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Two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, a Union general arrived in Texas, accompanied by 2,000 troops, and delivered the news that all enslaved Black people in the state were free. That was June 19, 1865, and on its one-year anniversary, the very first Juneteenth celebrations took place there.

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools reported 727 students as dropouts last year, and have located all but 96 of them. North Carolina’s definition of a…

When Triad Cultural Arts, Inc. purchased three lots from Winston-Salem, it marked a major step in a multi-year effort to create a new cultural center.

Abortion providers in North Carolina filed a federal lawsuit Friday that challenges several provisions of a state law banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy in the dwindling days before the new restrictions take effect.

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed GOP legislation on Friday that would ban the promotion of certain beliefs that some lawmakers have likened to critical race theory in state government workplaces.

The Guilford County Board of Commissioners has adopted an $840 million budget for the next fiscal year. The budget totals $37 million more than last year.…

Danny Corona hit a go-ahead two-run single in the eighth inning to roust a dormant Wake Forest offense, and the Demon Deacons opened their first College World Series in 68 years with a 3-2 win over Stanford on Saturday.

North Carolina's state House speaker is being sued by a local elected official who alleges the powerful Republican ruined his marriage by having an affair with his wife.