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A new commercial criticizes firearms manufacturer Pat Harrigan for his views on immigration.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said the state will begin vaccinating people with underlying medical conditions starting March 17 — a week earlier than planned.

North Carolina Rep. Ted Budd has announced his bid to become the state's next U.S. Senator. He's looking to fill an open seat being left by GOP Sen. Richard Burr.

A federal North Carolina prosecutor’s office that has been investigating allegations of voter-related fraud said that 24 more people have been charged over the past 18 months.

A Black motorist is suing the Mooresville Police Department after she says a white officer threw her onto broken glass after he broke her car window with his baton.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday that the state is nearing an announcement on further financial incentives to boost COVID-19 vaccine participation.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has hired The DiJulius Group for $60,000 to train its 1,800 officers in what it calls a "customer experience training and curriculum."

For the first time since COVID-19 vaccines became available in December 2020, North Carolina this week declined to accept any more supplies. The move comes as North Carolina nears an announcement on additional financial incentives to boost vaccine participation amid a sizable drop in vaccine demand over the last two months.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley of North Carolina raised nearly $1.3 million in little more than two months since she entered the race in April, her campaign announced on Wednesday.

The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 continues to fall across North Carolina and in Mecklenburg County. The daily COVID patient census at all but two of Novant Health’s hospitals has dropped to less than 10.

North Carolina health officials and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday announced that they will eliminate the statewide mask mandate and ease masking requirements in schools.

The city of Charlotte has announced that Jefferson Davis Street is being renamed Druid Hills Way. The name changing process started in June.

Superintendent Earnest Winston notified the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board Thursday he will recommend mandatory masks to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant. The school board will review the plan at a special meeting Friday morning.

North Carolina manufacturers lost roughly 12,000 workers between March 2020 and March 2021. While hiring has begun to rebound, the industry is still down about 5,000 workers compared to pre-pandemic.

A UNC Charlotte architecture professor has designed windows that use suspended algae to filter light and carbon dioxide.

Senator JD Vance held a town hall in Greensboro on Thursday where he criticized the federal response to Hurricane Helene.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools unveiled plans Thursday to help link teachers to affordable housing. Administrators say the effort will help recruit and retain teachers amid statewide shortages.

You may be looking forward to gathering this holiday and singing — or you may be dreading that. WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his "On My Mind" commentary, says even from a ragtag choir, those harmonies are more useful than ever.

North Carolina's two coastal ports have largely avoided major backups and delays seen at other ports around the country, and they're trying to get the word out that they have room to take in more ships and help alleviate some of the backups.

A community health center in Charlotte is collecting survey responses with the goal of publishing a comprehensive report on North Carolina’s Latino population.