Offering the last budget of his time in office, Gov. Mike Easley said Monday lawmakers should raise the state's taxes on cigarettes and alcohol to boost teacher salaries to the national average and repair North Carolina's troubled mental health system.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a California smoker who alleged the multibillion dollar tobacco settlement between 46 states and the four major cigarette companies was anticompetitive and violated antitrust laws.
The Department of Correction's probation system has been under intense scrutiny since March, when it was revealed that the suspects in the killing of UNC Student Body President Eve Carson were both on probation at the time of her killing.
A university official says the slain student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a degree at Sunday's commencement ceremony .
Gov. Mike Easley on Monday will propose increasing state government spending by less than half as much as last year, aiming to provide for his signature education programs while at the same time leaving his successor a sound budget.
It's been more than eight and a half years since Hurricane Floyd devastated eastern North Carolina. Princeville, a town that spent ten days underwater, got millions in state and federal relief. But many residents are now wondering where all that money went.
Gov. Mike Easley says it will be several days before officials know what type of government assistance to request for residents of central North Carolina who were hit by a tornado.
Amber Parker watched on television as the storm near her home grew into a tornado threat. Then, when the roaring wind outside suddenly fell silent, she grabbed her two toddlers and rushed to get under the stairwell.
A North Carolina jury has convicted a Brooklyn, N.Y. man of killing a soldier and a 16-year-old girl at a home they shared near Fort Bragg three years ago.
A North Carolina jury has convicted a Brooklyn, N.Y. man of killing a soldier and a 16-year-old girl at a home they shared near Fort Bragg three years ago.
Gov. Mike Easley's final budget proposal includes $31 million more in part to expand children's health insurance and child care subsidies, and help homeowners at risk of foreclosure.
Former presidential candidate John Edwards still hasn't made a Democratic presidential endorsement. But the former North Carolina senator seemed to stop just short of it Friday.
Amber Parker watched on television as the storm near her home grew into a tornado threat. Then, when the roaring wind outside suddenly fell silent, she grabbed her two toddlers and rushed to get under the stairwell.
A police sergeant and five officers were pulled from street duty Wednesday as city officials investigated television footage showing a group of officers kicking and punching three suspects during a traffic stop.
Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, will add more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states, including North Carolina, said Thursday.
Gov. Mike Easley said Thursday that North Carolina's community colleges should continue admitting illegal immigrants that meet minimum admission requirements, advice that runs counter to that offered this week by Attorney General Roy Cooper.
A suspect who robbed two Subway restaurants earlier this year may have struck again Wednesday night and Raleigh Police Department detectives are trying to identify a witness who might be able to provide helpful information.
When it came time to choose its next chancellor, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sifted through more than 100 applicants from 32 states and the District of Columbia before turning to one of its own.
The UNC Board of Governors are meeting in Chapel Hill Thursday to announce its choice as the new chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The UNC Board of Governors was scheduled to meet in Chapel Hill on Thursday to announce its choice as the new chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Three Greensboro teens are among the suspects charged in a CHapel Hill armed robbery. A fourth suspect remains hopitalized after being shot during the alleged crime.
Cumberland County Sheriff's Deputies have charged a Gray's Creek High School student, who is also a suspected gang member, with bringing a weapon on to campus.
Two years after Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong began his ill-fated pursuit of the Duke lacrosse rape case, voters turned to one of his colleagues to take the office beyond the scandal.
The Army is starting a program to give some single soldiers a chance to live in apartments inside the gates of Fort Bragg instead of renting off the post.
A new commander has been installed at the Air Force base that is home to the planes that haul paratroopers and special operation troops from neighboring Fort Bragg.
The Rev. Al Sharpton was among dozens arrested Wednesday as demonstrators blocked traffic at the height of the evening rush hour to protest the acquittal of three detectives in the 50-bullet shooting of an unarmed black man on his wedding day.
As other cars zipped by at 70 mph or more, Mike Papin and his wife, Joann, kept rolling along just below the 65 mph limit as they made their way from their winter home in Florida to a summer place in Vermont.
President Bush said Wednesday that Cuba's post-Fidel Castro leadership has made only "empty gestures at reform" and rejected calls for easing of U.S. restrictions on the communist island.
Oil futures rose to a new record above $123 a barrel Wednesday after the Energy Department reported an unexpected drop in diesel and heating oil supplies last week. At the pump, gas prices rose for the first time since last week.
Barack Obama's march toward the Democratic presidential nomination picked up support from four more superdelegates Wednesday, pushing him ever closer to victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton -- even as their primary marathon staggered on.
Tracey Cline, an assistant prosecutor who worked under the disgraced Mike Nifong, led Tuesday night in the Democratic primary for Durham County district attorney.
The State Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday the school system can send children to year-round school even if their parents do not want them going year-round.
Voters picked finalists Tuesday for two seats on the state Court of Appeals, cutting down the field of nonpartisan candidates who will advance to November.
Several state lawmakers took the next step toward retaining their seats Tuesday during primary elections that attracted dozens of candidates looking to oust or succeed members of the House and Senate.
A pair of state senators -- Republican Robert Pittenger and Democrat Walter Dalton -- will face each other this fall in the race for lieutenant governor.
Republican Rep. Walter Jones, who famously supported renaming french fries "freedom fries," has survived a strong challenge in his GOP primary election.
U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan cruised to victory in the Democratic primary Tuesday and turned to the more daunting challenge of trying to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole.