Central and Western North Carolina are under a Code Orange air quality alert again on Wednesday. Eastern North Carolina is under a Code Yellow alert.
A teenager has died after a crash threw the bicyclist into the Neuse River near New Bern early Tuesday morning.
Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will vote in September on whether they want to legalize marijuana possession and sales on tribal lands for anyone 21 and older.
The North Carolina General Assembly is delaying formal work for another week while budget negotiations and summer travel delay actions that Republicans want to accomplish before this year’s chief legislative session ends.
State officials are telling people to avoid contact with algae blooming in the Chowan River. It can produce a toxin that may cause adverse health effects in humans and pets.
A Montford Point Marine and jazz legend was honored in New York with the Congressional Gold Medal. American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Joe Wilder was recognized for his service during World War II.
One of the women believed to have been killed by New York’s Long Island Serial Killer is an eastern North Carolina native.
A former state corrections officer has been charged in a 2021 overdose death.
