Teachers in North Carolina have to find creative ways and support systems to stretch dollars for spending on classrooms and student needs.

The General Assembly has passed a pair of bills making minor adjustments to last year's state budget, but a full spending package remains out of reach.

The data informed fisheries management and fueled scientific research in North Carolina for decades.

Warren Wilson College shut down for weeks after Helene flooded campus. The schools still has millions of dollars of repairs remaining.

WUNC music reporter Brian Burns get to know the Raleigh-based musician LesTheGenius.

A Honduran bus driver known for his popular bus rides is receiving support from students and faculty as he seeks a way to remain in the U.S. with legal status.

The Mitchell County operation only formally sought a permit after state regulators discovered that it was already operating illegally.

The North Carolina legislature opened a brief session Tuesday. But lawmakers aren't holding any votes, and they still haven't reached agreement on a budget.

As Hurricane Erin pelted North Carolina’s barrier islands with strong winds and waves, it destroyed many nests of threatened sea turtles. The waves buried the eggs deep in sand or washed them out to sea. On Topsail Island more than half the 43 loggerhead turtle nests were lost this week. The storm also likely wiped out eight of the 10 remaining nests on Emerald Isle. Loggerheads are threatened in the U.S. due to bycatch from fishing. But conservation groups can do little to keep nests safe during a hurricane given North Carolina’s strict laws about keeping the sea turtle hatching process natural.