Asheville has welcomed tourism back after Hurricane Helene. But in Biltmore Village, recovery is still months away.

No other governor has seen his role so often reduced to trying to thwart his legislative adversaries. But that’s not Cooper’s only legacy.

Cone Health hasn’t focused aggressively on growth, but that could change with a spinoff of Kaiser Permanente taking over.

Here are our staff's favorite stories published throughout 2024, which we are putting outside our paywall as a special gift ...

As the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill entered the admissions season in October 2023, a member of the school’s Board of Trustees asked its chair to advise the group on how to recommend ...

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For 12 years, a Raleigh man has been making Black Santas a holiday tradition.

When Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson greeted his fellow members of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies over Google Meet last week, his screen name raised some eyebrows—and a few giggles. There at the bottom ...

The Assembly team is taking some much-needed time off over the holidays. While we won’t be publishing anything new for the next two weeks, we’ll use this space to revisit some of our best work this ...