Cabarrus Co. will better train commissioners as part of settlement. A commissioner had speaker removed for criticizing DSS staff by name.

Window for candidates closes in NC. With everyone filed, primary and general election contests for federal, state, local offices take shape.

Sheriffs say stricter pretrial release rules could test capacity, staffing and county budgets.

Active shootings represent a very small percentage of on-campus university violence

Party-affiliated candidates are ready to run in the upcoming midterm elections. Find out who is running in western North Carolina.

Across North Carolina, adolescents experiencing mental health crises wait in emergency rooms for days or even weeks for a psychiatric bed to become available.

According to a 2025 report from the North Carolina Institute of Medicine, 97 of the state’s 100 counties are designated professional mental health shortage areas.

The agency's priorities include expanding online services and cutting wait times for in-person visits.

Faculty at both public and private colleges in NC express concerns about politicized attacks on academic freedom and limits to free speech.