Data shows that annual annual income depends heavily on an individual's educational attainment, race, ethnicity, gender, and even location. One cluster of the United States is particularly well off: ...

An 1854 map of North Carolina, 12 years after Catawba County and Lincoln County split. Two counties in North Carolina's Piedmont region redrew their border this year to match the one originally ...

After Republicans took control of county and state elections boards in North Carolina, efforts are underway in some areas to ...

Carteret County was named the best county to retire in North Carolina by MSN. Susan Goldsworthy 2013 News & Observer file photo Nearly a fifth of the best counties to retire in the U.S. are in North ...

The wealthiest counties in the state of North Carolina were ranked in a recent study from SmartAsset. SmartAsset, a financial advisor guide, determined rankings for counties across the United States ...

ASHEVILLE – Buncombe County has moved to a more economically distressed ranking on an annual tier list from the N.C. Department of Commerce, as did several other Western North Carolina counties, ...

Eleven NC counties ranked in top 200 nationally for highest STD rates in 2025. Cumberland, Durham and Mecklenburg counties lead NC in per capita STD cases. STD cases climbed nationally from 1.8M in ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. A worker walks past logs stacked at the Enviva plant in Northampton County, N.C. in ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday warned North Carolinians that the unfettered spread of the novel coronavirus could result in snapping back statewide restrictions on businesses, but ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. North Carolina is one of the fastest-growing states in the country. But not all parts ...