A new proposed congressional map released by North Carolina Republicans on Thursday would shift several counties in the state’s northeast into new, reshaped districts. The new map, as expected, would ...

The map, which plaintiffs argued dilutes the collective power of Black voters, will remain in place during the 2026 midterm elections.

A new congressional map proposed by the N.C. General Assembly aims to make the 1st Congressional District a safe Republican seat by swapping 10 counties between that and the 3rd Congressional District ...

ASHEVILLE – Buncombe County has moved to a more economically distressed ranking on an annual tier list from the N.C. Department of Commerce, as did several other Western North Carolina counties, ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. A worker walks past logs stacked at the Enviva plant in Northampton County, N.C. in ...