Mary Helen Moore
NC Newsroom ReporterMary Helen Moore is a reporter with the NC Newsroom, a journalism collaboration expanding state government news coverage for North Carolina audiences. The collaboration is funded by a two-year grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. She can be reached at mmoore@ncnewsroom.org
Moore is a native of Halifax County and a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate. She loves reading, fishing, doing puzzles, and baking. Her state reporting experience includes coverage of real estate and growth at the News & Observer, where she most recently served as Durham reporter. She has won numerous journalism awards in North Carolina and Florida.
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Gov. Josh Stein met with reporters to talk about Western North Carolina's recovery and preparedness for tropical storms. -
Republicans want a deeper relationship with ICE amid Trump administration's mass deportation push. -
North Carolina would save $50 million a year if the Powell Bill provision makes it into the final budget. -
The Trump administration is joining the battle over voter registrations in NC. -
After years of overfishing, the commercial and recreational fishing industries will split the catch 50-50 in 2025. -
Western North Carolina suffered around $60 billion in damage from the deadly storm. -
Sports gambling brought in $128 million in taxes the first year it was legal in North Carolina. Here's what the House and Senate budgets say about where that money goes. -
The N.C. House began releasing its budget proposal Thursday, and Republicans are planning cuts in what's expected to be a tight budget year. -
The North Carolina House passed a bill that would put that question to voters in 2025. -
Lawmakers want to force a recreational fishing season for Southern flounder, which experts say is overfished and in danger of collapse.
