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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.

A pre-Civil War farmhouse built by a wealthy gold miner in Mecklenburg County is up for sale in west Charlotte. The home has been restored by a local couple that saved it from demolition in 2014.

Former state legislator Wesley Harris is challenging Drew Kromer to lead the Mecklenburg Democratic Party.

The typically busy summer season at North Carolina's DMVs is expected to be even busier due to a surge in residents trying to get REAL IDs. DMV Commissioner Paul Tine, who was appointed in April, is hoping to alleviate some of the long wait times. NC Newsline's Galen Bacharier and WFAE's Marshall Terry discuss the issue.

In a new campaign ad, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson said he stands by North Carolina's current 12-week abortion ban — a significant change from a year ago, when he said he would support a total ban with no exceptions. The shift has divided some in his campaign.

North Carolina state superintendent candidate Michele Morrow has made protecting students central to her campaign. The Republican home-school mother running to oversee the state’s public school system has assembled a 10-person school safety advisory board, pledged to rid schools of pedophiles and vowed to address gun violence by putting in place added security measures.

It’s been more than a month since Hurricane Helene devastated parts of the North Carolina mountains. The storm and its aftermath brought the busy fall tourism season in the region to a halt before it even started. This weekend the Biltmore Estate in Asheville is reopening to visitors for the first time since the storm. And a few days ago on social media the city’s tourism bureau, Explore Asheville, said the city is again welcoming visitors.

A Charlotte band, led by a husband and wife, will open and close this year's seven-day Kwanzaa Charlotte celebration. The couple has been sharing Black music and heritage for more than two decades together.

Six million lights, larger-than-life Christmas trees and snowflakes from above — Carowinds has transformed into a winter wonderland.

President Joe Biden has pledged to fight for stalled voting rights and police reform legislation. That's despite not having the votes in the Senate to move either measure closer to becoming law. Biden commented while delivering the commencement address at South Carolina State University on Friday.

More litigation on voting, redistricting and race has reached North Carolina’s highest court. Justices held oral arguments Monday examining a lawsuit that alleges the legislature was barred from placing constitutional amendments on the ballot because lawmakers who agreed to do so were elected with the help of distorted district boundaries.

Women are bearing the brunt of the economic fallout from the pandemic facing higher unemployment than men. And single moms are particularly vulnerable to job loss, specifically those that don’t have another income to rely on.

The 77,000 Charlotte residents whose primary language is not English have struggled to get basic information about staying safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. North Carolina's largest city is now trying to improve communication with those residents.

HCA/Mission Health, the primary hospital system in Asheville, has been fined almost $30,000 by the North Carolina Department of Labor for violating health and safety laws. HCA can appeal the citations or pay the proposed penalties.

The North Carolina Board of Education heard a plan Wednesday to tie teacher pay and licensure to measurable results. It's a long way from action, but some teachers are concerned.