While the county will take over permitting, development rules, and building inspections, local officials confirm the change will not impact property taxes. Property owners can learn more at a final public hearing hosted by the Onslow County Planning Board on September 17.

Currently, state wildlife rules allow waterfowl hunting within 450 feet of the shoreline. However, following multiple complaints from local residents about hunters shooting too close to waterfront homes, the board wants that safety buffer nearly tripled to 1,200 feet.

Currently, the safety no-wake zone near the Masons Landing Boating Access Area is only written into Beaufort County’s regulations. The proposed change formally adds the exact coordinates of the no-wake zone to Pitt County’s rules, allowing uniform enforcement across the entire channel.

FEMA is awarding Graham nearly $16 million to repair the Graham-Mebane Lake Spillway, which was damaged during Tropical Storm Chantal last year.

State biologists will use the newly released data on overfishing and stock depletion to set upcoming seasonal rules for commercial and recreational anglers.

New data from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reveals that kindergarten vaccination coverage has fallen to 92.6 percent—well below the 95 percent threshold required to maintain community immunity.

Officials with the City of Havelock Fire Rescue Department said free Narcan and other prevention resources will be distributed on Thursday, September 24th, for Save a Life Day.

Trump kicks off Republican midterm convention with primetime speech, Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether to hold secretary of state in contempt, Apple unveils new foldable phone.

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman starred in the 1998 film "Practical Magic," which has since become an "occult" hit. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Bullock about the long-delayed "Practical Magic 2."

NPR's Michel Martin asks Maine's Democratic Governor Janet Mills about the impact of the escalating U.S.-Canada trade war on her state.

The Trump administration is making a new push to exclude millions of U.S. residents from a key census count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."

Unusual locations for immigration court hearings appear to be another tactic in a broader strategy to short-circuit immigrants' already-limited due process.

NPR accompanies UN peacekeepers behind Israeli lines as Israel expands its occupation of South Lebanon following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

The Missouri Supreme Court is holding a hearing to determine if the Republican secretary of state should be held in contempt of court for using a redistricting map it rejected.

On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we look at the status of the 9/11 case -- which hasn't yet gone to trial -- and the war-on-terror prisoners still held at Guantanamo.

NPR's Michel Martin asks Boone County, Missouri, clerk Brianna Lennon what the legal battle over the state's electoral maps means for voters there.

An escalation of fighting around the Strait of Hormuz pushes the benchmark price of crude oil back above $100 per barrel. That's leading to higher prices at the gas pump, just ahead of a high-profile inflation report.