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Asheville has welcomed tourism back after Hurricane Helene. But in Biltmore Village, recovery is still months away.

Mark Robinson’s use of the handle “minisoldr” on online platforms drew a lot of attention during this year’s election. He’s ...

Cone Health hasn’t focused aggressively on growth, but that could change with a spinoff of Kaiser Permanente taking over.

No other governor has seen his role so often reduced to trying to thwart his legislative adversaries. But that’s not Cooper’s only legacy.

Here are our staff's favorite stories published throughout 2024, which we are putting outside our paywall as a special gift ...

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Ike Belk, a scion of the prominent Charlotte department store family, captained the tennis team at Clemson University and hoped to play professionally. After graduating in 2009, Belk accompanied a ...

As the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill entered the admissions season in October 2023, a member of the school’s Board of Trustees asked its chair to advise the group on how to recommend ...