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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

The colorful interactive experience invites the community to move their feet and watch as glowing squares illuminate from ...

Raleigh’s mayor pushes back on death rumors, Scott Mason’s exit from WRAL: See what Triangle readers were talking about last ...