N.C. Gov. Josh Stein is calling on GOP lawmakers to work with him on issues like education, Helene recovery and combating fentanyl abuse. He made his inaugural address Saturday afternoon in a televised event that was scaled back due to winter weather.

Spirtas and Pactiv were engaged in a months-long legal battle over the site in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for a third term Friday after a disputed presidential election last July. Venezuelans in Charlotte gathered Thursday to support the opposition leader.

A man who fired a gun inside a restaurant in the nation's capital after a fake online conspiracy theory motivated him to do so nearly a decade ago was shot and killed by North Carolina police.

Attorney Craig Schauer, who represents Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin, went before a Wake County judge earlier this week without opposing counsel present to get an order blocking certification of the election. Griffin is trying to have more than 60,000 ballots invalidated in his race to unseat incumbent Democratic state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs.

Charlotte City Council discussed public safety Monday night. The focus was on quality of life issues, like broken lighting, rather than crimes such as homicides that are on the rise.