How a small group of white men engineered the violent 1898 overthrow of Wilmington’s duly elected multiracial government.

More than 2,600 people sued Chemours and DuPont over PFAS contamination in North Carolina. After eight years, the trial won’t ...

raven Environmental stopped operating its Zebulon chemical recycling plant last year and began hauling the last of its equipment away this summer. The circular outline indicates the former location of ...

When Brayden Smith visited the Career and Professional Development Center at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) for the first time, the staff had to ask him to speak up. The freshman from ...

Photographer Aycock Brown pitched the Outer Banks to the outside world. Now the barrier islands, once little known, welcome the world.

Aycock Brown, small of stature but gigantic of heart, almost single-handedly brought N.C.’s barrier islands to the outside world.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein signs state budget into law during a July 7, 2026, ceremony in Raleigh (Bryan Anderson for The Assembly).

Who is Howard Bunsis and what's up with his analyses of college finances? Plus, how Workforce Pell will work in NC and the life of young Lee Roberts.

The North Carolina Community College System's office in downtown Raleigh. (Erin Gretzinger for The Assembly) North Carolina community colleges hope to benefit from a major expansion of federal ...

Stories That Matter. Stories Shaping North Carolina. Join thousands of North Carolinians in-the-know about their state. Sign up, the newsletter’s free. Every weekday. Roberts’ mother, famed NPR ...