November 2024

WATCH: Making Sense of the 2024 Election in North Carolina

The Assembly untangles the complex web of results in a state that looks as purple as ever.

Moms for Liberty’s Local Election Scorecard

Materials on display at a Moms for Liberty meeting in 2023. (Credit: Zach Roberts/NurPhoto via AP)

The “parental rights” group’s North Carolina chapters endorsed seven school board candidates this election cycle. Only two won.

Can North Carolina’s Own Ted Lasso Turn Around UNC Charlotte Football?

Charlotte 49ers football coach Biff Poggi talks to his players before his team’s 38-20 loss to the UNC Tar Heels in Chapel Hill in September. (Tyler Northrup for The Assembly)

As a high school coach, Biff Poggi won big stressing love and teamwork. But can it carry a college team to victory?

Ticket-Splitting is Part of Our DNA

Voters prepare to enter the Leland Cultural Arts Center during early voting. Brunswick County picked Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Josh Stein for governor. (Photo by Johanna F. Still)

North Carolinians are the “rare political animal” who will vote for candidates from both parties in one election.

The Race to Save America’s Favorite Christmas Tree

A Fraser fir impacted by Phytophthora among healthier trees near Newland, N.C. (Julia Wall for The Assembly)

The Fraser fir is threatened by a nasty root rot. State scientists are trying to save the iconic species.

Western N.C. Official: ‘Businesses Need Funding Now’

A Lowe's in Asheville damaged during Hurricane Helene. (Daniel Walton for The Assembly)

Local officials discuss what the election results mean for relief efforts in Western N.C.

At Greensboro’s HBCUs, Persistence in the Face of Defeat

N.C. A&T students hold It’s About Us shirts during a Black Voters Matter bus tour through campus on November 4, 2024. (Photo courtesy Korey Davis Photography)

Kamala Harris would have been the nation’s first president to graduate from an HBCU. Students say her loss won’t damper their political engagement.

‘We Keep Doing It for Other Women’

Sheila Mikhail waits for the start of a CT scan, which she undergoes twice a year to ensure her breast cancer has not returned. (Photo by Julia Wall for The Assembly)

Survivor Sheila Mikhail has been advocating for the state to ensure women with dense breast tissue can get additional cancer screenings.

Such a Thing as a Free Lunch

Big Fat Philly Sandwich Shop's food truck at a Quiltmaker Cafe pop-up in downtown Pittsboro. (Photos by Hanna Raskin)

The pay-what-you-will cafe format flourishes in the South.

Have Your Cake and Drink It, Too

Angel Louis of Boozie Bakes labels her wares. (Photo by Susannah Skiver Barton)

Raleigh-based Boozie Bakes is taking alcohol-infused treats to a dreamy new level.