A Powerball player just missed a jackpot prize — but is still in for a windfall in North Carolina. The player bought a ticket that matched all but one number picked in the Jan. 25 drawing, making it worth $50,000, results show. The winning numbers: white balls 8-15-17-53-66, with red Powerball 14.

A heartbroken owner gave up her dogs after Hurricane Helene slammed North Carolina. While Bella the dog is settling into a new home, the woman’s two other pups are still waiting to be adopted, the Humane Society of Catawba County wrote on its website.

More than 80 days after Election Day, a race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court remains unresolved. That's because the Republican candidate is contesting some 65,000 ballots.

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.

Two North Carolina state troopers have been suspended from the job and nearly 200 cases they’re tied to have been dismissed. ALSO: Walmart shoppers shocked after driver rams several cars fleeing from police WRAL in Raleigh reports the North Carolina State Highway Patrol is investigating how Sgt.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein announced measures to protect reproductive health care providers and patients via a new executive order

Huntington National Bank (Nasdaq: HBAN), which recently inked a partnership with the Cleveland Browns that included naming rights to the NFL team’s stadium, has long been a household name in its home state. But the bank, with $204 billion in assets, is a relatively new brand in North Carolina, where it opened its first office in Charlotte in 2023.

North Carolina’s growth extends far beyond our two most-populous cities. Elected leaders should pay attention.

The winning lottery ticket was purchased at Jerry’s One Stop in Iron Station, about a 25-mile drive northwest from Charlotte. Street View image from Aug. 2023. © 2025 Google A grandmother of four just won life-changing money in the North Carolina Education Lottery,

Midterm exams and a winter storm are in the rear-view mirror now, and Charlotte-area and N.C. high school basketball teams resume a full schedule Friday night.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) – An employee was killed Monday at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said that around 9:38 a.m., officers were called to the airport for reports of an employee being hit by a vehicle on the tarmac.

An American Airlines worker was tragically killed after being struck by a vehicle on an airport tarmac in North Carolina .