North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted what have been lengthy sentences served by six criminal offenders in state ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed a second Helene relief bill this week. Cooper has urged lawmakers to allocate more recovery funds for western North Carolina. (Photo by Galen Bacharier/NC ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed a second Helene relief bill this week. Cooper has urged lawmakers to allocate more recovery funds for western North Carolina. (Photo by Galen Bacharier/NC ...

North Carolina state legislators returning to work Thursday to consider further Hurricane Helene relief have received an estimate of the monetary scope of the catastrophic flooding and what Gov.

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration said Wednesday that Helene likely caused at least a record $53 billion in damages and recovery needs in western North Carolina. Two weeks ago ...

Photo: Getty Images ... which state officials say resulted in 97 deaths. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration said Wednesday that Helene likely caused at least a record $53 billion ...

David French and Marianne Williams pose for a photo at the New Bern-Craven County Public Library ... a state agency created ...

Jail officials in Georgia's most populous county violate the constitutional rights of people in their custody by failing to ...

[Photo: Getty Images] Amy Lieberman ... Overall, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper authorized US$5 million for the state’s board of elections in order to make it easier for western North Carolina ...

Hospitals and medical facilities are limited in services offered and expansion plans by NC Certificate of Need law. Courts could change that.