Politics & Government

State inspectors visited the shelter three times and found 26 violations, including inadequate care and poor record-keeping.

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners has approved its list of priorities for the next three to five years. One of them is developing a sustainable funding formula for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. 

Republicans in the North Carolina House of Representatives, including Donny Lambeth of Forsyth and Larry Potts of Davidson County, have filed a bill to set up a committee exploring what the state will do if funds are reduced.

Award-winning singer-musician Rhiannon Giddens has become the latest artist to call off an appearance at the Kennedy Center, which has been in upheaval since President Donald Trump forced out the center's leadership and was elected chair of the board of trustees.

Driscoll, 38, of North Carolina, had served as an adviser to Vice President JD Vance, whom he met when both were attending Yale Law School. He served in the Army for less than four years and left at the rank of first lieutenant.

The city is requesting $160 million to help remove what are known as forever chemicals from one of its treatment plants.

The survey found that overall about 45% of Americans approve of President Trump’s job performance so far. But starker differences appear when the responses are narrowed by party: 88% of Republicans say they approve of the president, versus 36% of Independents and just 11% of Democrats. 

The money will be used to renovate a building in Mocksville to serve as SBA Home's first U.S. factory. The company supplies furniture to IKEA.

A federal scholarship aimed at boosting students from underserved and rural areas attending historically Black colleges and universities has been put on hold.

A North Carolina Supreme Court decision refusing to further accelerate the appeals over an unsettled November election for a seat on the court means an official winner likely won't be finalized sooner, and the trailing candidate could benefit.