North Carolina Auditor Dave Boliek called for the separation of the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles from the N.C. Department of Transportation in an audit report released Monday.

Daimler Truck North America operates some of North Carolina’s largest manufacturing facilities, including a Freightliner truck plant in Mount Holly, a Freightliner and Western Star plant in Cleveland, ...

The number of Wilkes County high school students testing positive in random drug tests decreased from 30 out of 432 tested in the 2023-24 school year to 13 out of ...

An 18-year-old was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle as a result of a wreck on U.S. 21 in the Wilkes County portion ...

North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles is the subject of two new audits looking to address long wait times for customers ...

“God prepares a life with enemies in it for us,” says Jessica, 9. Well, this also has possibilities. David was an unknown shepherd boy until he heard Goliath taunt the armies of Israel ...

The N.C. General Assembly ended July by overriding Gov. Josh Steins vetoes of the following bills, which means they now are law: ...

North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church at 804 E Street was recently certified as an “Earth Care Congregation” by the ...

Wilkes County and other locales in North Carolina and nationwide experienced record and near-record high temperatures in June and July, according to National Weather Service (NWS) data.

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner admitted to sending grieving families fake ashes and defrauding the federal government out of nearly $900,000 in a plea agreement with federal ...

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