Many small colleges are trying free tuition to get students in the door. Others want to remain accessible to lower-income applicants.

A Charlotte lawyer—and lifelong Republican—with decades of blue-chip legal experience got the axe at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

A traditionalist religious order is building a new home in the woods of Western N.C. Not everyone is happy to see them.

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Head of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says she’s going to “eliminate” FEMA. N.C. lawmakers say they're working to reform the ...

During an hour-long presentation, Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan and city leaders spoke about the year’s theme: the pathway ...

At Greensboro’s Next Chapter, Black stories are centered on and off the page. "We’re going to carry books that no one else is," says owner.

Western North Carolina is used to musical expressions of old-time religion, but perhaps none quite as old as the Marian Friars Minor, a religious order following a lifestyle St. Francis of Assisi ...

Maurice King died while in custody at the Orange County Jail. His mother wants to make sure someone is held responsible.

Federal leaders looked to Ralph Baric to end the pandemic. Their critics blamed it on him. Now, the White House wants to slash his funding.