North Carolina

Federal COVID-19 relief initially provided the funding source to equip students with Chromebooks and other devices to use at home and school. Absent those dollars, many entities can’t afford their replacement.

The state CIO, who is also secretary of the North Carolina Department of Information Technology, will retire Dec. 31. State Attorney General Josh Stein, who was elected governor Nov. 5, has reportedly nominated a successor.

Helene’s floods and mudslides damaged at least 100,000 homes in Western North Carolina, according to null, displacing many of the people who live in some communities.

North Carolina's first bachelor's degree in AI will allow students to enroll in one of two concentrations: Advanced AI Systems, through the College of Engineering, and Applied AI in the College of Science and Technology.

Once several were damaged, local officials decided they needed to clarify what these sensors were and weren’t. Last year, the town posted a small sign beneath many clarifying their function.

A HAZMAT communications team from Fairfield County, Conn., has been working for two weeks to help restore communications systems along with distributing much-needed supplies to the community.

Next-generation 911 with the resilience of a modern, digital, Internet protocol-based network was essential to North Carolina’s storm response. It enabled officials to answer nearly 90,000 emergency calls in three days.

Puerto Rico faces earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis. North Carolina was hard-hit by Hurricane Helene. Through it all, government needs to keep critical digital services running. Here’s how they do it.

The police department in Zebulon, N.C., rolled out its Community Advocacy and Resource Enhancement unit last month, the only program of its kind in North Carolina.

Hundreds of police officers, firefighters and emergency workers from North Carolina’s Triangle area are packing in food and supplies for their emotionally fatigued counterparts in the state’s western mountains.

The nonprofit is expanding its state tax filing tool, which is integrated with the IRS’ current Direct File program, to Maryland and North Carolina in 2025. The move is estimated to reach more than 700,000 residents.

The state has chosen the first places that will receive government grants to install electric vehicle chargers under a federal program that aims to fill in gaps in North Carolina’s charging network.

Even after learning the game wasn't catching on, the Republican-controlled House continued sending millions to Plasma Games, in which the wife of an influential Republican chief justice holds a substantial investment.

A report assessed two North Carolina projects piloting low-speed autonomous shuttles, stood up by partners including the state Department of Transportation. It found the vehicles still have significant limitations.

Moss Street Elementary in Reidsville was the first school in Rockingham County to implement Cone Health’s new School-Based Telehealth program when classes began Monday.

Rockingham County Schools has announced the implementation of cutting-edge weapons detection systems across middle and high schools in the district, known as Opengate.

A leading manufacturer of sodium-ion batteries is poised to receive state incentives there as it promises to invest around $1.4 billion to build a factory on a long-dormant megasite in Edgecombe County, N.C.

North Carolina high school students will be able to qualify for job interviews with the drone delivery company Zipline as part of a new partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.