A state panel floated dropping letter grades for North Carolina schools, even as D and F ratings dropped to 23% this year.

A federal judge refused to halt North Carolina's new envelope rules, even as Wake County already tossed 40 ballots.

Officers rushed to the 900 block of Fiske Street Monday night; three people were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.

Fleming Hall houses about 170 students. It's the third ECU dorm tied to a sexual assault report since August.

Carlo and Josephine Finazzo are expanding beyond their award-winning Pomodoro with a pasta-and-pizza concept named for Sicilian brotherhood.

George Mandley came back to New Hanover Regional to thank the nurse who caught his racing heart within minutes.

A survey found 79% of Wake homeschool families would opt in, but sports access remains a separate fight.

Amato led the Wolfpack to its only 11-win season and later mentored a generation of coaches.

A former Bull City United violence interrupter was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison in a Durham cocaine and fentanyl case.

Tiaria Fikes, 36, faces felony drug and child endangerment charges after a Kinston assault call led to a traffic stop with a 5-year-old inside.

A restored 1860 mansion in Boylan Heights joins Pittsboro's Fearrington House Inn on Michelin's elite list of U.S. hotels.

Raleigh starts the week sunny, breezy and cool before warming into the 70s. The forecast stays dry through Sunday.

No one was hurt when a swerving driver sideswiped a Denbel Circle house late Sunday, leaving only dented vinyl siding behind.