RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services said on Friday that the state has seen 1,280 of its coronavirus vaccine doses get discarded.

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Two juvenile robbery suspects were captured after crashing a car into an Amtrak train while trying to flee police, authorities said.

Bars that had their liquor licenses suspended due to COVID-19 shutdowns may have gotten a reprieve, thanks to a deal announced by the head of the House ABC Committee and the chairman of the state ABC Commission.

RALEIGH (AP) — State officials are reporting the first case in North Carolina of a more contagious strain of the coronavirus that was first detected in the United Kingdom in December.

RALEIGH (AP) — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Friday that it avoided returning to campus 112 undergraduate students who tested positive for the coronavirus through its newly launched mass testing program.

RALEIGH (AP) — Prominent North Carolina medical, business and nonprofit leaders and state legislators assembled by Gov. Roy Cooper backed several aspirational goals Friday to improve health care coverage.

The UNC System wants to ensure new degree programs prepare students for successful careers. 

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has given some people more time to fish. And that may be why three catfish catfish records were broken last year in North Carolina.

DURHAM (AP) — A North Carolina man wanted in connection with the shooting of an off-duty deputy has been arrested.

CLAYTON (AP) — A former North Carolina police officer who was once honored as his department's “officer of the year” has been charged with making and selling a steroid that promotes muscle growth, according to court documents.

RALEIGH (AP) — Equal Rights Amendment supporters said Thursday it's still important for the North Carolina legislature to ratify the proposal for the sake of fair treatment for all women, even as ERA's future is being weighed by a court.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's top public official acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that the state has seen a small number of coronavirus vaccine doses thrown out at a time when supplies remain limited.

As North Carolina prepares to celebrate National School Choice Week Jan. 24-30, the cause of educational freedom could see even more advancement during the North Carolina General Assembly’s 2021-2022 session.

NC Rev. Barber holds major role at inauguration service

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Richard Burr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has told him it will not prosecute him over stock sales made during the coronavirus pandemic, ending an insider trading investigation that led him to at least temporarily step aside from a powerful committee chairma…

GREENVILLE (AP) — A North Carolina utility temporarily canceled late fees after finding that its customers were experiencing delays in getting their bills in the mail.

RALEIGH (AP) — Government offices are being shuttered in North Carolina's capital as precautions against potential mayhem as Joe Biden takes his presidential oath in Washington.

When the General Assembly reconvenes next week, broadband promises to be a hot topic.

ASHEVILLE (AP) — Police in a North Carolina city issued a warning on Tuesday for a dangerous batch of what’s believed to be fentanyl after five suspected overdose deaths in a 48-hour period.

CHARLOTTE (AP) — A North Carolina teenager taken to a hospital by his mother for help with a mental health crisis was hit with a stun gun, beaten and body slammed by hospital personnel and sheriff’s deputies, then left bleeding and handcuffed outside, according to a lawsuit.

RALEIGH (AP) — Two North Carolina legislators who announced this week they had tested positive for COVID-19 participated in the same duck-hunting trip with other elected officials last week.

RALEIGH (AP) — A website that allows seniors to join a waitlist for getting the coronavirus vaccine has crashed in North Carolina’s Wake County.

Gov. Roy Cooper is again pushing for a multibillion-dollar infrastructure bond, but Republican leaders caution that North Carolina’s still-unsteady economy makes it impossible to tell whether it would be prudent.

ROANOKE RAPIDS (AP) — Four North Carolina men are facing charges after a police officer who pulled their car over for speeding found a body in the trunk.