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The leader of North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles says he's hoping to open four new offices within months. The legislature recently approved funding for new DMV offices in Fuquay-Varina, the town of Garland in Sampson County, Cabarrus County and the town of Leland in Brunswick County.

Officials with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said the first calf was spotted by an aerial survey team the day after Thanksgiving off Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. The second was seen near the Florida/Georgia border by an aerial survey team from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute.

Central Piedmont Community College opens a new student union and library building at its central campus in uptown Charlotte on Tuesday.

For the approximately 25,000 Muslims in Charlotte, observing the new year starts with prayers at sunset on Friday, July 29.

A new inpatient psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents in Butner will soon begin accepting patients. It aims to provide better care and help alleviate backlogs in emergency departments around the state.

The North Carolina judicial district that covers Charlotte is asking Mecklenburg County for more funding to help staff manage a backlog of cases.

Thursday morning, members of the Wilmington Journal Breakfast Club announced plans for the 125th anniversary of the 1898 massacre, including a contest geared at students.

N.C. House lawmakers want to create a new state-run retirement savings program for workers whose employers don’t offer that benefit.

A North Carolina bill prohibiting pregnant women from seeking abortions on the basis of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome is getting fast-tracked in the House.

North Carolina's Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would require doctors to provide the same duty of care for a child who is born alive after an attempted abortion that they would for any other newborn.

Project Outpour, a Charlotte nonprofit, provides mobile showers and essential items to people experiencing homelessness.

North Carolina environmental group Clean Air Carolina is relaunching and rebranding as CleanAIRE NC to focus on climate change and environmental justice.

The Carolina Panthers had their dress rehearsal on Friday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kicker Ryan Santoso makes his Panthers debut and NC State has a new rule about unvaccinated athletes.

Unions representing police, fire and some public service workers said in a letter to city officials that they were against a COVID-19 vaccination mandate and that mandates that go against a person's beliefs are "dangerous."

Novant Health says of the 375 employees who were suspended for not getting COVID-19 vaccines, nearly 200 are now compliant. The rest no longer have jobs with the health care system, which is based in Winston-Salem and has a major presence in Charlotte.

North Carolina environmental officials have scheduled two public hearings this week — one in person and one virtual — on Piedmont Lithium's application for a lithium mining permit in Gaston County.

A few hundred people gathered for a town hall meeting Wednesday night. Metal detectors, clear backpacks and additional security guards came up as ways to prevent students from bringing firearms to campus.

The city of Charlotte has announced new funding for projects aimed at revitalizing and reshaping public spaces. One group that feels left out of the city’s Corridors of Opportunity says the funds are a way to bring beauty into the neighborhood.

More than 100 restaurants will participate in Charlotte Restaurant Week from Jan. 17-26. They hope to bring in diners during what's typically a slow month for restaurants.

Medic, Mecklenburg County's EMS agency, says staffing shortages and increased demand during the latest COVID-19 surge are straining resources. The agency is making some temporary changes to cope, including increasing wait times for some non-emergency situations.