The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which used to be called Food Stamps, helps about 700,000 North Carolina ...

Anyone that sees a bear should not approach, feed, or attempt to scare it away, but give it space and allow it to move on.

According to officials with the North Carolina Coastal Counties Fisheries Coalition and the Albemarle Commission, the ...

Officials with the health department added that a common mistake pet owners make is using their bare hands to check their pet ...

Portland launches York Fest, an event to honor an enslaved Black man named York who entered what is now Oregon as part of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Many Christians are worried that the rise of Christian Nationalism — the idea that the U.S. government should be ruled by Christian beliefs — is doing harm to their religion.

State House and Senate leaders say this week's legislative session on redistricting likely marks their final votes of 2025 — which would end the year with no agreements on Medicaid funding or a full ...

A judge has temporarily paused a reduction-in-force plan for the U.S. Department of the Interior. Former department leaders say the cuts will be devastating to public lands.

As we enter another week of the government shutdown, the Trump administration continues to apply political pressures to Democrats by threatening to cut their priorities, but so far that has not swayed ...

Amazon believes it can use robots to avoid adding more than half a million jobs in the next eight years, The New York Times reports. NPR's A Martinez speaks to Times reporter Karen Weise [[WISE]].

The Senate formally passed the new map Tuesday, and it started to make its way through the state House of Representatives.

In some communities, fire crews are delayed -- not by distance, but by a lack of equipment. Higher costs and supply chain issues means some departments have to wait years for new trucks.