Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks Monday morning during a dedication ceremony making Laurel Highlands a new state park. Listening behind him are, from left to right, Fayette County Commissioner Vince Vicites, ...

OBSERVER Photos by Braden Carmen Pictured is Kelli Nicholas Owens, Executive Director of the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, who visited YWCA Westfield recently.

It appears Justin Gainey is coming home for a second time. N.C. State is closing in on hiring Gainey, a program alumnus and former Tennessee associate head coach, to become its next men’s basketball ...

After sexual assault charges were filed against two Laurel Highlands High School teachers within a week, state Rep. Charity Grimm Krupa asked the state attorney general’s office to determine whether ...

Flowers, also known as buds, grows at the top of a mature marijuana plant on a farm owned and operated by Qualla Enterprises, LLC in Cherokee, NC. Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez mrodriguez@charlotteobserver ...

On June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. Shipped from France in 350 pieces and packed in over 200 crates, the iconic monument made its grand entrance in America. That year ...

Real estate development firm BFC Partners has signed a 10-year, 13,758-square-foot lease for an entire floor at RFR Holding’s 17 State Street, according to the landlord. The exact asking rent was not ...

In his first year as basketball coach at Queen’s Grant Charter School, Joe Badgett led the Stallions to their first NCHSAA Western Regional championship game. In his second, Badgett led Queen’s Grant ...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein warned his state’s lack of a budget jeopardizes economic growth and critical services while pitching his own stop-gap plan in Charlotte on Thursday. The Democratic ...

NC State basketball’s latest March Madness experience wound up being a brief one. The No. 11-seeded Wolfpack fell 68-66 to Texas in their First Four matchup of the 2026 NCAA Tournament on Tuesday, ...

OLYMPIA — The Washington State Senate has passed Senate Resolution 8690, acknowledging the Chinook Indian Nation and its role in shaping communities along the Lower Columbia River. The bipartisan ...