North Carolina’s Senate Judiciary Committee spent Juneteenth advancing a bill to gut the state’s diversity, equity and ...

On Juneteenth, the federal holiday celebrating the moment when the last enslaved people received word of the Emancipation ...

Juneteenth, which falls on the same day every year, is a federal holiday. But not all government employees get a day off.

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and is considered the longest African American holiday.

Rain and strong to severe storms in North Carolina may drop some trees and bring frequent lightning to Juneteenth cookouts ...

A severe thunderstorm watch in in effect along with severe thunderstorm warnings on this Thursday, June 19. Please plan on ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Juneteenth – a federal holiday that’s known as the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ...

According to a 2024 Congressional Research Service report, at least 30 states and the District of Columbia have designated ...

A Juneteenth tour at Durham’s Historic Stagville explores how enslaved people experienced the transition to freedom.

Federal offices are closed Thursday June 19th for Juneteenth, but in South Carolina business will continue as usual at the ...

Juneteenth commemorates when the last enslaved Black people in the country were finally told they were free. What's closed?

A selection of moments across the Triangle and North Carolina as captured through the lens of the N&O’s visual journalists.