On Friday evening, food trucks and vendors filled the parking lot of the newly opened Kemba Walker Sports Academy in downtown Concord.

State regulators are drafting two air quality permits for Duke Energy and Amazon Data Services. Amazon plans to build its $10 billion Energy Way Tech Campus data center in Hamlet in Richmond County, with some help from the utility.

Forecasters say highs could top 100 degrees starting Wednesday and may reach 105 on July 4 — a record for the Greensboro area.

Transparency advocates say small group “check-ins” violate the spirit and purposes of North Carolina’s open meetings law.

Hemp gummies, cannabis-infused drinks, and other similar products live in a legal gray zone, but they're big business in North Carolina. They accounted for $3.2 billion in revenue last year, according to Whitney Economics. If you’ve ever bought an intoxicating hemp product yourself, how did you know exactly what was in it? It’s on the label, right? Well, it’s not as straightforward as it seems, according to an investigation by reporter Jeffrey Billman of The Assembly. He joins WFAE's Marshall Terry to talk more about it.

The Democratic Senate nominee spoke at a campaign event in Asheville, arguing that the region "desperately needs more federal funding."