Kathy Hanrahan/WRAL News A lawsuit filed on behalf of a Wake County teen alleges that popular apps Roblox and Discord created an environment that allowed a Louisiana man to exploit her online. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday, Sept. 17 in the Northern District of California. It alleges that the girl...

Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press North Carolina Republican legislators are poised this week to approve criminal justice measures designed to toughen bail rules, restrict magistrates’ powers and evaluate offenders’ mental health after the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train. The bill also could help get...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Buncombe County Schools Superintendent Rob Jackson and Mars Hill University President Tony Floyd both used the same phrase to describe their corners of the state in the early days after Tropical Storm Helene tore through — an island. Whether Helene kept college students inside the bounds...

Trey Nemec/CityView The Town of Hope Mills is under an investigation by the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor, according to public records obtained by CityView. Hope Mills Town Manager Chancer McLaughlin confirmed to CityView on Friday that an audit investigation is being carried out by the state. According...

Port City Daily UNCW is pausing the painting of its two spirit rocks and “freedom of expression events” after confrontations arose last week following a vigil for Charlie Kirk and alleged threats that eventually led to a campus lockdown. “Given the tensions that emerged on campus last week related to...

David Ford/WFDD Radio The University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem is marking its 60th anniversary. It was the nation’s first public arts conservatory. The school first opened its doors for classes on September 21, 1965. Faculty there prepared young artists for professional careers in music, dance,...

Mark Jurkowitz/Outer Banks Voice According to Logen Hodges, spokesperson for the NC Turnpike Authority, the next step in the Currituck Bridge project is a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, expected in late October, on the third permit required before applying for a Coast Guard permit. “The permits...

Taylor Knopf/NC Health News Adam, who has a history of childhood trauma and treatment-resistant depression, had never felt understood by any of his mental health providers. “Appointments were 15 to 30 minutes tops, and I felt that I was just part of an assembly line … like one in, one...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press One year ago, Tropical Storm Helene struck Western North Carolina. Rivers rejected their boundaries and trees slid from their mountains. Houses were uprooted from their foundations. Roads buckled under pressure. Lives were thrown from their course. The storm was cataclysmic. For 12 months, the region...

WFAE News North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby has launched a pretrial release task force in the wake of Iryna Zarutska’s murder. In a press release Newby says the task force will assess current practices and procedures to evaluate whether they adequately balance the need for judicial discretion...

Jack Hagel & Brian Murphy/WRAL News North Carolina lawmakers will consider as soon as Monday afternoon a proposal to provide $35 million to boost development plans at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh. The money would be given to the Centennial Authority, which owns and operates the arena, and used for...

Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily A recent political cartoon in a local paper has one Pender County commissioner feeling fearful for his life. However, the newspaper’s publisher says the commissioner is misinterpreting the image and its intent. At the Pender County Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday, Sept. 15, Commissioner Jerry...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The online activity of a detention corporal with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office drew attention of high-profile, conservative social media pages and led to his firing on Monday morning. A release from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said it terminated the employment of Brian Edwards after he...

Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio Bat Cave sits at the intersection of three highways – all of which had massive chunks of road that washed into the rivers and creeks below during the storm. Downed trees, landslides and bridges that crumbled made getting into and out of the area...

Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & Charlotte Ledger Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine Associates, one of the nation’s largest independent neurosurgery practices, will join Atrium Health on Oct. 1, 2025, the two providers announced last week. Nearly 300 Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine staff members across seven Charlotte-area clinics will become part of...