiring more of them would help public schools identify students with mental health challenges sooner and reduce the possibility of serious violence. Leaders of...
Read MoreHealth officials in North Carolina want to inspect a birthing center where three newborns have died in the last six months. Media outlets reported the Department of Health and Human Services has asked to inspect Baby+Co. in Cary...
Read MoreCoby White of Wilson Greenfield and Elissa Cunane of Northern Guilford are The Associated Press men’s and women’s prep players of the year for North Carolina. Preston Davis of Charlotte Independence and Darlene Joyner of...
Read MoreFerries serving the North Carolina Outer Banks will be flying Blackbeard’s flag thanks to an agreement between two state agencies. The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division has teamed with the Department of Natural...
Read MoreNorth Carolina health officials say six more people have died from the flu, ending the official 2017-18 flu season with a record 348 deaths. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said there were three deaths for the...
Read MorePlans are being developed for a number of improvements in the trails in the Pisgah National Forest in western North Carolina. Pisgah District Range Dave Casey and the U.S. Forest Service have told the Asheville...
Read MoreThe unrelenting power struggle between North Carolina Republicans and the Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is back in court. Lawyers for the two sides were in a Wake County courtroom Wednesday in a dispute over who controls money from...
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A low-cost, high-volume livestock-rearing method pioneered in North Carolina came under fire...
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