An alert passerby exposed a drug smuggling operation after noticing “suspicious individuals” cruising the neighborhood, according to investigators in eastern North Carolina.
- Mark Price, The Charlotte Observer
A complex money laundering operation was uncovered in North Carolina when bank employees noticed a customer had used a different ID the day before.
- Sarah C. Johnson
"We hold our officers to high standards, but we also support them through due process when technical misunderstandings arise," the police chief said.
- LISA O’DONNELL Staff Reporter
"It's always going to be something in the news cycle," Ellis said. "A girl who's attacked."
- JOHN HINTON Staff Reporter
William Craig Durham, 56, of Roaring River is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping in the death of Brandi Byrd Reynolds.
- JOHN HINTON Staff Reporter
Timothy Clinton Pruitt, 72, of North Wilkesboro is charged with three counts of first-degree statutory sex offense, three counts of indecent liberties with a child and three counts of engaging in a sex act as a substitute parent, according to an arrest warrant.
- Sarah C. Johnson
A judge ordered the owner to comply with an agreement for Robert Arguelles to purchase the remaining company stock.
Newton police said a co-worker was shot and died in an office area.
“I’m hurt and I’m angry,” Velma Terry said in an interview about the case.
“Well, we’ve heard of the ‘Wet Bandits’ and ‘Sticky Bandits,’ but we've never come across a ‘Biscuit Bandit,’” said Patrick DeSota, a Greensboro police spokesman said.
Livestock owners are forbidden from allowing livestock to run at-large, according to N.C. general statutes.
A Greensboro man has been arrested and charged in connection with an assault last week after pouring gasoline on a woman and setting her on fire
Noree Staton is charged with one misdemeanor indecent exposure and one count of felony indecent exposure involving a minor, warrants say.
The Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation announced Morton's death on its website.
The position was identified as a priority during the organization's strategic planning process.
Old landfills and dumps that could contain dangerous materials are going uninspected across North Carolina, a new audit found.
Lake Lure’s Washburn Marina is open once again after being destroyed in Tropical Storm Helene.
North Carolinians can now weigh in on if distilled spirits like whiskey and vodka should have a government-mandated minimum price.
Nuclear energy plants and natural gas projects in North Carolina could soon be approved and built faster than before.
Experts say that’s driven by an intense heat wave that hit the state at the same time as a drought.
The U.S. Education Department said it partnered with the Justice Department to look at the issue, and enforcement actions could include "applicable judicial proceedings and potential loss of federal funding."
Clayton has no intelligence background and, during his confirmation hearing, he refused to acknowledge Trump lost the 2020 presidential election.
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump expressed irritation with Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of their White House meeting on Tuesday, complaining that details of the Israeli prime minister's planned talking points on Iran surfaced publicly.
Germany's plans to tighten sick-note rules may be mistaking the symptoms of rising absenteeism for the underlying illness, researchers say.
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A new bill could tighten laws around driving while impaired in North Carolina.
The sheriff's office received a referral from the McDowell County Department of Social Services about a child being neglected
Kadin Hoger was grilling at the encampment on Williamson and South Baldwin streets from 2 p.m. Friday until 2 a.m. Saturday.
People gather at Williamson and South Baldwin Streets where Corey Ruiz was fatally shot by a police officer on Wednesday afternoon in Madison.
A town meeting brought new ideas to light for the property.
Since April 2024, the McDowell Department of Social Services has screened 21 reports involving teen suicide attempts.
Rep. Chuck Edwards hired a Washington-based attorney to represent him on allegations that he sexually harassed female staffers.
The commissioners congratulated Sheriff Ricky Buchanan on his retirement and thanked him for his decades of service to McDowell County.