North Carolina has joined a new nationwide effort to improve outcomes for more prisoners who return to society through an approach focused on education, health care and housing. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order Monday that seeks to reduce recidivism through formal training and workforce tools for incarcerated people so more can succeed once they are freed.

The Transgender American Veterans Association is suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, two years after the department said it would provide gender affirmation surgery.

Legal online sports betting in North Carolina is poised to begin in March on the eve of the region's beloved Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament.

Dozens of residents voiced opinions on the impact of short-term rentals on affordable housing availability.

A new Fresnel lens will be fabricated for the beacon. Window ornaments and ironwork will also be restored.

Some federal search warrants have revealed new details about a shooting in August on the University of North Carolina's flagship campus that left a professor dead. The warrants state the graduate student charged in the shooting bought a pistol and also visited a gun range the day before Zijie Yan was killed inside a laboratory building at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Thousands of Duke Energy customers have gone over 24 hours without power. Durham County is opening an emergency shelter tonight.

Durham Public Schools had fewer buses running and many missing employees today after some support staff didn't report to work over a pay issue.Hundreds of Durham Public Schools staff crowded into a meeting today to demand to know why they recently received notice that their pay would be reduced.

Friday marks the start of early voting for the 2024 primaries in North Carolina with mail-in ballots getting sent to voters who requested them

Wake County commissioners might put a $94 million library bond to voters that would add a branch in Rolesville and make infrastructure renovations system wide.