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A consent order in a Disability Rights North Carolina lawsuit against the state Department of Health and Human Services could increase community-based services access for people with disabilities.

The 1Love Festival in Winston-Salem is hosting a community conversation on Tuesday featuring artist Angelbert Metoyer. He'll be joined by festival co-founder Melva Sampson to discuss themes including imagination, spirituality and cultural identity.

Medical marijuana can now be legally purchased in North Carolina with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opening its long-planned dispensary this weekend on tribal land. Hundreds of people celebrated Saturday's historic opening of the Great Smoky Cannabis Co. in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Former President Donald Trump will be campaigning in North Carolina as he juggles legal troubles and his rematch against President Joe Biden. Trump's Saturday evening stop in the coastal city of Wilmington will mark his first rally since his criminal hush money trial began with jury selection in Manhattan.

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission says staff responded to a report of people harassing bear cubs at an Asheville apartment complex on Tuesday. In the video, people are not only seen pulling cubs from a tree, but one person poses for a photo while holding one of the wild animals, then drops the cub, who runs for a nearby fence.

App State’s Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Heather Norris will take on the role following the resignation of Sheri Everts on Monday.