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.

Gov. Josh Stein will sign an order barring some cabinet staff from using nonpublic job information to bet on prediction markets. The move follows insider‑trading scares and a national scramble over how to police event‑contract platforms.

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

Muggy morning in Raleigh with highs near 88°F and a slight chance of afternoon storms. Clouds keep the heat in check, but a frontal pattern brings higher rain chances later this week.

NWS warned of strong thunderstorms with gusts up to 40 mph and a possible landspout near Scuppernong; local towns were placed under an advisory.

Botiwalla by Chai Pani opens June 2 at Raleigh Iron Works, bringing kebabs, chaat and boozy slushies from a larger kitchen. The fast‑casual concept brings James Beard flavors to the Triangle.

Helene’s flooding has pushed storm maps and insurance costs to the top of North Carolina buyers’ checklists. Agents and planners are adapting to new climate data and rising premiums.

Republican bills would cut North Carolina’s 17‑day early voting window to as few as 10 days, prompting warnings from election officials and voting‑rights advocates.

Wake County's draft generative‑AI policy drew pushback from board members who say the document is too vague on detectors, discipline and student protections.

A National Weather Service flood advisory hit parts of the Piedmont Triad Tuesday after intense downpours, warning of minor street and low-lying flooding in Davidson, Forsyth and Guilford counties.

UNC researchers mapped 78 flood events and found 43% of flooded buildings in North Carolina lay outside FEMA’s floodplains, revealing insurance and planning gaps.

A 9-foot alligator wandered through Southport lawns and driveways on Memorial Day before specially trained officers captured and relocated it to a less-populated area.