Beaver Dam fourth-grade teacher Hannah Bobby was named The Fayetteville Observer's Amazing Teacher for January, in partnership with Smith Douglas Homes.

The world of competitive gaming has taken centre stage at Muscat Nights, with the ‘E-sports Legends’ tent in Al Amerat Park ...

Audiences continued to defy the critics in 2025, with two widely panned films – “A Minecraft Movie” and the live-action ...

After years of disappointments, animated originals are making a big play in 2026 with Pixar, Disney and DreamWorks all rolling out new IP.

Minecraft Vanilla is the purest vision of Mojang's block-building sandbox you can find these days. No mods, no graphics updates, no changes to the core gameplay that made Minecraft the behemoth it is ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Olympic High’s Jaden Hardnett is The Observer’s boys’ high school basketball player of the week. The 6-3 junior scored 19 points, had ...

As we come back from the holiday break and high school basketball teams hit the teeth of their season, conference play, here’s a look at trends and stat leaders in the area, including a midseason ...

Court records reveal that Dominique Moody, a 6 year old child found dead and scarred in an east Charlotte home, was living with her aunt at the time of Moody’s death. The aunt, Tonya McKnight filed ...

Here’s a curated selection of moments across North Carolina as captured through the lenses of The News and Observer visual journalists. This feature can be seen in Sunday’s newspaper, as well as in ...

Journey to the world’s most brutal climates, from Antarctica’s frozen plateaus to Siberian villages. Discover how humans ...