Emails obtained by The Assembly show that UNC-Chapel Hill’s largest journalism-school donor warned against Nikole Hannah-Jones’ hiring.

Emails obtained by The Assembly show that UNC-Chapel Hill’s largest journalism-school donor warned against Nikole Hannah-Jones’ hiring.

The race for the 4th district, North Carolina’s most progressive, is the most expensive Democratic congressional primary in state history.

The dean of the school of education was removed after telling The Assembly he'd been directed to give a prestigious award to a conservative.

Thirty years ago, the deadly Hamlet fire at a chicken-processing plant in a poor North Carolina town prompted a push for employee safety.

North Carolina legislators are lurching toward expanding Medicaid, which would boost the state’s ailing rural hospitals.

Nearly a decade after the resignation of UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp, the story of powerful outside forces, rocky relationships with governing boards, and a well-intentioned leader has...

Sources confirm NC Promise, a major college affordability program, will expand to a fourth UNC System institution: Fayetteville State University

The Assembly is planting a flag in Wilmington with The Dive. Reporter Johanna F. Still, a Wilmington native, is anchoring the effort. Together with local NPR affiliate WHQR, we’ll be co-reporting big...

Ricky Hurtado bucked party strategists to run a different kind of campaign. Is he the vanguard of Latinx electoral power and millennial campaigning in NC?

McClatchy newsrooms The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer remain the state’s most powerful and essential media outlet.

North Carolina’s Lumbee have been fighting for federal recognition for over 100 years. Their story reveals a lot about identity and who counts as “Native."

A fight over a school mask mandate in a GOP county lauded for its high vaccination rate shows just how tough it is to lead a public institution in the midst of a fast-changing pandemic.

The House Speaker wanted an old friend to be UNC Wilmington's chancellor. Emails show that when a key board member resisted, he had her removed.

Nido Qubein remade High Point University from a struggling college to booming campus known for “wow” amenities. He’s not done yet.

Nikole Hannah-Jones declined UNC-Chapel Hill’s offer of tenure, the result of a costly and drawn-out governance debate.

Last month, prosecutors indicted a Raleigh police informant for fabricating drug trafficking cases. His story raises questions about how the police department manages its confidential informants, and...

Nearly 40 years ago, a columnist set out to capture the character of North Carolina as he drove the state’s longest highway. His work still endures.

North Carolina Democrats are tired of losing. Will they risk their future on an untested 25-year-old, or hope that staying the course yields better results?

Roberts, a well-connected technocrat and member of the Board of Governors, takes over amid numerous questions about the school's future.

Tricia Cotham, state legislator from Mecklenburg County, says Democrats drove her away. Her former allies are puzzled—and say she doesn’t seem to be the same person.

In Wilmington, a compromise over painting “Black Lives Matter” on the street led to a work of art that has taken on a life of its own.

Critics have called for Mark Martin, a former NC Supreme Court chief justice, to account for his part in efforts to fight the 2020 election outcome.

Ricky Hurtado bucked party strategists to run a different kind of campaign. Is he the vanguard of Latinx electoral power and millennial campaigning in NC?

Rocky Mount has banked on a renaissance fueled by outside investment and historic preservation. But can its reinvention take place without reconciliation?

NC Mutual, the last remaining Black insurance firm in the U.S., which is based in downtown Durham, will disappear this year. Its demise reflects the decline of an era of Black capitalism that...

Big investments in Charlotte FC and professional soccer could reshape North Carolina’s sports landscape and its biggest cities.

A case in Guildford County raises questions about a reporter's First Amendment rights.

North Carolina is piloting an ambitious, $650-million Medicaid program to address the social factors that contribute to participants’ health. It’s a big lift that’s gotten a slow start.

Charles Hellwig, a self-described “right-wing nut,” works behind the scenes to elect GOP candidates. Sometimes that means deploying the darker arts. 

Fine dining has long been the stuff of big cities. But more chefs are finding their way to small towns and transforming the local food scene.

Cherokee County hosted a "constitutional sheriff" gathering, a far-right group who believe they are “the last line of defense" against federal overreach.

A North Carolina minister gave food and clothing to orphaned children in southern Africa. A tough-love Rwandan woman objected—and created a new model of empowerment.

Tim Moore is facing a lawsuit over an alleged affair, but the claims are based on common-law torts most other states have tossed.

Behind the scenes with the conservationists trying to build public support for saving birds in North Carolina. 

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s official announcement that he’s entering the 2024 governor race at Ace Speedway was an appeal to a certain kind of nostalgia.

Cape Fear Community College President Jim Morton has been controversial since trustees hired him in 2018. What does his selection—and his staying power—say about accountability in North Carolina’s...

In Winston-Salem, a fight over Wake Forest University student housing has pitted a neighborhood against developers.