Advocates say several state prisons are overcrowded and inmates are living in poor conditions after thousands of inmates at prisons in the Western North Carolina mountains were evacuated to other facilities after Hurricane Helene.
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told lawmakers Tuesday she has encouraged the agency's inspector general to review whether an employee was acting alone when directing workers helping hurricane victims not to go to homes with yards signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump.
Visitors will enjoy Christmas lights, live music from local schoolchildren, and shopping at Lenoir's local businesses.
President-electΒ Donald TrumpΒ on Tuesday tapped Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programs for millions of older, poor and disabled Americans and selected Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department.
The White House's Christmas tree is slated to be cut and transported from a North Carolina farm on Wednesday.
North Carolina GOP lawmakers are one step closer to rolling out their legislative-session priorities into law before the year's end after the state House opted to override one of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes on Tuesday.
NASA shuttle astronaut Dr. Charlie Camarda will be in Charlotte, NC from November 22nd to 25th.
North America's popular interactive dinosaur event Jurassic Quest has been thrilling millions of guests for over 10 years, and Charlotte-area residents will soon get the chance to walk among the scientifically accurate tour with the biggest herd of photorealistic dinosaurs.
Adam Wurtzel spoke with Jared Douglas, star of the new Discovery Channel reality series "The Last Woodsmen."
Ukraine fired six American-supplied longer-range missiles at Russiaβs Bryansk region, Moscow said Tuesday, in what would be Kyiv's first use of the weapons inside Russia inΒ 1,000 days of war.
After an extensive review of the Charlotte football program by Director of Athletics Mike Hill, head football coach Biff Poggi has been relieved of his duties.
This week, N.C. Department of Transportation contract crews will convert the Interstate 77 interchange at Gilead Road to aΒ diverging diamondΒ interchange as part of a $30.8 million project to improve safety and mobility in the area.
AAA expects nearly 80 million people will travel at least 50 miles over the Thanksgiving holiday week.Β
Deputies and the SBI are investigating after a deadly-officer involved shooting early Tuesday morning
Former McDonald's workers meet up more than five decades after wearing the uniform together.
Students in Kansas paid homage to a fellow student that paved the way for civil rights.
The owners and security at Northlake Mall are being sued for failing to protect customers. The attorney representing two plaintiffs says there has a pattern of negligence at Northlake mall demonstrated by the more than 1,300 criminal incidents within a mile radius of the property over a five year span.
A human head found on a south Florida beach has been identified as a teen who died saving his sister from a rip current.
Deputies say a 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged for setting buses on fire at a Burke County elementary school.
Fans are encouraged to bring new stuffed animals without breakable components to throw onto the ice following the Checkersβ first goal that will be donated to several non-profit organizations.
WCCB Charlotte and The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte have teamed up to help provide Christmas for families impacted by Hurricane Helene in the High Country.Β
It has taken more than seven weeks, but the City of Asheville has lifted the boil water advisory put in place after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of western North Carolina.
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