Democratic Senate nominee Roy Cooper made a stop in Winston-Salem Thursday as part of his “Make Stuff Cost Less” campaign. Throughout the event, he emphasized supporting middle-class Americans struggling with the cost of living.

Two years after Hurricane Helene, rivers in western North Carolina are still littered with debris. But in the iconic French Broad River, known for its whitewater rapids, one item stands out: PVC pipes.

Health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated as respiratory virus season gets underway.

Four people — two NASA astronauts, one from the European Space Agency and a Russian cosmonaut — spent nearly eight months at the space station, conducting spacewalks, science experiments and research.

The city will pay The Haskell Company roughly $260 million to upgrade Mitchell Water Treatment Plant’s system for treating substances known as PFAS.

After warnings, testimony and a new report from the State Auditor’s Office on Ronda’s cash flow crisis, the Local Government Commission will now oversee the town's finances.

State lawmakers voted nearly unanimously Wednesday afternoon to pause North Carolina's gas tax in the midst of high prices caused by the war in Iran.

Officials have announced public safety plans ahead of North Carolina A&T State University’s 100th homecoming.

Flu season typically starts in October or November. But it looks like the flu started to pick up in September this year.

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission says black bear appetites are at a seasonal high.

Winston-Salem’s youth curfew will expire Oct. 12 after City Council members voted 6-2 against extending it for another year.

A new state audit found Ronda drained much of its reserves and used grant money intended for water projects to cover day-to-day expenses

Starting this month, Wildlife Services will drop about 600,000 baits containing oral rabies vaccines to raccoons across western North Carolina, including Watauga and Ashe counties.

North Carolina's gas tax is 41 cents per gallon. It is used to fund highway construction and maintenance.

The new Asia section will span 12.5 acres and bring nearly 50 new species including Malayan tigers, white-cheeked gibbons and Komodo dragons.

Dozens of giant white fuel tanks sit along I-40 in Greensboro. One Carolina Curious question-asker wanted to know: Is storing that much fuel in one place a safety hazard?

ennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.

The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.

Cornell president Michael I. Kotlikoff said his university "must do better" in a video statement. "This is a defining moment in Cornell's history," he added.

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro recently launched its own artificial intelligence workspace called Spartan AI. The new tool lets users access multiple different models, including ChatGPT, Claude and Grok.

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education candidates participated in a student-led forum Thursday night. WFDD’s Education Reporter Amy Diaz was there and spoke with Editorial Director Bethany Chafin about the event.

Beloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it.

The Supreme Court term opens on Monday with big test cases on religion, guns and climate change. Plus, the emergency docket keeps popping.

Beginning this month, North Carolina and other states are now responsible for paying 75% of the administrative costs for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. It’s part of H.R.1, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Randy Bridges calls himself a lifelong educator and has held multiple interim leadership positions since retiring in 2013. But he doesn't view himself as a placeholder.

Senate Republicans’ top campaign spending organization is pulling back in North Carolina and pouring money into Kansas, a striking shift that shows how the party’s plan to keep its majority has turned into an increasingly defensive fight ahead of November's midterms.

A proposal to temporarily halt new data center development in Forsyth County failed this week after the county attorney raised concerns about potential legal challenges.

Second Harvest is trying a new approach to food drives in three Piedmont counties: residents leave donations on their porches, and volunteers take care of the rest.

The $100 million project covered 75 miles of the historic parkway.

The forum will be held at the Reynolds High School auditorium on Oct. 1, at 6 p.m.

Chip Thomas spent decades working as a physician on the Navajo Nation while building a career as a public artist. Now, the Wake Forest graduate has been named a MacArthur Fellow.

As the plane went into a spin and began to plunge, a passenger and crew members got into the cockpit, subdued the pilot and diverted the flight to land in Saudi Arabia, Israel's leader says.

North Carolina voters will decide whether state lawmakers set limits on how much local governments can increase property taxes. Counties use that revenue to pay for services like education.

The grocery store is set to open on October 7 after years of delays. It's located at Freeman Mill Square in a neighborhood where a significant number of residents are more than a mile from the nearest supermarket.

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education selected Randy Bridges to serve as the interim superintendent from Oct. 1 through the end of the school year.

23 years after the United States military invaded Iraq, sparking an insurgency and a civil war, the U.S. has withdrawn its forces, as the country still tries to combat Iranian influence.

Nearly a third of Stokes County residents surveyed now rank land use and zoning among the county’s most important issues.

Republicans once saw Georgia and North Carolina as promising pieces of their strategy to keep control of the Senate. But hopes of winning the two states have been fading, and the GOP is increasingly focused on playing defense elsewhere with five weeks until the midterm elections.

Junior Achievement of the Triad plans to bring "Finance Park Mobile" to 56 schools across Alamance, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham counties.

Rising costs are top of mind for older voters heading into the November midterms. A new AARP poll breaks down their other priorities.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley is criticizing polling that shows him far behind former Gov. Roy Cooper.

New York prosecutors are reopening an investigation into an alleged rape case at Cornell University in 2024. The alleged victim recently filed a lawsuit against seven members of Chi Phi fraternity.

Under North Carolina law, everyone running for office has to disclose any felony convictions. But what about felony charges where the case hasn't been decided yet?

Officials are distributing $22.7 million in interest-free Cashflow Loans to eight governments across Watauga, Rutherford, Haywood, Madison and Polk counties.

The storm caused nearly $60 billion in damages across Western North Carolina and killed more than 100 people. A new survey shows how it is still hurting survivors across the region.

The Haywood County town of Canton is working to forge a path that honors its history while also navigating the new challenges brought on by Hurricane Helene.

Residents made at least 15 calls to the Water Resources Department on Thursday about a change in taste. Director Mike Borchers says recently maintenance on water infrastructure impacted pressure levels and caused the release of sediments, which he says is harmless.

Ronald Jason Lucero, a Republican candidate for an at-large seat, was arrested in July and charged with two counts of obtaining property by false pretenses.

The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund has awarded Foster-Tyson Park $235,175. It was identified as an ideal site for the Jefferson Northern Peaks State Trail Trailhead.

This weekend in Boone, a program featuring local poets, writers, and performers will recognize and pay tribute to the resilience of High Country residents.