What a difference a week can make, at least in a state suffering from extreme and severe drought conditions. With much of the state seeing two to three inches of rain over the past week, the N.C. Drought Management Advisory Council is reporting that North Carolina is free of extreme...

The state Democratic Party is seeking an injunction to block Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his We the People Party from North Carolina’s election ballot this fall. Documents filed in Wake County Superior Court seek a court order by Aug. 16. The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted 4-1...

North Carolina is among the recipients of an $86 million multistate settlement in principle with opioid manufacturer Indivior. State Attorney General Josh Stein announced the settlement on Friday. North Carolina state and local governments are expected to receive approximately $2.5 million from the settlement. According to the state attorney general’s...

According to an AAPI outreach group, Vice President Kamala Harris’ emergence as likely Democratic presidential nominee has energized the Asian-American voting bloc in North Carolina. Harris’ mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, was a native of India. For Asian-American voters, the vice president’s candidacy gives them a chance to see someone who...

As the nation moves forward in an historic election year, some North Carolina county boards of elections are fighting the spread of misinformation from among voters. “I don’t know exactly how many groups are working towards this effort, but I know that we’ve seen an increase here in Pasquotank, a...

A cheer tore through the sea of attendees in bedazzled “Trump 2024” denim jackets and red MAGA hats as Donald Trump came on stage at Charlotte’s Bojangles Coliseum Wednesday night. Some sported T-shirts with Christian imagery. Other shirts stated,“I’m voting for the felon.” The venue reached full capacity as more...

A new online program at Wake Tech is part of a statewide effort to help teachers who don’t have a bachelor’s degree in education earn a North Carolina teaching license. When she was an elementary student in Wake County Schools, Jordyn Johnson would often come home and reteach the lessons...

A bipartisan group of North Carolina lawmakers supports a bill that would reduce the cost of medicines made from blood plasma. Plasma medications treat rare, autoimmune diseases. They’re also expensive — running anywhere from $500 to $3,000. A bill in Congress called the PLASMA Act would require manufacturers to pay...

When people who actually care about free and fair elections called the wave of election law changes in North Carolina voter suppression, conservatives and election deniers clutched their proverbial pearls and cried that they were being unfairly attacked. They said making same day registration more difficult, requiring an ID to...

“We have a crisis on our hands. A global health crisis.” That’s what Fonda Bryant, mental health/suicide prevention advocate and founder/CEO of Wellness Action Recovery, Inc., told Carolina Journal in a recent phone interview about the suicide rate among law enforcement across the country, including here in North Carolina. Since...

North Carolina is teetering on the edge of losing roughly $5.4 million in federal funds for combating the opioid epidemic and supporting substance use disorder treatment. If the state doesn’t slash youth tobacco access, it could forfeit funding. But North Carolina’s tobacco laws have made that difficult. To receive federal...

A federal judge dismissed without prejudice federal wiretapping and North Carolina privacy law claims against health care provider FastMed Urgent Care PC. Plaintiff Jackelyn Rodiguez in a July 2023 complaint claimed FastMed shared with Meta individually identifiable health information including present and future medical conditions, concerns, symptoms, appointments, providers, treatments,...

Every year in September, the ski slopes on Beech Mountain transform into a fantasy-land of munchkins and winged monkeys, resurrecting North Carolina’s mythical Land of Oz theme park. Fans of a certain age will recall the 1970s curiosity, with its trail of 40,000 yellow bricks, hot-air balloon rides and a...

Leaders in Chowan County came together with members of Timbermill Wind and Apex Clean Energy, to sign their name on a wind blade Wednesday. Ken Young, CEO of Apex Clean Energy said at Wednesday’s press conference, “there were many challenges, and I personally like Gene doubted we would ever get...

In a historic move, elected officials, doctors and others have formed a group with the goal of compelling the sale of Mission Health by HCA Healthcare, a for-profit company and the nation’s largest health care entity whose $1.9 billion purchase of the nonprofit Mission led to a serious decline in...