A federal judge approved a sealed settlement between UNC–Chapel Hill and a student expelled after a 2021 Title IX probe. The consent decree keeps names and terms private while the court will retain enforcement authority.

State grants more than $12M to 463 volunteer fire departments for gear, trucks and safety upgrades across North Carolina.

Six sheep wandered into a Durham backyard and were rounded up by animal control before being returned to their owner. No injuries were reported.

Chatham County will hold a June 11 meeting in Pittsboro to gather public input on spending roughly $5.4M in opioid settlement funds.

A volunteer-led Wake County project has mapped more than 14,500 racially restrictive covenants and published an interactive StoryMap, time‑lapse and downloadable data.

Wake County administrators are proposing a 25¢ increase to school breakfasts and lunches for 2026–27 as food, shipping and labor costs squeeze the child nutrition budget.

New data show Americans added roughly $93 billion in credit‑card debt in 2025; North Carolina households averaged $7,329 and South Carolina $6,723. Here’s what that means locally.

About 50 people were displaced after a city-ordered evacuation at the Carolina Apartments; a local nonprofit says it arranged Airbnb stays and rehoused more than half.

A lakeside dinner turned tragic when a wind‑lifted patio umbrella struck and killed a 56‑year‑old woman at Driftwood Grill on Lake Marion. Officials say high gusts likely sent the umbrella airborne; an autopsy is pending.

Gov. Josh Stein welcomed Gastonia’s Sgt. David Rowland and K‑9 Bo to the Executive Mansion Wednesday, honoring Rowland with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine and presenting Bo a "pup‑preciation" certificate. The awards spotlight the K‑9 team's lifesaving tracks.

Kerwin Pittman bought the shuttered Wayne Correctional Center in Goldsboro and plans to convert it into a reentry campus as North Carolina’s prisons face major staffing and budget strains.

Wake Forest's free July 3 Fireworks Spectacular returns to Heritage High with live music, veterans leading the Pledge and a late-night fireworks finale.

Families say Chapel Hill High’s yearbook omitted students who receive special-education services, raising questions about district policy and federal disability protections.