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A federal trial over North Carolina's photo voter identification law remains set for May after a judge refused Wednesday to end efforts by civil rights groups that sued over the requirement on allegations that its provisions are marred by racial bias.

A federal appeals court has ruled that West Virginia and North Carolina's refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory. The case is likely headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

UNC Asheville Chancellor Kimberly van Noort is proposing to eliminate several academic programs and departments from the university. According to van…

The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is calling for metal detectors to be used in schools every day after a gun was found on campus this week. But district officials say that will require more funding and manpower than they currently have.

A group of nine Indigenous Peruvian young leaders are spending four days learning new technologies to help monitor and protect their Indigenous lands from illegal miners, loggers and narco-traffickers.

The Republican Party has sued North Carolina's elections board to block students and employees at the state's flagship public university from showing a digital identification to comply with a photo ID law.

Watauga County residents are urged to avoid unnecessary travel, but for those in need of shelter, food, water and other resources, here is a list of locations offering support during this time.

The Biden-Harris administration announced plans to provide up to $750 million in direct funding to Wolfspeed, with the money supporting its new silicon carbide factory in North Carolina that makes the wafers used in advanced computer chips and its factory in Marcy, New York.

In the wake of Helene, many craftspeople in western North Carolina lost their studios due to severe flooding. The Piedmont Craftsmen Guild in Winston-Salem is lowering entrance fees and housing costs to give these artists and others an opportunity to share their work at the guild's 61st annual fair on November 23-24.

The federal, North Carolina and Virginia governments asked a court Thursday to declare the country's largest electricity company liable for environmental…