Last month, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) reported the presence of the invasive spotted lanternfly in Rockingham County.
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The second annual Bands, Brews & BBQ Festival presented by deBotech, Inc. will light up downtown Mooresville on Sept. 14 from 4-9 p.m. This event is a chance to see what makes Mooresville unique, from its thriving music scene and dynamic brewing industry to its local flavor and community spirit.
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Aging is partnering with the N.C. area agencies on aging and local service providers to distribute fans to eligible recipients through Operation Fan Heat Relief from now through Oct. 31.
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RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly returned Wednesday for its budget-adjustment session, receiving a spending plan from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper that seeks to halt Republicans’ premier policies in recent years on taxes and school choice — proposals that GOP lawmakers are likely …
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RALEIGH — Enrollment in North Carolina’s new Medicaid coverage for low-income adults has surpassed 400,000 in the expansion program’s first four months, Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Monday.
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RALEIGH — North Carolina’s GOP-controlled legislature unlawfully tried to seize from the governor the power to choose elections board members in the battleground state, trial judges ruled while saying portions of a new election law must be permanently blocked.
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RALEIGH — North Carolina's Supreme Court returned Thursday to its landmark 2022 ruling on education funding that permitted use of taxpayer funds to fix unconstitutional inequities statewide without legislators' express approval. Republican lawmakers who opposed the decision want to see it pu…
RALEIGH — North Carolina's Supreme Court returned Thursday to its landmark 2022 ruling on education funding that permitted use of taxpayer funds to fix unconstitutional inequities statewide without legislators' express approval. Republican lawmakers who opposed the decision want to see it pu…
RALEIGH — Interest in authorizing more casinos in North Carolina during this year’s upcoming legislative session appears tamped down based on comments from top General Assembly leaders. But this week they suggested an effort to sanction and regulate video gambling machines could resurface in…
RALEIGH — A federal judge has blocked, for now, a new law recently approved by North Carolina lawmakers that tightens a rule on when a ballot cast by someone who is simultaneously registering to vote is removed from election counts.
NASHVILLE, N.C. — Blocked by Republican legislators at most every turn to advance his education agenda, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper said on Tuesday he’d seek in his final year on the job to build a coalition to prod the General Assembly to improve public schools toward his policy preferences.
Terrifying “gatorcicles” were found suspended in a North Carolina swamp when temperatures dropped into the teens, photos show. The frozen alligators were recorded at The Swamp Park, a coastal tourist attraction that allows humans to spy on alligators in the wild. The alligator sanctuary is about 175 miles south of Raleigh, near Ocean Isle Beach. “Their pond that they live in has frozen,” park ...
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is committed to improving youth behavioral health in North Carolina and is leveraging the historic investment from the N.C. General Assembly to ensure everyone receives the care they need when and where they need it. One of…
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper today urged Congressional leaders to support the bipartisan Affordable Connectivity Extension Act. This legislation will provide $7 billion to continue the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and ensure millions of low-income U.S. households stay connected to reli…
The Water Access Assistance Program provides financial help for low-income households to cover the cost of connecting to the McDowell/Nebo water system.
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On Thursday, firefighters will continue extinguishing hot spots near the fire’s edge, securing the perimeter.
The fire is 1 acre in size and at 60% containment, and crews will continue checking lines and extinguishing hot spots Thursday.
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Frank McGuire, Dean Smith, Bill Guthridge, Matt Doherty, Roy Williams, Hubert Davis. That’s the list of UNC basketball coaches over the last 70-plus years. Six coaches, six NCAA championships.
WKRP is coming to Cincinnati, according to the current owner of the call sign. It was made famous by “WKRP in Cincinnati,” the sitcom that ran from 1978 to 1982.
A year and a half after winning the White House by promising to lower costs and end wars, Donald Trump is overseeing surging energy costs and an escalating overseas conflict.
The Artemis II astronauts have captured Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon.
Two U.S. military planes were shot down in separate incidents on Friday, and while one crew member was rescued in Iran, the whereabouts of at least one other was unknown.
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As of Tuesday morning, the fire is 185 acres in size and 20% contained.
An autopsy revealed the man died from toxic levels of fentanyl and cocaine in his system.
An 11-year-old girl, an adult man and adult woman (both with special needs) were living at the home without running water or indoor plumbing, the sheriff's office said.
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The N.C. Justice Department — at the request of N.C. Department of Health and Human Services — sent a collections letter to the Balanced Nutrition officials in August 2025 with a demand for the repayment of the $101,142. DHHS said Monday that "no payment has been made to date."
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