North Carolina may be famous for its beaches and Blue Ridge Mountains, but the state has a lesser-known claim to fame. As the sweet potato capital, North Carolina grows 60% of the country’s supply—and ...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley is hopping on the Carolina Hurricanes bandwagon as the team aims for its first Stanley Cup in two decades. After a Wednesday event in Zebulon focusing ...

As the Family Dollar founder's philanthropy embarks on a $2 billion push to help communities in need, the company faces ...

I thought I knew North Carolina pretty well when I set out to launch The Assembly. But you can discover a lot more about your home state in five years of deep reporting. Since founding The Assembly in ...

Cape Fear River contaminant GenX is among the chemicals that would no longer fall under legally enforceable, nationwide drinking water standards. This story is published through our partnership with ...

This story is published through our partnership with Inside Climate News. The Ratepayer Protection Act, wending its way through the North Carolina legislature, conjoins two opposing ideas: rein in ...

The rains from Hurricane Helene began before dawn that September day, dumping more than two feet in the hills west of Swannanoa and flooding the little white church in the valley below. Fallen trees ...

The Trump administration’s proposed revamp of college accreditation rules could speed up the UNC System’s effort to launch a new accreditor for public universities. Last week, the U.S. Department of ...

Some graduates of Durham Technical Community College could soon be able to transfer roughly five miles across town to Duke University as part of a new joint program. The program would allow students ...

Dave Boliek talks with NC State football fans. (Cornell Watson for The Assembly) When she learned that Republican State Auditor Dave Boliek was coming to Greensboro to speak at a local rotary club in ...

Get used to hearing those letters a lot. The PCS process is N.C. lawmakers’ primary method to gut and amend bills.

Hurricane Helene severely damaged a key Western North Carolina hatchery used to boost the trout stock of local rivers. Now it's coming back.