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Robin Sage, the nearly two-week special field "final exam" for would-be Green Berets continues through February 1 as the candidates work with guerrilla fighters in the "unconventional warfare exercise" throughout North Carolina.

Experts say obese people are more likely to get diabetes or heart disease, which could cost the state health plan more money in the long run.

Nationally, AdImpact projects a new record of $10.2 billion in spending for the 2024 election, significantly higher than the $2.6 billion spent in 2016.

As North Carolina’s insurance commissioner weighs a proposed 42 percent increase to homeowners’ insurance rates, a Wall Street Journal report Thursday highlights companies that are reporting a surge in profits.

Republican lawmakers have focused on Democratic Gov. Cooper’s administration’s hurricane response after hearing from thousands who were still waiting for homes to be rebuilt years after Matthew and Florence.

DEHN, a German-based electrical engineering company, is investing $38.6 million into the project and creating 195 jobs at the new site.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A Raleigh gang member has been sentenced to 24 years in federal prison for his involvement in a racketeering-related violence and drug trafficking operation. United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Michael Easley, reported that in 2021 Dexter Maxwell pled guilty to distributing of at least 50 grams […]

The southern Appalachia region is a global biodiversity hotspot for salamanders, with more salamander species than anywhere else in the world.

The Sea Turtle Assistance & Rehabilitation (STAR) Center at the North Carolina Aquarium is seeking a few supplies from the community as it works to take care of a large number of sea turtles.

The 42.2 percent is just an average -- much higher rates of 99.4 percent are proposed at North Carolina beaches and 57 percent in inland areas such as Wilson and Edgecombe counties.