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A final North Carolina budget bill is now law after Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed it almost as soon as the legislature placed it on his desk. The General Assembly gave its final approval on Thursday to a two-year state spending plan with a vote in the House.

UNC Charlotte professors collaborate on a project that explores how rock cracking changes as our atmosphere continues warming, with implications for everything from landslides to rockfall dangers.

After nearly a century of entertaining audiences with vaudeville acts, films, musicals and concerts — followed by decades of neglect and a crumbling interior — the Carolina Theatre reopens in uptown Charlotte on Monday, restored by a $90 million renovation.

June 1 marked the start of hurricane season, which runs through November. While we still have time before peak season in mid-August, many counties across the state are still recovering from past storms.

Charlotte resident Crystal Jackson is facing charges of health care fraud and money laundering. Eight others were charged in the Western District of North Carolina for defrauding South Carolina's Medicaid out of $21 million.

For the first time in more than a decade, polling places throughout North Carolina will open Tuesday for a statewide primary runoff election.

A lawsuit against the Durham Sheriff over redacted public records will continue to be fought in the courts by Emancipate NC.

Donald Trump decisively wins North Carolina, but Democrats had a series of victories lower on the ballot.

More Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools K-2 students are meeting literacy benchmarks early this school year. But administrators say the district is still lagging behind the rates needed to meet the district’s early literacy goals.

In what might be considered a blizzard by recent Charlotte standards, roughly a half-inch of powdery snow fell over the city and surrounding region Tuesday night.

It seemed like a crazy rumor at first, but it’s true: NFL legend Bill Belichick is the new football coach at North Carolina. WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his "On My Mind" commentary, wonders why.

The latest beginning-of-year literacy scores are in — and while they don’t paint a full picture of progress, they help show how far the district has to go to reach those goals.

North Carolina’s dispute — one could say crisis — over last month’s state Supreme Court election has escalated, setting up a showdown that could change the race’s outcome.

We're continuing to learn more about the 37-year-old woman who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

A bill to prevent private companies in South Carolina from firing employees who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine appears to be heading for a topsy-turvy showdown in the state House.

State data shows more loggerhead turtle nests were counted on South Carolina beaches this year than in 2020. Officials counted more than 5,600 sea turtle nests this year, with data still being tallied.

The Panthers are in a rut after yet another loss, this time to the Buffalo Bills. Off the field, COVID-19 is making its presence felt yet again with the new omicron variant. And South Carolina State University won the Cricket Celebration Bowl.

With Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools breaking a record for guns at schools, Tuesday's board meeting offers Superintendent Earnest Winston to answer board members' call for safety action.

People across the Charlotte area face long lines for COVID-19 testing as the highly contagious omicron variant collides with holiday socializing.

An appellate court is preparing to hear arguments over a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s abortion law. The court is set to hear arguments Thursday in Planned Parenthood’s case against South Carolina’s measure.