“If you get in trouble here, you’re never going home,” he said. Wright, 69, has been fighting to go home since January 20, 2006, when an Onslow County jury convicted him of first-degree murder in the ...

Today marks the first day of our two week-publishing pause. We won’t send new stories until July 14, but we’ll be using this time to work on some enterprise and investigative features for when we ...

Programming Note: After today’s newsletter, we’re kicking off our annual summer publishing pause. Everyone deserves a break, and the July 4 holiday is always a good time to slow down a bit. We’ll be ...

It’s not a hard choice, and I will not be seeking re-election,” said Tillis, who had provoked GOP ire for opposing Trump's ...

By Lee VanTine III North Carolina Health Alternatives Association. North Carolina’s hemp industry is at a crossroads. Over the last decade, this industry has grown into a thriving economic powerhouse, ...

The North Carolina Healthy Alternatives Association is dedicated to shaping the future of the industry through impactful state and federal policies. Their mission centers on empowering adults to ...

Tony Brown challenged Duke students with hard questions on life. Now 82 and facing Stage 4 cancer, he’s still pushing them.

Since we launched, The Assembly has always run pretty close to the edge. We’ve grown quickly and worked to fill key needs with our reporting, whether at the statewide level or in the five cities where ...

Federal and state officials have declared war on DEI at North Carolina’s colleges and universities. But what their orders mean is sometimes far from clear.

President Peter Hans said in an interview he aims to create a ‘streamlined, non-ideological’ accreditor with five other southern states.

A former staffer has filed a lawsuit that alleges poor leadership and work culture plagues the beloved USS North Carolina.