The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education voted earlier in the week to eliminate hundreds of positions amid a $46 million budget crisis.

The state’s largest health system says federal pressure influenced its decision. Families and advocates say the move is devastating for transgender kids.

The Topsail Turtle project has announced that one nest beat the odds, hatching during Hurricane Erin despite the high ocean water at the beach.

Although the storm has moved away from eastern North Carolina, the impacts are not nearly over for area beaches and waves and rip current risks could be elevated into the weekend.

NC doesn't have any cooling standards, which are local or state laws that require landlords to provide AC during the summer.

Rip currents are one of the coast's greatest dangers and account for the most beach rescues every year. Hurricane Erin is bringing the potentially deadly currents to the East Coast this week. About 100 people drown from rip currents along U.S. beaches each year.

Howard Augustine "Humpy" Wheeler Jr., who ran Charlotte Motor Speedway for 35 years, has died at the age of 86.

Troops will now face tougher rules to get exceptions to the daily shaving requirement. That could especially affect Black men with a skin condition that makes shaving painful and potentially disfiguring.

Hurricane Erin has battered North Carolina's Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes. The monster storm slowly began to move away from the East Coast on Thursday.