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A judge ordered the county to cover partial costs of lawyers who have represented The Assembly and Border Belt Independent in ...

Last year, Amber Holloway got an unusual letter with a blue “UNDUE” stamp in the corner. It said she no longer had to pay eight old hospital bills. “I thought it was fake,” she said. “I was glad, but ...

Cape Fear River contaminant GenX is among the chemicals that would no longer fall under legally enforceable, nationwide drinking water standards. This story is published through our partnership with ...

The rare move comes a year after the Board of Trustees delayed dozens of votes to confer tenure, sparking outcry from faculty ...

Lawmakers hope to pass a full budget in a month. But they haven’t reached consensus on a number of priorities.

It took years for UNC system’s educator programs to adopt the method of teaching literacy. Now they’re looking at math “proactively.” ...

Less than a decade ago, the Carolina Hurricanes were last in the league in attendance, and the Triangle’s NHL future was uncertain. Today they’re a model Sun Belt operation. Every seat was full at ...

Nondisclosure agreements kept a land deal secret for months. Internal emails show officials were preparing for a Microsoft ...

UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Civic Life and Leadership will move out of the College of Arts and Sciences and become a standalone academic unit, the university announced Wednesday. SCiLL, as the ...