North Carolina Republicans this legislative session pushed for several constitutional amendments. Some will appear on ballots ...

State lawmakers required school districts to eliminate DEI offices as part of a new state law that bans DEI in K-12 public ...

State lawmakers are now requiring public schools to let students miss between one and four hours a week to attend religious ...

Here’s a roundup of top stories from The News & Observer for Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026.

Resident concerns over drones and privacy sent an Axon agreement to further review while another police-tech deal won ...

A Cary WCPSS teacher had a bond hearing Tuesday morning to determine whether she’d be released from ICE custody in Georgia.

Capt. Marvin Lancaster was shot down by German forces in the second battle of El Alamein in 1942 and has been identified ...

Sen. Tillis and a handful of other Senate Republicans are rightfully concerned about enacting this legislation in months ...

Walker Eget transferred to Duke from San Jose State after Darian Mensah left Duke for Miami and won the QB competition with ...

According to Milstead, Raleigh Water gave violation notices when a water customer used more than 748 gallons of water over ...

Just 17 counties will have Sunday voting — a sharp decrease from 40 in the last midterm election. But that’s just one way to ...

In Dolly Parton’s rural Appalachian home, life was as “peaceful as a baby’s sigh.” She would sing this line in one of her ...