Earls and Stevens are both unlikely to be household names for most North Carolinians, but voters will soon be bombarded by campaign ads detailing each candidate’s personal stories, values and promises ...

A Boost Mobile retailer is partially liable for $517,000 in sales tax assessed on prepaid cards for the time period the cards only could be used to buy wireless services, the North Carolina Supreme ...

“Don’t fight the rabbits,” former college basketball coach Bobby Knight used to tell his players, urging them to concentrate on what’s important. “If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to ...

North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Anita Earls (center), a Democrat, speaks to reporters after filing to run for re-election in Raleigh on Dec. 1, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline ...

As U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents descended on Charlotte in Raleigh in recent weeks, politicians, advocates and residents shared outrage over their chaotic tactics — while others gleefully ...

The U.S. Border Patrol sent agents to Raleigh, Durham, Cary and other parts of the Triangle Nov. 18 and 19 after a surge of enforcement in Charlotte. Here’s ongoing reporting from The News & Observer.

The rare digital spat between the two justices is the latest development in a debate about the bounds of acceptable public discourse for members of the judiciary.

By Carolina Journal Staff The North Carolina Revenue Department suffered a partial setback Friday at the state’s highest ...

A judge said two men incarcerated for 23 years didn’t kill the grandfather of NBA star Chris Paul. So why are they still in ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper essentially pushed out Democratic state Sen. Kirk deViere of Cumberland County in 2022 by endorsing a primary challenge from Val Applewhite. Since then, deViere has ...

Authorities say a stabbing at a central North Carolina high school has left one student dead and another injured.

Our readers have spoken—here are the very Best of the Best of the Triangle (or, the BOBOTTs, as we’ve come to call them in the newsroom). This year, once again, the INDY spread its beloved reader poll ...