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The Winston-Salem Police Department is investigating a murder-suicide that took place early Tuesday morning. 

Nearly half of North Carolina's residents were born out of state, but cultural traditions help keep its Southern appeal, according to researchers.

The wildfire on Sauratown Mountain in Stokes County is almost fully contained, according to state fire officials. The North Carolina Forest Service says the fire was almost 90 percent contained as of Sunday night.  

A Winston-Salem elementary school was recognized as the top school in the state for closing achievement gaps between Black and white students. The principal says personalized and intentional instruction was the key to this accomplishment. 

The University of North Carolina graduate student charged with fatally shooting his faculty adviser has been found unfit for trial after two mental evaluations, a judge ruled Monday.

There’s new leadership of a High Point nonprofit that’s working to reduce food insecurity in the city.

Two Guilford County schools could close next year as the district moves forward with its $2 billion facilities master plan. The district will hold a public hearing on the closures on Dec. 12.

Greensboro Senior Planner Mike Cowhig says around 60 properties in the city are designated as county landmarks. He says the Bradshaw-Freemon House is a prairie-style property, which is rare in the area.

An ethics probe into a Black justice's comments about diversity will move forward after a federal judge denied her request to halt the investigation she says is quashing her right to free speech.