Air travelers who do not have a REAL ID–compliant driver license, state ID card, or another acceptable form of identification will soon face an added step at airport security. Beginning Saturday, Jan. 31, passengers without a REAL ID or approved alternative will be required to pay a $45 identity-verification fee before passing through airport checkpoints operated by the Transportation Security Administration. The fee covers access to a modernized verification system known as

Governor Stein Highlights Drone Security Gains in NC Strong Update, Citing New Federal Authority to Counter Threats.

Plausible reductions in agricultural exports because of retaliatory trade policies stemming from aggressive U.S. tariffs could cost North Carolina farmers $695 million, a new report says.

Sheriff’s deputies in Iredell County are investigating a burglary reported last week at the North Carolina home of late NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, weeks after he and six others were killed in a plane crash, authorities said Wednesday.

Federal immigration authorities have lodged an arrest detainer for a 22-year-old man charged in the fatal shootings of two teenagers whose deaths investigators say resulted from a single incident in southwest Charlotte, according to local and federal officials.