Democrats hope 2026 is the year they can win seats in formerly deep-red Cabarrus County

After Trump linked Camp Lejeune water contamination settlements to the midterms, advocates, Gov. Josh Stein, Congresswoman Deborah Ross, and others question the political pledge as thousands await resolution. Advocates say justice should not depend on politics.

Nearly 260 mail-in ballots in Mecklenburg County have been rejected because voters failed to seal an envelope inside another envelope. Voting rights groups worry some voters won’t be able to cast replacement ballots.

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is looking into gas stations that may not be passing along savings after lawmakers suspended the state’s gas tax earlier this month.

President Trump wrapped up his midterm campaign swing through the Carolinas Wednesday night with a stop near Clemson to rally support for interim South Carolina Republican Sen. Darline Graham.

While Jennifer Balkcom and Jamie Ager both come from Western NC farming families, the issues on which they are running are quite different.

Gov. Josh Stein is criticizing what he says is an unusually high number of mail-in ballot rejections, urging voters to instead cast their votes in person "if possible." He blamed the State Board of Elections' recent changes to absentee ballot processing guidelines that require officials to reject ballots in some cases, rather than offer voters an easier process to "cure" mistakes.

The first full week of early voting is underway in North Carolina, and so far, data show that Democrats and unaffiliated voters are turning out in much higher numbers than Republicans.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley campaigned alongside President Donald Trump in Greenville on Tuesday night, attacking Democrat Roy Cooper’s record as governor on issues including crime and COVID-19 restrictions.

Mecklenburg County commissioners discussed a new proposal Tuesday to redevelop Brooklyn Village in uptown Charlotte, a project where the county has struggled to get construction underway since selecting its first developer in 2016.