Start your week in North Carolina politics with our latest Under the Dome podcast, for the week of Jan. 27, 2025. Dawn Vaughan here, your podcast host and The News & Observer’s Capitol bureau chief. Today’s Under the Dome newsletter is a preview of our new podcast that posted this morning.

The NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC issued a special weather statement at 6:05 a.m. on Monday in effect until 10 a.m. The alert is for Northern Jackson as well as Avery, Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Swain,

At a time when vintage homes are becoming a rare gem among cookie-cutter, sleek and modern designs, one North Carolina house from the 1950s is catching a lot of attention on the real estate scene.

On Monday at 5:46 a.m. the NWS Blacksburg VA issued a special weather statement in effect until 8:15 a.m.

Around the time this happened, political science professor Andrew Reynolds argued in the News & Observer that gerrymandering and a Republican supermajority in the state at the time meant that North Carolina could no longer be classified as a democracy.

A contentious legal battle over whether to seat one of its own members threatens not only the future of the court's ideological balance, but its role in the public sphere

Gov. Josh Stein called President Donald Trump's visit to North Carolina on Friday, Jan. 24, "very good news for the people of Western North Carolina."

A settlement has been reached by North Carolina's Insurance Department and the industry that sells homeowner policies.

Anisa Khalifa: And eight years ago, he got the opportunity to be a diplomat bridging North Carolina and the country he once called home. Although they aren’t typically paid, honorary consuls are real diplomats who promote things like tourism, cultural exchanges, and economic investment… and you don't need to be a Japanese citizen to apply.

Gov Ops will bring in Stein staff to talk about his new Helene recovery office, the Governor’s Recovery Office for Western North Carolina, or GROW NC, as well as the troubled N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency. NCORR was heavily scrutinized by Republicans during former Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration.

The man was arrested in Charlotte, FBI spokesperson said. Records show he lived in Raleigh. The years-long scheme installed North Korean IT workers as remote employees worldwide, FBI says.

A lottery player has a big reason to celebrate after scoring a life-changing win in North Carolina. The player bought a Carolina Cash 5 game ticket that matched all the numbers picked in the Jan. 21 drawing, making it worth $110,000, results show. The winning numbers: 3-7-8-11-21.