The wildfire, named the Crooked Creek Fire, ignited near the town of Old Fort, which was impacted by Hurricane Helene last September.

This week's Starting Five detailing the biggest games of the men's basketball weekend has six matchups due to an impressive schedule Saturday.

No. 2 Duke plays the North Carolina Tar Heels after Cooper Flagg scored 28 points in Duke's 74-64 win over the NC State Wolfpack.

Congrats to two NC Lottery players on big Powerball wins! A player with a ticket from Smoker Friendly on Bragg Street in Sanford won a $50,000 prize and a player with a ticket from Country Store on Hurdle Mills Road in Hurdle Mills won a $150,000 prize! pic.twitter.com/4O2n50ejLw

NC's tax code lacks a provision for deducting gambling losses, but proposed House Bill 14 seeks to address this.

A Wind Advisory has been issued for parts of western North Carolina as gusty winds of up to 50 mph are expected to impact the region, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

With the start of a new long session for the NC General Assembly, here are some prominent early childhood organizations and names to know.

The most intriguing part of this 2025 North Carolina recruiting class is the fact that there are three QBs committed to the Tar Heels. The latest is Gary Merrill, and the other two are three-star Au'Tori Newkirk and four-star Bryce Baker, the highest-ranked player in the North Carolina class.

An air quality alert was issued on Thursday at 3:31 p.m. in effect until Friday at 7:15 a.m. The alert is for Burke Mountains, Greater Burke, McDowell Mountains and Eastern McDowell as well as Yancey and Mitchell counties.

The Craven County Sheriff's Office said John Matthew Nigh was discovered missing from his cell at 4 p.m. Sunday, and that his cellmates helped conceal his escape.

An inmate escaped custody over the weekend in North Carolina, apparently fleeing a county jail through the building's ventilation system, authorities said.