Even if they win, the Jefferson Griffin case is one big “L” for North Carolina Republicans. Senior Editor Billy Ball explains.
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VIDEO: NC Is One of the 10 States With the Most Hate Group Activity in 2023
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cardinal & Pine (@cardinalandpine) WATCH: NC landed on the Anti-Defamation League's list of states with the most hate group activity. That's not surprising. Our state has a long history with white...
Video: The Unbelievable True Story of NC’s Grandfather Mountain
The story of Grandfather Mountain, one of NC’s most iconic landscapes, is as remarkable as the mountain itself.
Video, Photos: Exploring NC’s Abandoned Ghost Town on Portsmouth Island
We took a trip to Portsmouth Island, an old Outer Banks settlement that’s been abandoned since the 1970s. It’s a prime spot for history and shelling on a secret beach.
Why Biden Is Coming to Rural NC Friday
President Biden is in North Carolina today. Senior Editor Billy Ball explains why Biden’s visit, which includes a stop at Nash Community College in Rocky Mount and Fort Liberty in Fayetteville, focuses on rural NC.
Video: Trump’s ridiculous feud with Bruce Springsteen
In the latest “Billy Ball Explains NC,” Senior Editor Billy Ball takes a look at the bizarre feud between President Trump and Bruce Springsteen.
Video: Banjo music isn’t just music made for and by white people
Some people think of banjo music as music for white people. In a new episode of “Billy Ball Explains NC,” Senior Editor Billy Ball breaks down the formative role Black folks played in developing this very North Carolina style of music.
The Woman Who Stopped a Bulldozer to Save Jockey’s Ridge
In the latest “Billy Ball Explains NC,” we take a look at Jockey’s Ridge and the conservationists who saved this Outer Banks treasure.
Good News Friday: North Carolina athletes represent at Winter Olympics
North Carolina athletes show out at the Olympics. Plus, early voting gets under way and NC leads the way on life-saving emergency response tech.
Federal judges uphold several North Carolina US House districts drawn by Republicans
Federal judges will allow some of North Carolina state lawmakers’ gerrymandered US House districts to go on, but this year’s Trump-endorsed redrawing of a Black voting district is still up in the air.
Video: Why the Trump administration is suing North Carolina
Donald Trump’s lawsuit against North Carolina is all but quoting Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to overturn an election.
VIDEO: The great blimp base fire in Weeksville
WATCH: Nazis, submarines, and eastern NC's great blimp base fire of 1995. In the latest "Billy Ball Explains NC," our senior editor tells the story of a 1995 fire in Weeksville, NC, that destroyed the largest wooden building in the world. The base, part of which is...
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Here’s Why the Cicadas Are So Loud Right Now in North Carolina
If you think the cicadas are loud right now, NC, wait for the ‘great Southern brood’ in 2024.
Army Corps of Engineers wants to dredge the Cape Fear River. Environmentalists tally the costs.
By the time the Army Corps of Engineers is finished, 35 million cubic yards of silt and sand, plus the creatures that live in it, would be scraped and slurped from the Cape Fear River.
Activists boycott Rep. Chuck Edwards’ McDonald’s over his support of SNAP cuts
A NC civil rights group says it is asking people to boycott US Rep. Chuck Edwards’ fast food restaurants, including McDonald’s, because of his vote to cut food benefits for poor people.
Video: ICE and Border Patrol’s invasion of Charlotte isn’t ‘law and order’
Senior Editor Billy Ball explains the BIG difference between local cops and agents of ICE and the Border Patrol.
Payments in AT&T settlement could total $7,500 per person. Here’s who’s eligible
A massive AT&T settlement could net you up to $7,500 because of the company’s 2024 data breaches. Here’s what you need to know.
Report: Roy Cooper is going to run for the US Senate
Popular former NC Gov. Roy Cooper is widely expected to announce his campaign for the US Senate, a new report says. Here’s what that means.
VIDEO: Here’s what will get more expensive if Trump imposes tariffs
President Trump is threatening tariffs for Canada and Mexico, and he’s already imposed them on China. So what does that mean for prices in North Carolina?
VIDEO: The North Carolina legislature’s history of sneak attacks in 90 seconds
The North Carolina legislature’s use of a “hurricane relief” bill to take power away from Democrats fits a pattern of partisan sneak attacks in the NC General Assembly.