Welcome to The Assembly’s 2026 Election Guide. Below, you will find a tool to see a sample ballot for the upcoming election tailored to your district, with biographies of the candidates written by our ...

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. Dave Masters could no longer ignore the storm as trees cracked and the swollen river roared. It was dark outside, but through the ...

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As Anita Earls runs for re-election to the state Supreme Court, here's what her dissents tell us about her judicial philosophy.

Nash County is home to three state legislative races that could make or break a GOP supermajority in North Carolina.

“I’m glad we already got friends,” said Shana Richards, the counselor at A&T Four Middle College, grinning as she peeked into a freshman homeroom on a Thursday in early August. Inside, a dozen ...

Universities like UNC-Chapel Hill major cuts to research funding, but the pipeline for new grants is shrinking. Researchers have been left in limbo.

On a brisk December evening, a primarily Black audience of wrestling fans brave rain-slicked Charlotte roads to witness ASÉ Wrestling’s second anniversary event at Piedmont Middle School. The building ...

Two years into legalization, the gaming industry considers North Carolina a big success. But what residents are getting is not what was promised—and it’s dangerously addictive. As the composition of ...

When Alex Sink was a little girl growing up in Mount Airy in the 1950s and ‘60s, her grandmother had a rule: no Siamese twins talk. “We were under strict orders not to say anything about it,” Sink ...

The GOP congressional candidate bet on her own campaign, according to a settlement agreement with the online prediction ...

The Western North Carolina Republican maintains his relationships with female staffers were friendships and not sexual ...