The Republican Party of Surry County met on Saturday to name delegates to the district and state conventions as the 2024 election cycle plods on toward a November rematch unlike any in recent memory with a sitting president taking on a former president. In reliably red Surry County, the Republican...

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday cut off access to much of the city’s port — causing a suspension of vessel traffic that will disrupt a key trade lane and threaten to further tangle already-stressed supply chains. The Port of Baltimore was the 17th...

Almost 27% of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ teachers are either not fully licensed or are teaching subjects other than what they’re licensed to teach, according to a report presented at Tuesday’s school board meeting. That’s up from 13.8% in November 2021. The school system’s target had been reducing that to 10% by...

North Carolina’s primary election results from earlier this month have been made official, with a handful of key incumbents losing and a few U.S. House and statewide nominee races now headed to runoffs. The State Board of Elections voted unanimously on Tuesday to certify counts for scores of ballot items...

Over the past five years, North Carolina counties have changed elections directors 58 times, according to the North Carolina State Board Elections, with seven already this year. The state board’s executive director, Karen Brinson Bell, raised concerns about departures of so many county elections directors during a March 26 virtual...

A state-funded pilot program is bringing high tech learning experiences to high school students in 17 school districts. School districts participating in the SparkNC program have set up labs where students can choose from a menu of short courses in topics like robotics, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and software development. Students...

Krystal “Krissy” Anderson, a former Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader and yoga instructor, has died at 40. The official Chiefs Cheer Instagram confirmed her death and expressed condolences while paying tribute to Anderson. An obituary also shared that Anderson died “unexpectedly” on March 20, “shortly after the birth of her daughter,...

After a Port City United employee was arrested in connection to last week’s Houston Moore shooting, the county is taking a closer look at its multi-million-funded program. Some commissioners are speaking out against the program’s continued support and suggesting money be put toward schools instead. According to an announcement from...

The development of an eight-unit duplex on a narrow one-acre parcel of land in Waynesville drew opposition from neighbors and concerns from some Waynesville Planning Board members during a review of the project earlier this month. Several nearby residents spoke at a planning board public hearing, claiming the duplexes are...

Early on January 21, UNC sophomore Mary Rotunda was killed in a car crash on North Carolina Highway 54. Rotunda was in the car along with two other people, who both survived the crash. Police say the car was traveling 120 miles per hour when the driver, sophomore Flemeeja Brewer,...

Lear Corporation, a global textile manufacturer with a factory in Duplin County, has knowingly discharged high levels of toxic PFAS into the Northeast Cape Fear River for the past five years, yet state regulators have not required the company to rein in those releases. Now Lear, which makes seating and...

A 948-foot container ship smashed into a four-lane bridge in the U.S. port of Baltimore in darkness early on Tuesday, causing it to collapse and sending cars and people plunging into the river below. Rescuers pulled out two survivors, one in very serious condition, and were searching for more in...

State Rep. Michael Wray is conceding defeat in the Democratic Party primary, ending a 20-year career in the state legislature, he said in a letter to WRAL Monday. He won’t keep appealing the unofficial results that showed him losing his bid for reelection by only a few dozen votes, after...

The North Carolina Republican Party will meet in Selma Tuesday night to elect a new chairman. The state party’s current chairman, Michael Whatley, is stepping down to become the new chairman of the Republican National Committee. Former President Donald Trump backed Whatley, along with his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, to lead...

The city of Charlotte proposed modifying development rules Monday to limit new triplexes built in residential neighborhoods to corner lots only. If the Charlotte City Council approves the change, it would be a retreat from the city’s 2040 Plan, which allows duplexes and triplexes to be built anywhere in neighborhoods...