Away from the cameras, the plus-ones of elected officials and candidates cope with mounting invective and the threat of physical harm.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently has three field offices in North Carolina but could expand in places like ...

Senate leader Phil Berger’s primary might not be resolved for weeks. Even his best-case scenario would leave the political giant diminished.

The state has only 14 inspectors for thousands of hog, poultry, and cattle farms, making it impossible to evaluate every ...

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross said Wednesday that North Carolina received millions in disaster aid from the Federal ...

Update: On Friday, March 6, Rockingham County and Guilford County reported provisional ballot totals showing Page had a 23-vote lead over Berger, with some mail-in ballots still uncounted. Rockingham ...

Not long after midnight in late November 1974, 10 young men scattered down Avent Ferry Road in Raleigh wearing nothing but molasses and cornflakes. Their destination: the Pi Kappa Phi house on North ...

Wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein gave former Duke researcher and current right-wing influencer Jean-François Gariépy ...

Matt Cook cuts through the crisp December air, the throaty thrum of his jet boat reverberating over the French Broad River. The vessel is by far the loudest noise on the river’s remote Section 9, ...

A key vote and a floor speech on immigration have turned Rep. Carla Cunningham's primary into one of the most bitter in the state.

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