- The event occurs once every five years, and can be attended as a reenactor or visitor.
- N.C. Sen. Benton Sawrey, R-Johnston, landed an influential role in his second term this session as co-chair of the Senate’s committees on health care. He ed this week’s WUNC Politics Podcast to talk about his efforts to address the unusually high costs of health care in North Carolina.
- Lawyers are challenging Hasson Bacote's death sentence under North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act, arguing race played a factor in his sentence.
- Authorities in North Carolina say a man was shot and killed after a confrontation with a sheriff's deputy outside of a hospital. News outlets report that the shooting happened early Monday in a parking lot of UNC Health Johnston in Clayton.
- Republican congressional candidate Kelly Daughtry says she's suspending her campaign just days ahead of this month's primary runoff and endorsing opponent Brad Knott.
- Gun sales in North Carolina increased in 2023, following a repeal of a law that requires a purchase permit for handguns.
- The system developed and being implemented by Tyler Technologies is being blamed for wrongful arrests and unlawful detentions.
- The new cloud-based system meant to replace the state's 1980s-era mainframe and paper-based court files rolled out in four pilot counties back in February, but a launch in Mecklenburg has been delayed indefinitely.
- Ronald Johnson was first elected to the board in 2016 and re-elected in 2020.
- Enrollment at community colleges fell this past year, nationally and in North Carolina. The COVID-19 pandemic cost some students their jobs, their childcare, or their ability to take hands-on classes.