Category Archives: News
NC First Lady hosts prisoner rehabilitation tour
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (NCN News) -- North Carolina's first lady hosted several fellow first ladies on a tour of a driver's license restoration clinic and rehabilitative programs offered at a western No...
Mar 10, 2026 North Carolina First Lady Anna Stein (official portrait)
Two NC cities rank high for seasonal allergies
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NCN News) - As it will soon be time for lots of a yellow dust and sneezing, two North Carolina cities rank among the top 20 "most challenging" cities for seasonal allergies. The Alle...
Mar 10, 2026 Winston-Salem, North Carolina skyline from above (Getty Images)
Governor, legislative leaders form education blue ribbon commission
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - As partisan debates continue over teacher pay and other school funding issues, Democratic Governor Josh Stein, Republican Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, and GOP Speak...
Mar 10, 2026 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com
Durham Police seek stabbing suspect
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) -- The Durham Police Department is investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred in the American Tobacco Trail near the intersection of Fayetteville Street and Pilot Street Monday (...
Mar 09, 2026
Meyer exits legislature, joins NC Justice Center
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - A state lawmaker is resigning his seat to take over a statewide advocacy organization. State Sen. Graig Meyer is resigning from his position as a Democrat representing parts of ...
Mar 09, 2026 State Sen. Graig Meyer is leaving the General Assembly (photo/NCGA website)
Sentences issued in $12.7 million NC Medicaid fraud scheme
NEW BERN, N.C. (NCN News) - A federal judge has handed down more than 14 years in federal prison to participants in a $12.7 Million Medicaid fraud scheme that paid more than $1 Million in kickbacks to...
Mar 09, 2026 Close-up of a small bronze statuette of Lady Justice before a flag of North Carolina.
Governor Stein asks for "critical needs budget" of $1.4 billion
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) -- As budget talks are languishing in the General Assembly -- and with the current spending plan more than nine months late -- Democratic Governor Josh Stein is asking the Rep...
Mar 09, 2026 Governor Josh Stein is pushing for a $1.4 billion dollar "critical needs budget" (file photo Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
State warns against trash burning
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - With spring on its way, environmental officials are warning that state law bans the open burning of trash, metal, plastic and all other man-made materials which provide a he...
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State audit: City manager in Rocky Mount's spending choices were "unaccountable" for years
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (NCN News) -- The former City Manager of Rocky Mount operated "unchecked" and went "unaccountable for years" resulting in millions of dollars overspent for the city creating signific...
Mar 09, 2026 Rocky Mount is a city in Edgecombe and Nash counties in the Atlantic coastal plain region of the U.S. state of North Carolina.
Man charged with striking Wake County Sheriff's deputy
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - A man is now in custody, and a sheriff's deputy sent to the hospital, after an early afternoon incident near Jones Sausage Road in Raleigh Friday (March 6). According to the Wak...
Mar 06, 2026