Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The closest race in Orange County from March’s primary elections is headed to a recount. During Friday’s canvassing count and meeting of the Board of Elections, the county election officials acknowledged incumbent Earl McKee’s call for a recount in the District 2 Democratic primary for the Orange...

Liz Bell/Education NC North Carolina has experienced a 13% net loss of child care programs since 2019, with record lows of licensed care expected in the next year, said Candace Witherspoon, director of the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) to legislators Tuesday. Families are struggling to afford...

Sally Kestin/Asheville Watchdog After losing his home and retiring as a remodeling contractor, Richard Helbig worked at an Ingles bakery for $13 an hour and as a dishwasher at an assisted living facility for $15 an hour. “I have to work longer and harder to make up for the fact...

Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice At the Albemarle Regional Planning Organization (ARPO) meeting held in Hertford on the morning of March 11, delegates learned that the fate of the Mid-Currituck County Bridge may be decided at the April 15 meeting of the ARPO. On that date, delegates from NCDOT District 1...

Liz Schlemmer/WUNC News New research using a sample of North Carolina middle and high school students found that they spend two to three hours of their school day on their smartphones. The study was published in JAMA Network Open this week by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Winston Center on Technology...

Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema acknowledges having a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail that began while she was a lawmaker, according to legal documents. But she also contends she shouldn’t be subject to a lawsuit by the man’s ex-wife who blames...

Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Due to exhausted funds and concerns about excessive computer-screen time, some North Carolina public and private schools are considering reversing course on one-to-one device access and scaling back on in-class use. Districts across the country received billions in federal funding during the pandemic, hundreds of millions...

Sarah Krueger/WRAL News Hundreds of safety incidents occur every year in and around public buses in our area. Recently, WRAL News has covered a man accused of swinging a rusty machete at the downtown Raleigh bus station, and a stabbing there a few weeks later. WRAL Investigates wanted to know...

WSOC News The town of Mooresville wants a judge to toss out a lawsuit over the mayor walking around town hall after hours with a woman without his pants. A former IT worker claims he was fired in retaliation for reporting video of that incident, which happened in October 2024....

Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily Four parks and recreation employees were put on paid leave in Southport this week, though one of them tendered her resignation as of Thursday. An investigation is underway into missing funds in the department, with a state agency heading the case. Port City Daily has learned...

David Ford/WFDD Radio North Carolina A&T State University has unveiled a new test facility in Greensboro to improve traffic safety. The Smart Intersection Test Facility is a collaboration between A&T, the city and the state Department of Transportation. It functions as a living laboratory at East Market and Dudley streets,...

Will Doran/WRAL News Two high-profile killings shook North Carolina in the past year, and police accused homeless men with lengthy criminal histories of carrying out the crimes. On Wednesday members of a bipartisan state legislative committee took a closer look at the state’s probation and parole system. They raised concerns...

Michael Melia/The Associated Press Like many school systems facing teacher shortages, South Carolina’s Allendale County has looked overseas for help. A quarter of the teachers in the rural, high-poverty district come from other countries. The superintendent praises the international educators — mostly from Jamaica and the Philippines — for their...

Liz Bell/Education NC North Carolina has experienced a 13% net loss of child care programs since 2019, with record lows of licensed care expected in the next year, said Candace Witherspoon, director of the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) to legislators Tuesday. Families are struggling to afford...

Jay Price/WUNC News North Carolina National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, fill Dorton Arena in Raleigh during a Jan. 27 deployment ceremony. The troops are now in Texas preparing for a long-planned, year-long deployment to Kuwait. North Carolina National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 120th...