North Carolina News
News from our fellow NPR affiliate sites around North Carolina: WFAE in Charlotte, WUNC in the triangle, WFDD in the triad, and BPR in Asheville. Plus, reports from the NC Newsroom.
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The sales tax is estimated to generate $19 million a year to boost teacher pay. Currently, the average teacher supplement in Guilford County Schools is thousands lower than other large districts. -
The N.C. Democratic and Republican parties are reporting similar overall fundraising totals for state-level races this year, but there are big differences in how the money is being allocated for individual races. -
Libertarian Tom Bailey is running in North Carolina's 1st Congressional District for the second consecutive election. -
More than 16,000 Hispanic voters cast ballots in Mecklenburg County during the early voting period, surpassing the total number of Hispanic voters who participated in the 2022 midterm elections. -
Turnout for early voting was up more than 30% compared to the 2022 midterms. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Climate Leaders are a volunteer group working to raise climate awareness in the city. They’re taking aim at one of environmentalists’ biggest boogeymen: data centers. They hosted a data center-themed trivia night Tuesday evening at Patagonia Charlotte in South End. -
Old-growth forests are increasingly rare in the Carolinas. But in Mecklenburg County, you don’t have to travel far to find a mature, biodiverse forest. -
As bus system plans are stymied by disagreement, Asheville City Council candidates are proposing ways to fund its expansion. -
Catawba College’s Center for North Carolina Politics & Public Service and the UNC Charlotte School of Data Science, with support from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, have teamed up to create a nonpartisan, easy-to-use election resource for North Carolinians. -
Guilford County Board of Commissioners Chairman Skip Alston recently delivered the 2026 State of the County Address. The theme for this year’s address was One Guilford: Listening, Leading and Planning for Tomorrow. -
“Peak Week” recently wrapped up in Boone. It’s usually the third week of October, when the leaves are the perfect autumn color and attract tourists. -
A&T hosted its first homecoming in 1926. Now, 100 years later, an estimated 200,000-plus people are expected in Greensboro for what’s become known as the Greatest Homecoming on Earth.
