LOCAL NEWS

For their own day of community service, High Point University students teamed up with Operation Xcel to revitalize their local community center for K-5 children to learn, dream, and thrive.

Choirs, youth performances, and community reflections took center stage as Mount Tabor United Methodist Church celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy for a ninth year.

These are the five North Carolina news stories that had everyone talking last year.

The Republican judge’s controversial plea to throw out 60,000 votes—and make him the winner—is sent back to state courts by a federal judge. Here’s what that means. 

A look at the Puppy Mill Belt, a Midwest ring of large, commercial breeding operations that supplies some North Carolina pet stores. The Humane Society says many of those operations are abusing dogs or keeping them in unsafe conditions. 

Gov. Cooper commutes 15 death row sentences, reducing the state’s death row population by more than 10% in a historic farewell decision.

North Carolina launches a $20 million initiative to replace police vehicles with civilian transportation services for mental health crisis cases.

For two terms, Roy Cooper’s North Carolina prospered during pandemics, partisan firestorms, and more. He was the last line of defense against a power-drunk legislature. 

With his plea for the NC Supreme Court to overturn his election defeat, Jefferson Griffin and his allies in the Republican Party have resorted to lawlessness. 

Jefferson Griffin, the Republican who lost the NC Supreme Court election, is seeking an unprecedented thing from the court he ran for. He wants them to change the outcome of an election.