Where, exactly, did James Comey find the "threatening" seashell message that got him indicted?
The former director of the FBI posted an Instagram picture of "86 47" written on a beach in North Carolina last year. Which beach? Here are the results of a Rabbit Hole investigation.
A North Carolina gravel quarry that opened up after Hurricane Helene never had a permit. Its owners say it was helping the area get back on its feet. The people living nearby say all that's left is a big mess.
Back in April 2016, four of us paddled the entire length of the Cape Fear River in eastern North Carolina. Today, a look back at what's changed and what's stayed the same.
How Christina Koch went from North Carolina to a Moon Mission
Koch grew up in Jacksonville, went to high school in Durham, got three degrees from NC State, and is now going to be the first woman to orbit the moon. Here's the long road that led her there.
What To Do When Your Popular Sheriff Loses His Insurance
Counties get insurance policies to cover their costs in case someone sues the sheriff or his or her deputies. But what happens when the people who pay the bills can't tell the sheriff what to do?
Football brought Jesse Jackson to Greensboro. His time there molded him into a civil rights leader.
Jackson, who died last week at age 84, was once the quarterback at North Carolina A&T. His position on the field was a foreshadowing of his singular role in American life.
A reader found a strange snippet of North Carolina law. Turns out it's a six-decade old beef.
An old statute says the state DMV can't buy a plane without special permission. It came out of a fight between the Highway Patrol, lawmakers, and a former FBI guy who was frighteningly good at checkers.
The Untold Story of the Guy Who Broke Into a Pizza Shop And Started Selling Pizzas
The news from the Kinston Little Caesars rocketed around the internet this week. A police report and some Facebook posts shed a little more light on what went down.
"F--k That": A History of Illegal Swearing In North Carolina
For more than a century, it was a crime to cuss on almost every road in this state, and yes, people were occasionally convicted. So what stopped it? Perhaps, people pointing out how absurd it all was.
Three stories and a game that won't help you at all when the power goes out, but will at least give you something to talk about when you're stuck in your house.
A former NFL wide receiver has been to North Carolina's capital city, and yet he pronounced it in a way that I've never heard before. If you can top it, give me a call
Behold the Blinkies: A Very North Carolina Set of Christmas Lights
What started as a way to honor a woman in Kernersville has become a regional phenomenon. Here's the story of an overnight success that took decades, and a man who never stopped inventing.
GOP congressmen want the National Guard in Charlotte. Here's where violent crime is a bigger problem.
Sure, the data can't always tell the entire story. But one representative who's asking for a deployment isn't suggesting the same solution for a more violent place in his own district.
Why Can't North Carolina's Governor Veto A Redistricting Bill?
GOP state lawmakers are coming back to Raleigh next week to try and make North Carolina's congressional delegation even MORE Republican. The governor can veto lots of bills. Why not this one?
Why Are SO MANY Outer Banks houses collapsing into the ocean?
Nine homes have been taken out by the Atlantic Ocean in just the last few weeks? Why so many? Why now? We asked a longtime Outer Banks journalist for some answers.
Why do voters at Appalachian State keep getting picked on?
A new lawsuit is trying to overturn state laws that made it harder for students in Boone to have a voice in county politics. Who created those laws? A proud and powerful App State grad, that's who.
