In 2025, the county saw 28 suicide deaths, up from the previous year, while emergency services responded to dozens of attempts and calls for help. Already in 2026, five lives have been lost.

Police searched 26 businesses and eight homes Tuesday, seizing over $2 million in cash, 110 pounds of THC, and eight pounds of the illegal stimulant Khat.

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson warns the costs will be passed directly to families, potentially costing the average North Carolina household up to $1,300 this year.

The move impacts 94 employees, ranging from front-line agents to director-level positions.

Federal authorities seized more than $6 million in criminal proceeds. This includes over $1.1 million in cash found in safe deposit boxes and bank accounts, multiple luxury vehicles, and several real estate properties in Eastern North Carolina that were purchased with the fraudulent Medicaid funds.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has released an updated inventory of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions, detailing trends in the pollutants most responsible for climate change.

The Back @ Home Program relied on Covid-ERA funds to house people in need. When those ran out, tenants faced a fiscal cliff with just a month's notice.

For years, residents have headed to neighboring cities for dinner and drinks; now, town leaders hope this change will attract new development and boost the local economy.

Teacher attrition and vacancies at North Carolina schools held steady in the 2024-25 school year. But this year’s State of the Teaching Profession report highlights the continued challenges of retaining early-career teachers.

Art Pope talks to WUNC’s Higher Education reporter on the UNC BOG’s decision to raise tuition for the first time in nine years.

Melvin Edwards was arrested Tuesday after police say he used fourteen Raid insect foggers to attack three people inside a home.

The indictment comes after Brockman was arrested last year for alleged sex crimes with a minor.

Around 35 miles from Linville Gorge to Mount Mitchell State Park are still under construction.

A new segment of a multistate gas pipeline project will run through Triad Park in Kernersville after a narrow vote by Forsyth County commissioners.

Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page led the Senate's Republican leader by two votes heading into Friday's tally of provisional ballots. It is now 23 votes.

Georgia O'Keeffe claimed New Mexico's desert "my country." But Pueblo peoples lived on the land long before the artist arrived. There's a push for a more complex view of O'Keeffe and her time there.

Pakistan faces a bind as the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran widens. It is trying to straddle warring sides, while managing public frustration at home.

After six seasons of streaming, Cillian Murphy's Tommy Shelby brings his Romani family of Birmingham gangsters to the big screen.

A celebration of the life of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson will be held in Chicago Friday. Current and former elected officials, faith leaders, entertainers and more are expected to attend. A private funeral will be held Saturday.

Many Iranians in the U.S. with family back in Iran have been having a very difficult time staying in touch as bombs continue to drop around the country. That's creating a lot of anxiety and worry.

One week into the U.S.–Israeli bombing campaign against Iran, the conflict is already spilling far beyond its original battlefield — with shockwaves reaching from Cyprus to Sri Lanka.

Nearly a week into a new and widening war in the Middle East, some of the U.S.'s closest allies in the region and beyond are trying to contain it.