By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday hurled a series of personal attacks at Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her “lazy” — a word long…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press With former President Donald Trump’s encouragement, Republicans are voting early again, flocking to the polls for in-person voting ahead of Election Day and helping break records for ballots cast before November in…

By BILL BARROW and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Surveying storm damage in North Carolina, former President Donald Trump on Monday blasted federal emergency responders whose work has been stymied by armed harassment and a…

By Mike Raley Our friend Rufus delights in discussing his love for Rhododendrons. Rufus, after all, is a learned man with deep North Carolina mountain roots and the rhododendron is a fixture on the sides…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More North Carolina residents turned out to cast ballots on the first day of early voting this year than in 2020, even as residents from the mountainous…

By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Turnout for early in-person voting started strong Thursday in the presidential battleground of North Carolina, including in mountainous areas where Hurricane Helene destroyed property and upended lives but…