Category Archives: State/Regional
North Carolina Medicaid patients face care access threat as funding impasse continues
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Medicaid patients face a threat of reduced access to services - before separate changes approved within President Donald Trump&...
Sep 25, 2025
Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina a year ago. Some students never returned to school
By MAKIYA SEMINERA of The Associated Press and LAURA HACKETT and JOSE SANDOVAL of Blue Ridge Public RadioSWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) - When 12-year-old Natalie Briggs visited the ruins of her home after ...
Sep 19, 2025
Another beachfront stilt house collapses into the surf on the Outer Banks
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) - A beachfront stilt home along the Outer Banks in North Carolina has collapsed into the surf, bringing the total number of houses claimed by the Atlantic Ocean to 12 in the past fiv...
Sep 17, 2025
Appeals court rules felony offenders can’t be prosecuted for voting unlawfully by mistake
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A federal appeals court has ruled that a North Carolina law that made it a crime for felony offenders who vote before they have completed thei...
Sep 15, 2025
A Democrat governor, a Republican legislature: How Josh Stein is navigating North Carolina politics
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressFLETCHER, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has taken an unusual approach with Republican political opponents in his first eight months leading a highly c...
Sep 04, 2025
Republican North Carolina state Sen. Bobby Hanig announces bid to unseat Democrat Don Davis in 2026
POWELLS POINT, N.C. (AP) - A coastal North Carolina legislator announced his bid on Wednesday for a U.S. House seat next year, looking to unseat Democratic incumbent Don Davis in what is now the state...
Sep 03, 2025
Trump and Republican senators fight over a century-old tradition for judicial nominees
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says the Senate's century-old tradition of allowing home state senators to sign off on some federal judge and ...
Aug 26, 2025
Hurricane Erin never hit land or caused major damage, but threatened turtle nests weren’t so lucky
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated PressAs Hurricane Erin pelted North Carolina's barrier islands with strong winds and waves this week, it destroyed many nests of threatened sea turtles, burying t...
Aug 24, 2025
North Carolina Supreme Court says bars’ COVID-19 lawsuits can continue
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina Supreme Court issued favorable rulings Friday for bars and their operators in litigation seeking monetary compensation from...
Aug 22, 2025
North Carolina updates more than 20,000 voter records, seeks more ID numbers
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Voter registration records for more than 20,000 people in North Carolina have been successfully amended thus far in an effort by election...
Aug 21, 2025