North Carolina Opinion Spotlight

RALEIGH — Time is running out for North Carolina’s State Health Plan. But a solution may exist, and N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell — up for re-election Nov. 3 — is ready to help. North Carolina’s taxpayers are on the hook for $35 billion in unfunded liabilities. Their State Health Plan...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Republican officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to move up North Carolina’s recently extended deadline for accepting late-arriving absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day. State Republican legislative leaders argue that the updated deadline, issued in an official memo after early voting had begun, will result...

RALEIGH — Starting quarterback Devin Leary could miss the rest of the regular season for No. 23 North Carolina State after having surgery Sunday for a leg injury suffered in a win against Duke. In a post on the program’s Twitter account, the school said Leary had surgery a day...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Just a day after her brother will be in North Carolina, President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, will make a campaign stop in Raleigh. Donald Trump Jr. will be in two towns in the western area of the state Monday. Ivanka Trump will hold an event in...

Durham Mayor Steve Schewel announced Halloween guidelines Tuesday that included households turning off their porch lights to discourage trick-or-treaters. Schewel lives in the Watts Hospital-Hillandale neighborhood, a Halloween magnet in which children can line up dozen deep to get candy from houses along Club Boulevard. More than 1,500 kids come to his porch for candy every year, Schewel said.

LONDON -- The six Regal Cinemas in central North Carolina will be part of the temporary closure of all of the company's US and UK theaters. Cineworld, the UK company that owns Regal Cinemas, announced Monday that it would be closing all of its 536 Regal Cinemas in the US and 127 Cineworld and Picturehouse theaters in the UK.

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - North Carolina's intensively competitive and expensive U.S. Senate race has been upended by personal and health disruptions that sent uncertainty through the campaigns and an electorate already casting ballots. Democratic nominee Cal Cunningham acknowledged and apologized for exchanging sexually suggestive text messages with a woman who's...

RALEIGH, Wake County — The state of North Carolina is preparing to take another step in lifting coronavirus restrictions. Larger outdoor event venues will be able to open at 7% capacity beginning Oct. 2, Governor Roy Cooper announced in his Tuesday briefing. "Today, we are announcing that because of our...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) – A new WNCT/Emerson College poll shows Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham with a lead over incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis (R) in the North Carolina Senate race. Monday’s poll asked voters for whom they would case their vote in the North Carolina Senate race if the election were...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Undecided voters and political analysts alike weighed in on Tuesday’s debate between Sen. Thom Tillis (R) and challenger Cal Cunningham (D). Of the nine undecided voters who participated watched as a group in a study in Charlotte, seven said they had their opinions swayed by the hour-long debate.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Governor Roy Cooper said during a news conference on Tuesday that North Carolina will take another step toward Phase 3 in October if coronavirus cases remain stable. Cooper said that outdoor venues with a seating capacity over 10,000 can open at 7% capacity starting on Oct. 2.

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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina State University said Friday it has received permission from the state to allow up to 350 fans to attend its Saturday home football game against Wake Forest University. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the gathering limit to The Associated Press...

RALEIGH, N.C. – Shaw University former student-athlete Corey Cooper will participate in the 2020-21 National Football League Events and Club Business Development Experienceship, the school announced Wednesday. “I would like to thank Coach Hester and Ms. Lake for contacting me about the opportunity,” said Cooper. “This is a very exciting...

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — House Speaker Tim Moore and some Republican sheriffs are accusing Democratic legislative candidates of pushing to reduce police funding if elected this November. But the top Democrat in the chamber says the pledge that dozens of House Democratic candidates agreed to contains no demand to “defund...

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein reminded people they cannot vote twice, again rebuking President Donald Trump's telling North Carolinians to vote by mail and to try again in person. It is illegal to vote twice. North Carolinians can track their mailed in ballots here: https://northcarolina.ballottrax.net/voter/. The...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Governor Cooper and DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen met with Dr. Deborah Birx in North Carolina today. Cooper and Dr. Birx also participated together in the call with the White House Coronavirus Task Force, and the Governor spoke about the need for our elected leaders and candidates to “lead by example on the campaign trail” this fall by holding events with face coverings and social distancing, according to a readout of the meeting from Cooper’s office.

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Bob and Sue Willson's love story goes back a long time to grade school in Columbus, Ohio. "We were both band geeks in the orchestra and all that so we hung out with the same crowd and I always tell her in the 7th grade, I looked across the band room and there was a beautiful clarinet player and I was smitten," said Bob.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper announces that the state-wide alcohol curfew will be extended until October 2nd. Restaurants and bars are banned from selling alcohol past 11pm due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read the full news release below:. In an effort to continue slowing the spread of COVID-19, Governor...

SALISBURY — The North Carolina General Assembly will reconvene in Raleigh Wednesday to disperse remaining COVID-19 funds, but legislators are concerned the federal government has yet to pass another round of funding. State lawmakers recessed the legislative session on July 8 without passing a budget or dispersing all available COVID-19...