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Freshman Republican U.S. Representative Chuck Edwards is mid-way through a tour of the 15 counties of North Carolina’s 11th District. He spoke to BPR at Southwestern Community College about his priorities heading into federal budget negotiations. Edwards also announced he will be opening an office in Franklin, Macon County.

A deputy in South Carolina whose police van was swept away by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, drowning two women seeking mental health treatment trapped in a cage in the back has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Despite the All-Star race being a non-points exhibition race, it does satisfy the budget requirement, Rep. Jason Saine (R-Lincoln) told the Associated Press.

Of the seven Council of State races in North Carolina in 2024, just two incumbents have declared that they will seek re-election.

A South Carolina hemp farmer is suing several state agencies for violating his due process rights. The federal lawsuit alleges that the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Department of Agriculture and Attorney General’s office conspired to deny John Trenton Pendarvis due process after officials say he violated sections of the state’s hemp farming program.

Deep water solo climbing is the signature event at this weekend's Tuck Fest at the U.S. National Whitewater Center. Three Charlotte teenagers who have known each other since middle school are competing in the national competition April 29-May 1.

Elected the state's first Black lieutenant governor in 2020 in his first run for political office, Republican Mark Robinson would make similar history if he wins the governorship.

An influx of housing bills has come to the North Carolina General Assembly, ranging from tenant protections to funding for affordable housing to creating a new department.

Taylon Breeden said she is in “survival mode” trying to navigate the housing market.

At a time when social distance is everything, you might think the Charlotte Symphony has been silenced.However, a glimpse inside the life of the symphony’s principal harpist, Andrea Mumm, tells you otherwise.

The economic slowdown that came with the coronavirus pandemic put a squeeze on Charlotte's food pantries. As people lost jobs and income, demand rose and pantries have scrambled to keep food supply flowing. Now, those pantries are working to recover, too.

When Blumenthal Performing Arts announced its 2021-22 PNC Broadway Lights Series shows last week, there was still one big question that lingered: How? How are they actually going to put on these Broadway shows during a pandemic?

Charlotte artist Whitney Austin shares her success story about going from a career as a flight attendant and working in corporate sales to launching a studio and finding success that is "beyond a dream" through her paintings.

WFAE reached out to North Carolina Democrats running for Senate and asked specifically about the Manchin idea on voter ID. How did each candidate feel about supporting the idea?

Chip Ganassi is pulling out of NASCAR at the end of the season and has sold his entire organization to Trackhouse Racing.

Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at UNC Chapel Hill following an extended fight over tenure. She said she would instead take up the tenured Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at Howard University, a historically Black school in Washington.

A North Carolina Senate committee has advanced a measure that would limit how teachers can discuss racial concepts inside the classroom. The move came Tuesday, a day when Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson released a task force report citing alleged cases of “indoctrination” in North Carolina public schools.

Food trucks typically rely on crowds for their business. When the COVID-19 pandemic took those crowds away, they had to get creative and find new ways to get by.

Redistricting plans that enlarge North Carolina's congressional delegation and retool the state House seats have now each cleared one legislative chamber. The House voted along party lines Tuesday for a map that redraws the chamber's 120 districts, which are based on population changes recorded in the 2020 census.

A tight budget cycle driven by a loss of federal pandemic relief money and uncertainty at the local, state and federal level is forcing Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schools to tighten its belt.