Governor Stein has teamed up with federal officials to put pressure on data centers to pay for their own power, as concern mounts over who will bear the costs of fueling the AI boom.

As North Carolina continues decarbonizing its energy supply, giant batteries are one tool for keeping the lights on when the sun isn’t shining and the wind stops blowing. Duke Energy has brought a 50-megawatt battery online at the site of the former Allen coal plant in Gaston County.

After months of uncertainty over the fate of hundreds of homes, FEMA greenlit a small batch of properties for acquisition in Buncombe and Henderson County.

A status conference for the Camp Lejeune Justice Act cases is scheduled for Friday at the Alton Lennon Federal Building and Courthouse in Wilmington before Magistrate Judge Robert B. Jones Jr.; it starts at 11 a.m.

Democrats have dominated voter registration in North Carolina for decades. Now the GOP has more voters than Democrats.

The Charlotte region is home to largest Venezuelan expat community in North Carolina, where people gathered to celebrate the toppling of the autocratic Venezuelan leader.

Attorney General Jeff Jackson said North Carolina will “get back the $17 million that Congress promised.”

Several federally funded environmental justice projects in North Carolina have been paused or stopped, due to the Trump administration’s cancellation of EPA programs.

Nearly five-dozen water and septic system projects in 26 western counties will receive funding through the state Department of Environmental Quality.

A migrant worker advocacy group looks back on a year of challenges and hard work.