August in the mountains of Alleghany County conjures thoughts of cool breezes, an escape from summer. But this Friday afternoon is hot and sticky. Pickup trucks fill the parking lot and line the ...

Mark Robinson’s use of the handle “minisoldr” on online platforms drew a lot of attention during this year’s election. He’s ...

Asheville has welcomed tourism back after Hurricane Helene. But in Biltmore Village, recovery is still months away.

Cone Health hasn’t focused aggressively on growth, but that could change with a spinoff of Kaiser Permanente taking over.

The Assembly team is taking some much-needed time off over the holidays. While we won’t be publishing anything new for the next two weeks, we’ll use this space to revisit some of our best work this ...

Every holiday season, we ask the staff of The Assembly to pick some of their favorite stories we published throughout the year. These can be hard-hitting investigations, timely features, or just ...

No other governor has seen his role so often reduced to trying to thwart his legislative adversaries. But that’s not Cooper’s only legacy.

If there’s one person whose actions tipped off investigators into former N.C. House Speaker Jim Black’s corruption, it just might be Bobby E. Huckabee III. In 2000, the president and CEO of Southland ...

Jerry Millwood and a group of friends were hunting on a ridge in the South Mountains when they heard a knock on a tree. The group stopped and took a knee, smelling the telltale stench of their ...

Nearly three months after Hurricane Helene, Yancey County musician Lenny Widawski remains one of the few whose bodies have not been found.

A desire for inclusivity spurred a North Carolina man to make Black Santas a holiday tradition. Santas Just Like Me is in its 12th season.