Leading the rally was Bob Etheridge, the former state superintendent for public instruction, who accused the legislature of trying to undo years of success at improving graduation rates.
The North Carolina Industrial Commission ruled Wednesday that an unprecedented lawsuit against the state for misidentifying dead bodies can proceed.
Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday he “agreed to disagree” with African-American lawmakers on a proposed voter ID bill and other issues.
State and federal wildlife officials began making arrests Tuesday following a four-year investigation of bear poachers in North Carolina and Georgia.
President Barack Obama used a bustling engine-parts factory that came back from the dead in Arden as the backdrop Wednesday to pitch his plans to boost U.S. manufacturing, part of the second-term agenda he rolled out in his State of the Uni ...
After Tuesday’s State of the Union address focused on jobs, manufacturing and middle-class opportunities, President Obama is heading for Asheville Wednesday morning to reinforce his points at an auto-parts plant.
A plan to burn more than 16,000 acres in and around the Linville Gorge Wilderness of Burke and McDowell counties has drawn criticism from neighbors.
McCrory made his first appearance outside Raleigh as governor before more than 300 people gathered in a mountainside pavilion in Asheville. It was the first stop of a tour that will take him to Greensboro and New Bern on Tuesday and Charlot ...
Official numbers won’t be available until the end of the month. But the combination of an early spring that caused trees to bloom and a late cold snap hit orchards hard in Henderson County, which produces 85 percent of the state’s crop.
A report released Monday ranked access to public records in the Carolinas as among the worst in the country.
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