If you are one of the lucky people in the most hotly contested presidential states, you are seeing a lot of advertising. And with just over five months to go until Election Day and only about three-and-a-half months until people start early voting, the deluge is just beginning. The election...

Restaurant owners in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, are feeling the strain as they grapple with higher prices on food and supplies in the wake of a high-inflation period. Despite efforts by the Federal Reserve Bank, inflation has been slow to drop to pre-pandemic levels. For Vimala Rajendran, owner of Vimala’s...

Pactiv shuttered its paper mill last year, but has to maintain the wastewater treatment facility until the agreement concludes next year. Even if Pactiv does not charge, the town must consider what it will do to cover those costs in the spring of next year, long before a new sewage...

Over the last 20 years, Winston-Salem’s downtown has boomed with new businesses in retrofitted buildings, and apartments taking the place of warehouses. But the population growth has come with a rise in crime. Police hope a new fourth district will help address the problem. Captain Jason Gates has been with...

State health regulators are conducting another inspection of Mission Hospital following patient deaths and other compliance problems. A nurse union representative, meanwhile, welcomed the visit, saying management improves conditions when the regulators are present − something a hospital spokesperson denied. The inspection, which began May 20, comes after the hospital...

The UNC System Board of Governors, which oversees public colleges and universities in the state, voted Thursday to repeal and replace its policy on diversity and inclusion, a move that could lead to the elimination of diversity-related positions at schools across the state. Dozens of students planned protests about the...

On the worst days, when the backyard would flood and the toilet would gurgle and the smell of sewage hung thick in the air, Monica Arenas would flee to her mother-in-law’s home to use the bathroom or wash laundry. “It was a nightmare,” Arenas, 41, recalled one evening in the...

Toyota is planning to make a hefty new investment in its San Antonio plant, to the tune of $531.7 million. The investment came to light in documents prepared for County Commissioners, who met Tuesday to discuss potential new incentives in exchange for the automaker’s proposed investment. Commissioners gave unanimous approval...

Brittany Day will never forget when she saw the lifeless bodies of her twin daughters, Sophie and Ruby, on a hospital ultrasound in 2017. The day before, she’d felt some erratic movements. She’d taken that as a sign of healthy babies, but she now knows otherwise. In a matter of...

The conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty plans to spend more than $3 million on a multi-state advertising blitz to increase its membership and engage voters before November, following through on a pledge it made last year to become more politically active across the country in 2024. Yet the...

This article discusses LGBTQ+ mental health, suicide, and bullying. If you or someone you know needs help, reach out to the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling 988. Queer and questioning youth in need of support may call, chat, or text with crisis counselors at the Trevor Project. The...

Novant Health, the second-largest hospital operator based in North Carolina with more than $9 billion in annual revenue, promoted three executives as it continues revamping its executive leadership. John Gizdic was named chief operating officer, with the presidents of the Charlotte, Winston-Salem and North Carolina Coastal regions reporting to him,...

With several shootings, a homicide, drug violations, illegal alcohol sales and gang activity all taking place on the property of Edge Lounge at 1219 S. 5th Ave., its closure was inevitable. “We’re here today to send a very important message: nowhere to run, nowhere to hide,” New Hanover and Pender...

Some residents of northwest Moore County are organizing to try to block development of a proposed luxury driving resort just south of Randolph County that was announced last week. One of them, Joe Freeman, a farmer who said his family has owned land in the area since the 1700s, said...

The more than 1 million recreational fishermen in North Carolina will soon face new reporting requirements for some of the state’s most popular saltwater catches under legislation adopted last year, and many anglers aren’t happy about it. But when the new red tape rules will take effect remains to be...