The Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a century-old building bisected by the US-Canada border, has long.

In the fading twilight of a chilly North Carolina evening, a local election in Sylva was decided by the flip of a coin—a symbol of a democracy increasingly at the mercy of outside money.

For Luther Jones, a lifelong resident and candidate…

Portsmouth faces challenges in making complex municipal budgets and policies understandable to residents amid rising costs and intricate governance.