NC educators try to mitigate risk of learning loss. How schools in Transylvania and Ashe counties have fared since Helene.

Heavy rains from Tropical Depression Chantal generated severe flooding and damage to roads and property in the Piedmont and ...

What the map says CPP’s news team analyzed data on child removals across North Carolina during the decade from 2010-19. Then, using the child population of each county during the year in question, ...

Flooded neighborhoods, fields, roads, parks and wooded areas faced rampaging rivers Thursday and Friday across North Carolina, following the passage of Tropical Storm Debby. Other areas are still ...

Western NC battered but defiant, a photo essay Editor’s note: Some of the scenes in the following photos may be disturbing. The images may not be appropriate for all readers. Water was distributed at ...

All over the map While state officials say Cherokee County was an aberration — CVAs have not originated in any other county so far — wide variation exists in how often social workers take children ...

Durham County Board of Elections staff process absentee ballots in October 2020 at the agency's warehouse. Each blue bin holds ballots from a different precinct. The workers are removing ballots from ...

The rate of recovery and flow of information across Western North Carolina remains uneven nearly a week after Tropical Storm Helene veered to the east of its predicted track and dropped massive ...

Tropical Storm Helene brought heavy rains, winds and misery to North Carolina on Friday after coming ashore in Florida late Thursday as a powerful Category 4 hurricane. Much of the worst damage in ...

Tropical Storm Helene underscored the dangers of aging dams and flood-control infrastructure in Western North Carolina. Leading up to the storm, some signs already indicated that something more needed ...

Rural hospitals could be putting pregnant women and babies at risk by slashing labor and delivery services across North Carolina. Natasha Fuller delivered her two children at Charles A. Cannon ...

Part One By Jack Igelman, Carolina Public Press August 21, 2023 “A River’s Destiny” is a two-part investigative project reported by Jack Igelman. The project tells the history of the North Fork, how ...