For more than three decades, Asheville, North Carolina, has hosted the National Gingerbread Contest, a celebration of Christmas, creativity and carbohydrates. The flooding brought by Hurricane Helene this past fall cancelled the contest, but what had been a destination event for bakers and spectators has become an ad hoc celebration of Asheville. Forty-one gingerbread creations have been placed ar...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Last week, North Carolina shocked the football world by convincing six-time Super Bowl winner Bill Belichick to join the college ranks as head coach of the Tar Heels. Two decades earlier, Kentucky almost shocked the football world by nearly convincing a two-time Super Bowl winner to join the college ranks as head coach of the Wildcats. In fact, the coach that UK athletic ...

Women's basketball action Saturday.

The Bruins have their 9-game winning streak snapped after getting outscored 33-15 in the final 12:50 for a 76-74 loss to the Tar Heels at Madison Square Garden

The attorney convicted in fraud case will be flow to North Carolina for the assessment; his attorney wanted it done in Orange County, but judge did not agree.

The trailing Republican in a tight North Carolina Supreme Court race has suffered legal setbacks in his bid to overtake his Democratic rival

The Bruins take a 9-game winning streak into Madison Square Garden to face the high scoring Tar Heels.

A federal government shutdown in the coming days could have implications for the Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA) long-term efforts, but would likely have little effect on the agency's ground-level emergency response work. For activities like FEMA's response to Hurricane Helene, whose devastating effects are still being felt in North Carolina, the agency relies on...

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Belichick is getting out on the road ahead of the Super Bowl. The former New England Patriots coach, who just signed up as head coach of the University of North Carolina, will travel across Louisiana in John Maddens iconic Cruiser in The Madden Cruiser: A Bayou Adventure with Bill Belichick. Their ultimate destination: […]

Wisconsin-Stevens Point (9-0), ranked 11th in Division III, rallied past No. 18 Christopher Newport 70-68 Thursday night in a Jay Bilas Classic game at Queens University’s Curry Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. A four-game winning streak for the Captains (9-3) ended as they couldn’t hold a 28-13 lead. The Pointers went ahead for the first […]

The dismissal of protests puts GOP challenger Griffins route only through appeals in the courts.

The Republican challenger in a race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court has asked that same court to toss tens of thousands of ballots he believes shou...

'The recovery needs to start now'

The Rev. Williams Barber has sued AMC Theatres in a federal lawsuit alleging disability discrimination stemming from a viral incident last year in North Carolina.

A March report from national nonpartisan nonprofit group E2 presented in conjunction with the Cleantech Summit in Chapel Hill said North Carolina leads the nation in clean energy private-sector investments since passage of the $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act.

A trailing candidate in a very close election last month for the North Carolina Supreme Court has asked that court to get involved legally in his race