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Coronavirus People without the COVID vaccine are the most vulnerable to the new COVID variant, Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday. But they're also making life more dangerous for others. (Image via NC DPS)
Coronavirus ‘The Virus Will Find You,’ Gov. Roy Cooper Tells the Unvaccinated as Delta Surges

Before, COVID-infected people would pass the virus to two people on average. With Delta, it’s six people. 

Michael McElroy Michael McElroy July 29, 2021 6:03 pm EDT
North Carolina James Coleman Jr., one of the nation's foremost wrongful convictions attorneys, spoke with Cardinal & Pine about the sometimes painful process of getting a pardon for already exonerated people in North Carolina. (Image via Duke University)
North Carolina They’re Innocent, so Why Does Pardoning Take So Long? One of NC’s Top Wrongful Conviction Attorneys Speaks Up.

“It’s actually worse under a Democratic governor,” James Coleman Jr. of Duke’s Wrongful Convictions Clinic says of NC's pardon process.

Max Millington Max Millington July 15, 2021 12:14 pm EDT
North Carolina A community clean-up on Beatties Ford Road in Charlotte, NC drew dozens of volunteers June 18, 2021. Residents can more easily request litter pickup, mowing, and street resurfacing, as well get support for events like this by leaving a message at www.NCDOT.gov. Pres. Biden's American Jobs Plan would earmark even more taxpayer funds to support improvements in local neighborhoods. (Photo by Alvin C. Jacobs Jr.)
North Carolina How to Get Potholes Filled, Litter Swept, and Street Lights Fixed in North Carolina

For North Carolina residents, getting public maintenance issues handled may be easier than you think, and under President Biden’s plan, better funded too.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright July 2, 2021 5:50 pm EDT
Education The empty halls at West Greene Elementary in Snow Hill, NC, in April. Many students returned to in-person learning in the Greene County school in April. They've been trying to make up for lost time since. (Photo by Billy Ball)
Education ‘A Marathon, Not a Sprint’: How One Eastern NC District Aims to Make Up for Classroom Time Lost to Covid

Inside Greene County's use of federal and state COVID relief on summer camps, extended school days, and more.

Billy Ball Billy Ball June 23, 2021 11:39 am EDT
North Carolina Protesters face Charlotte police after George Floyd's killing in May 2020. (Photo by Grant Baldwin for Cardinal & Pine)
North Carolina ‘We Need To Do Better’: The Push for North Carolina After George Floyd

NC Attorney General Josh Stein co-chaired a racial equity task force that proposed dozens of state policy changes and legislation following Floyd's killing.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright May 28, 2021 4:58 pm EDT

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An empty street on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Proponents of Biden's newly-signed infrastructure act say the funding will dramatically impact roads, bridges, internet, and transit in rural North Carolina. (Shutterstock) Commentary It’s the Small Towns of North Carolina Like Mine That Desperately Need Biden’s Infrastructure Funding
The Onslow Veterans Pow Wow took place Oct. 2. According to the chair, Sgt. Major Raquel Painter, it was the first pow wow in the area in 20 years. Painter said the annual event is vital to serve North Carolina's high number of Native American veterans. Veterans ‘We Honor Warriors’: Jacksonville, NC Marine Starts Pow Wow for Native Vets
A mob of white supremacists murdered dozens of Black locals and ran Black leaders out of town in 1898 during the Wilmington Massacre. Here the mob stands outside the ruins of Wilmington's Daily Record, the only Black-owned paper in the state. (Public Domain Image) Race North Carolina’s Wilmington Massacre and Trump’s Insurrection Really Aren’t So Different
North Carolina BENSON, NC - MAY 12: Motorists use gas pumps at a refueling station on May 12, 2021 in Benson, North Carolina. Most stations in the area along I-95 are without fuel following the Colonial Pipeline hack. The 5,500 mile long pipeline delivers a large percentage of fuel on the East Coast from Texas up to New York. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
North Carolina Don’t Put Gas in Plastic Bags, NC: Tips for Surviving the Fuel Shortage

In parts of North Carolina, up to 70% of stations are without fuel after panic-buyers swamped the pumps.

Max Millington Max Millington May 12, 2021 4:39 pm EDT
Commentary Gov. Roy Cooper (L) greets then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Raleigh in October 2020. Cooper says it is "critical" for North Carolina that Congress passes Biden's American Jobs Plan. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Commentary Federal Infrastructure Bill ‘Critical’ for North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper Says

Cooper calls on Congress to pass the American Jobs Plan, which includes massive amounts of funding for roads, bridges, broadband, housing, and climate change.

Gov. Roy Cooper Gov. Roy Cooper May 10, 2021 11:40 am EDT