A winter storm is expected to bring snow, sleet and ice to North Carolina over the weekend. That's expected to result in widespread power outages and make travel risky into the early part of next week.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is considering an overhaul of its magnet programs.

Union County Public Health has issued more than 170 quarantine orders tied to a measles exposure at Shining Light Baptist Academy in Monroe, officials said Friday.

On Thursday, volunteers fanned out across Mecklenburg County in the cold, predawn hours to count the number of people sleeping outdoors in places such as cars, sidewalks and tents. For the second year in a row, a tragedy: They found a person dead in an encampment near Interstate 77. To explain how the count unfolded and what it means, WFAE's Nick de la Canal spoke with reporter Elvis Menayese, who tagged along with the volunteers.

For more than two years, Williamston’s local hospital has sat empty. The closure of Martin General Hospital has meant much longer ambulance rides and big concerns about the state of healthcare in this rural county.

North Carolina’s Democratic Party is punishing some state legislative candidates by blocking access to a key election resource. The reason: the candidates sided with Republicans in voting to override vetoes from Democratic governors.

Volunteers find a person dead during Mecklenburg County's annual homeless count. A federal judge allows Dominion Energy's Central Virginia Offshore Wind project to continue. Officials confirm 11 measles cases in Mecklenburg County.