Category Archives: Triangle/Local
Ex-congressman Nickel entering race to unseat North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis in 2026
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel of North Carolina announced on Wednesday his candidacy to try to unseat Sen. Thom Tillis in 2026, sa...
Apr 09, 2025
Rare greenhouse gas law in NC could get pulled back by GOP legislators
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor worked together in 2021 to enact a rare energy law in the South that...
Apr 03, 2025
Rare greenhouse gas law in NC could get pulled back by GOP legislators
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor worked together in 2021 to enact a rare energy law in the South that sought t...
Apr 03, 2025
North Carolina judge challenging outcome of race wore Confederate uniform in college photo
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb an...
Mar 28, 2025
North Carolina Senate majority leader to resign from chamber
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A top lieutenant to North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger announced on Tuesday his resignation from his Senate seat, creating a leadership vacancy as the Senate enters a more i...
Mar 25, 2025
North Carolina justices decide family can sue over unwanted COVID-19 shot
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina mother and son can sue a public school system and a doctors’ group on allegations they gave the boy a COVID-19 vaccine ...
Mar 21, 2025
North Carolina justices decide family can sue over unwanted COVID-19 shot
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina mother and son can sue a public school system and a doctors' group on allegations they gave the boy a COVID-19 vaccine witho...
Mar 21, 2025
North Carolina’s largest public university NC State names new chancellor
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has chosen the next person to lead the state’s largest public university by enrollment...
Mar 18, 2025
North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated PressASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Before answering an attendee’s question about President Donald Trump’s "destructive and disastrous trade war," U.S. Rep. Chuck Edw...
Mar 14, 2025
Tens of billions in Hurricane Helene aid to start by March 21
By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated PressATLANTA (AP) - Tens of billions in aid for victims of Hurricane Helene should start flowing later this month, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins pledg...
Mar 12, 2025