Regional News and In-Depth Reporting

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.

Parties Poured Millions Into a Wilmington Race. The Incumbent Won Easily.

A Wilmington Republican watches results at the New Hanover County GOP election watch party Tuesday. (Photo by Johanna F. Still)

State Sen. Michael Lee widened his margin of victory in one of the state’s most expensive, competitive districts.

Revisiting the Greensboro Massacre 45 Years Later

Rev. Nelson Johnson and his wife, Joyce, stand beside a historical marker for the Greensboro Massacre in Greensboro in August 2017. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

“The relevance is not just timely but timeless,” says the author of a new book about the Greensboro Massacre.

Josh Stein Draws Heat for Hands-Off Approach To Region’s Largest Endowment

Attorney General Josh Stein has drawn criticism for his handling of the New Hanover Community Endowment, created by the 2021 sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center to Novant Health. (Illustration by Johanna F. Still)

Josh Stein has kept his distance since approving the sale of a county-owned hospital to Novant Health. A grassroots group is begging him to step in.

Postmark Greensboro: A Historic Transit Hub Could Be Key to Downtown’s Next Chapter

This 1935 postcard shows off the Southern Railway Passenger Station (now the J. Douglas Galyon Depot) on E. Washington Street. When it was built in 1927, it was one of the East Coast's largest and most grand railway stations.

Greensboro’s Southern Railway Passenger Station was one of the grandest on the East Coast. Nearly 100 years later, it could play a pivotal role in the future.

Entrepreneur With Murky Financial Past Faces IRS

Wilmington entrepreneur George W. Taylor Jr. pleaded guilty to tax evasion this month. (Illustration by Johanna F. Still)

Before he pleaded guilty to tax evasion, Wilmington businessman George Taylor had twice declared personal bankruptcy.

Postmark Greensboro: A Tale of Two O. Henry Hotels

The original O. Henry Hotel, opened in 1919 at the corner of Bellemeade and N. Elm Streets in downtown Greensboro. By the time this card was sent in 1942, it was a city landmark.

Two landmark hotels in Greensboro took their name from the city’s greatest storyteller. Separated by decades, each carried on his romantic Bohemian legacy.

Former Politician Named CEO of Wilmington’s Most Powerful Nonprofit

Dan Winslow has been named the New Hanover Community Endowment's CEO. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Former GOP star Dan Winslow is the new CEO of the New Hanover Community Endowment. With no philanthropic track record, he faces an uphill climb to win over skeptics.

Back in the Game

Former Greensboro Mayor Robbie Perkins, the first candidate to announce he's running for mayor in 2025.

Former Mayor Robbie Perkins says Greensboro needs a strong leader. More than a decade after leaving council, Perkins says he’s the man for the job.

Lee Roberts’ Island Dreams

Passengers aboard the Sans Souci watch as the Ranger ferry arrives at Deep Point Marina in Southport. (Photo by Johanna F. Still)

Before he was named UNC chancellor, Lee Roberts waded into a different political storm: the future of Bald Head Island’s ferry system.