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Worth celebrating: NC’s drug overdose deaths have plummeted

This is all great news showing real progress. But we shouldn't let our guard down or stop trying to reduce the number of overdose deaths in our communities — until they are totally eliminated.

Absentee ballot requests drop by 32% from 2022

Experts attribute drop in absentee ballot requests to a a return to in-person voting after COVID, not an expected decline in voter participation.

N&O chided for ignoring GOP women in court endorsement article

A Republican member of the North Carolina Court of Appeals criticized major state newspapers Thursday for ignoring four women who serve on the state’s second-highest court.

Mooresville urges court to block release of ‘pantless mayor’ video

Mooresville is asking North Carolina’s second-highest court to reverse a trial judge’s ruling that would force the town to release security video showcasing the “pantless mayor.”