Understanding, organizing, and validating data directly affects the accuracy of stories. New tools make cleaning accessible ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min North Carolina soybean farmers ...

The North Carolina Utilities Commission listen to testimony in their downtown Raleigh hearing room on October 14, 2025. Different stakeholders presented to the commission ideas for how to balance ...

Energy experts gathered in Raleigh this week to discuss how North Carolina’s energy grid — and ratepayers’ wallets — will handle the incoming wave of new data centers. A single data center can require ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. This week in Matthews, a glimpse into the potential future of North Carolina’s economy ...

Data centers have generated unprecedented controversy across the country over the past two years, but have attracted the most attention in Virginia, North Carolina, and Ohio. Each of those states is ...

North Carolina is becoming home to an increasing number of data centers, which handle the data needed for cloud computing and artificial intelligence. But they also present challenges. McClatchy ...

People living in one southern community are joining the growing list of Americans saying no to a proposed data center near their homes. Tarboro, North Carolina, residents are urging their town council ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min A huge project has been halted ...

Gov. Josh Stein announces his 2025-27 state budget proposal during a press conference Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at the Albemarle Building in Raleigh. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com It’s Labor Day ...