CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WNCN/AP) — The weekend of a “surge” of U.S. Border Patrol agents in North Carolina left some feeling shaken up — with some confrontations and wild incidents caught on video. Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin ...

The StarNews has worked to cover several holiday events throughout the Wilmington area in 2025. From homes and businesses decked out for the season to parades and enchanted gardens, there's plenty to delight in to get in the holiday spirit. Here's a one-stop place to catch our photo galleries and videos from places in the region.

A two-day “Jeopardy” champion from Raleigh was arrested Monday on two felony charges in Currituck County, a warrant shows.

Most of North Carolina’s 551 cities, towns and villages have elections Tuesday that will help decide local leadership for years to come. Voters in every big city in the state except for Raleigh, as well as in most of North Carolina’s suburbs and small ...

Gov. Josh Stein announced that all three projects have been approved for North Carolina Film and Entertainment Grants.

A new survey from Elon University found dissatisfaction with North Carolina’s public schools. But survey respondents place a bulk of the blame on factors outside the classroom.

About one-quarter of North Carolina adults polled by Elon University would give the state’s traditional public schools a D or an F grade. About half would give private schools an A or a B, though far less than half of students attend one.