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Duke Energy president Harry Sideris previously discussed the company’s collaboration with local governments to attract data centers to its service territories in both Carolinas.

The U.S. military wants troops on the front lines to be able to make their own food — literally. It's trying to develop ways to use microbes to create meals, using a process that would look more at home in a laboratory than in a kitchen.

UNC-Chapel Hill has been lagging behind peer universities for years in how much it pays faculty. Some professors are warning that the large pay gaps are impacting recruitment and retention.

The German Men’s National Soccer Team chose Winston-Salem as its home base for this year’s FIFA World Cup. The four-time World Cup champions set up headquarters at Graylyn Estate and training facilities on the Wake Forest University campus.

Amid growing pushback over data centers and rising utility bills, consumer advocates are urging state regulators to create new rates for large electricity users.

Democrats across the country are optimistic that November’s election could be a wave year for their party. In North Carolina, experts say it’s possible a big shift could create a Democratic majority in at least one chamber of the legislature for the first time in 16 years.

Only have an afternoon in Raleigh? Social Media Producer Josh Sullivan and Digital News Intern Lauren Rhodes compiled a list of the City of Oaks' greatest hits.

School districts nationwide are facing decisions about closing schools as the birth rate continues to drop. More on how it's playing out in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.

As she enters her last month as faculty chair, Beth Moracco sat down with WUNC News reporter Brianna Atkinson to reflect on how the state of higher education has shifted in the past decades.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently predicted a below-average season with 8-14 named storms. Of those, NOAA forecasts that only 3-6 will become hurricanes.

On Due South, Leoneda Inge spoke with North Carolina State Senator Natalie Murdock, about the history of voting rights, Black representation, and the future of activism.

More than 140 households are being displaced from the Chatham Estates mobile home park in Cary, an oasis of affordable housing for working-class families.

Hundreds of people gathered in Charlotte on Thursday for a ceremony unveiling a new historical marker honoring the Good Samaritan Hospital, the first public hospital in North Carolina to treat African Americans during segregation.

North Carolina is holding dozens of events this year to celebrate America’s 250th birthday — but the state’s Museum of History won’t be hosting them at its downtown Raleigh building, which remains closed for a four-year renovation project. At a price tag of more than $200 million, the rebuild is one of state government’s most expensive construction projects.

Attendees packed the main chamber of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center. Most spoke out against new data center development in the city.

Republican lawmakers gave a preview of a new teacher pay plan that would significantly raise the floor for starting teacher pay, but teachers say they also worry about the ceiling.

Six months after the city of Charlotte set aside $100,000 to help households financially impacted by Border Patrol’s November crackdown, the city says none of that money was used.

Transportation officials are hoping the project — one of the most expensive in state history — will lead the crucial highway to a more resilient future.

On their latest self-titled record, the North Carolina-based trio Setting are exploring the unknown.

The N.C. Environmental Management Commission underwent a political shift in 2023. In 2024, regulators proposed a monitoring and minimization approach after a lobbyist group asked them to do so.

The regulations being considered right now are called the PFAS and 1,4 Dioxane Monitoring and Minimization Plans, respectively. Supporters say they're confident this voluntary approach will result in reductions.

Some veterans who served during earlier Middle East confrontations say they hope the current war doesn't turn into another yearslong entanglement.

A group of high school and college students want state lawmakers to crack down on the loosely regulated sales of vaping products.

North Carolina education officials say they may put an asterisk next to this year’s high school graduation rate if it decreases due to immigration enforcement.

A Cuban man who had been living in Charlotte died last week while in federal immigration custody at a detention center in Georgia.

A sharp rise in immigration enforcement arrests across North Carolina has left many families scrambling financially and turning to online fundraisers to try to bring loved ones home.

Duke Energy has requested permission from state regulators to raise rates in June to cover fuel and power costs.