With a state budget deficit looming and state operations starved for funding, it’s time for North Carolina to consider what Republican lawmakers consider unthinkable: taxing the rich.

U.S. 1, N.C. 211, U.S. 15-501 — the pastoral drive looks the way it does by design, not accident.

Having perused the recent listing of desired qualities for the next Moore County Schools superintendent, I was struck by the ...

Over the past year, North Carolina has posted one of the largest employment gains in the country. Alas, that’s not saying much.

Recently the N.C. Supreme Court, in a 4-3 party line vote, overturned the 32-year-old Leandro decision. Leandro was a case brought by five low-wealth counties arguing that the state has ...

Your editorial about the N.C. Foundation data showing our county’s standing in quality-of-life measures was of great interest ...

Charles Luckey, as a rookie seminarian and former senior Army officer, should know better than to follow the lead of an ignorant U.S. senator who thinks being an astronaut qualifies ...

Michael Lewis is one of the better nonfiction writers out there, the kind of author who can take a deep dive into a subject, explore its multiple facets and explain ...

North Carolina is gearing up to recertify a quarter of the state’s economically distressed areas as “opportunity zones.” The ...

The Pinecrest girls lacrosse team, ranked No. 1 in the 8A classification, put their undefeated streak on the line in what ...

Emergency personnel responded to the scene of a fatal incident involving a pedestrian and a freight train from the Aberdeen ...

Four conference track and field team titles were chased down by Pinecrest and Union Pines Thursday. The conference meets for ...