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The Affordable Connectivity Program is a pandemic-era program that received funding in 2021 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. It provides discounts to low-income households who struggle to afford reliable high-speed internet.

It wasn't long ago, during North Carolina's best start in Atlantic Coast Conference play in more than two decades, that veteran big man Armando Bacot surprised his coach with a confession. “Coach, this is the most fun I've ever had playing defense,” coach Hubert Davis recalled Bacot telling him. Scoring has long been the headliner in Chapel Hill with efficient offenses humming at run-run-run pace.

House Republicans in North Carolina requested Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper deploy additional National Guard troops to Texas on Wednesday amid the surge in people illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Centers for Disease Control released its annual report on the sexually transmitted infections in the United States in 2022. What are the STI rates in NC for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and congenital syphilis?

Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson remained the top fundraiser in the GOP primary campaign for North Carolina governor entering 2024, but a recent rival has used his own personal fortune to compete with him monetarily. Robinson's campaign said it raised close to $3.4 million for the second half of 2023, according to campaign finance reports due late last week at the State Board of Elections. Bill Graham, a Salisbury trial lawyer who announced his bid for the Republican nomination in Octobe...

A state commission that oversees training is considering a mandate for the so-called red book for each student.

The state of North Carolina had seven cities ranked as having among the best pizzerias in the country.

A new study takes a look at the best and worst cities to get married in in North Carolina.

“I think it will ultimately come down as the most expensive gubernatorial race in North Carolina history,” said Chris Cooper, an expert on state politics at Western Carolina University.

One North Carolina mobile veterinary care group believes all people – no matter income status – deserve to have basic vet care for their pets.