More than two years after a standoff between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican lawmakers left North Carolina without a comprehensive s…
Vice President Kamala Harris’ approval rating has plummeted to 28%, according to a new Suffolk University/USA Today poll.
As movements to remove Confederate statues from places of prominence on public property — often near town halls or courthouses — gained steam …
Richard Burr has been cleared in one investigation into possible insider trading in the early days of the pandemic, but another probe has unea…
Republican legislators in North Carolina are pushing to inspect the voting machines used in Durham County during the 2020 presidential electio…
As it turns out, the home of Andy Griffith, John Coltrane and the best barbecue in the world is not the kindest place to workers.
This is what “school choice” looks like.
When I worked at my late uncle’s junkyard during junior high school, one of the regular customers (a crusty coot who resembled a cantankerous …
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President Biden spoke for millions of Americans on Thursday when he said, “Our patience is wearing thin.”
Some people who have been vaccinated to protect against COVID-19 have nevertheless gotten infected.
"Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo cannot survive in office," writes The News' Editorial Board.
Small-government Republicans in Raleigh have a super-sized addiction to irony.
For more than a decade, North Carolina’s Democratic legislators have pushed one form or another of a medical marijuana bill, intended to safel…
In recognition of the new federally recognized holiday of Juneteenth, The News Herald offered a different look on today’s front page in order …
With no meaningful state law giving North Carolinians the right to see disciplinary records of those they employ in state and local government…
A bevy of bills before the General Assembly seeks to improve how state and local agencies assist people struggling with mental health crises a…
Senate Bill 355, legislation that promotes and enhances public access to the performance records of public employees, is generating significan…
The last year has brought extreme challenges and changes to everyone’s daily life as the pandemic forced upon us a new way of working, playing…
Now a nation that was holding its breath for justice can exhale.
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Call it the “Tucker Carlson defense.”
On behalf of the Burke County Medical Society, we would all like to reach out and extend a heartfelt thanks to all the medical professionals w…
Transparent government. If it wasn’t apparent enough that those two words are an oxymoron, the Burke County Board of Education confirmed it wi…
Gov. Phil Murphy repeatedly has claimed that his decisions about when to allow what parts of New Jersey’s economy to resume are predominantly …
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