NC State projects an $18.5M athletics deficit in the first year of direct revenue sharing. Officials are eyeing concerts, donors and naming rights to close the gap.

The U.S. Treasury picked Asheville to host G20 finance deputies Aug. 29–30 and ministers Aug. 31–Sept. 1, spotlighting Western North Carolina’s recovery and hospitality.

An appeals court found regulators misapplied the state's fuel‑recovery law when approving Duke's 2024 fuel rider, but a 2025 law change blocks refunds for customers.

A man was found shot Thursday on the 500 block of School Street in Fayetteville and rushed to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center; detectives are investigating.

Leaders broke ground Thursday on a $129M phased rebuild of Clayton High that keeps students on campus while a new main building is built.

Crews battled a hidden wall‑and‑attic fire on Sedgewick Drive that produced heavy smoke and displaced two families. Thermal imaging helped crews locate hot spots and bring the blaze under control.

Dense fog limits visibility in Raleigh this morning; advisory through 10 a.m. Fog lifts mid‑morning, then a warm, gusty Friday with chance of storms.

A Wake County judge refused to extend an accuser's protective order against Durham Judge Clayton Jones Jr., after his January acquittal. The decision reshapes the civil restrictions tied to the case.

Cardinal Infrastructure bought Sugar Hill’s A.L. Grading Contractors for $245.5M and amended its term loan to $200M as it expands into the Atlanta market.

A longtime Cary Fire Department engineer was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of second‑degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

A diversionary 'flash‑bang' was thrown near an Aberdeen early‑voting site; no injuries were reported and police have increased patrols as they investigate.

The Gates Foundation joined a strategic round for Ten63, the Research Triangle AI drug‑discovery startup, which says the funding pushes its announced backing past $45M and ties support to HPV work.

A Raleigh man was sentenced to at least 4 years, 7 months after pleading guilty in a November 2023 crash that killed a 76-year-old Wake Forest man.