The state legislature changed the starting point for new budgets, making the cost of increased public school enrollment and higher Medicaid enrollment debatable items.
During the Jonathan Broyhill trial opening statement, prosecutors told jurors their "hearts will break" over what happened to Jamie Hahn. Broyhill, 33, is accused of murdering Jamie Kirk Hahn and attempting to kill her husband Nation.
Federal officials concluded there was no evidence to disprove former officer Darren Wilson’s testimony that he feared for his safety, nor were there reliable witness accounts to establish that Michael Brown had his hands up in surrender when he was shot.
Wake County's plan to have students attend makeup days on Good Friday and two Saturdays has drawn angry backlash from parents, students, teachers and community members. Some critics contend that having classes on Good Friday unfairly forces Christians to choose between school and their faith. Other critics say holding classes on Saturdays infringes on family, work and other commitments.
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The Wilson County Sheriff's Office is trying to determine whether the theft of $4.8 million in gold bars from a tractor-trailer truck on Interstate 95 over the weekend was an inside job.
Lee Roberts, NC’s budget director since September, steps into the spotlight for the first time on Thursday, when he’ll join Gov. Pat McCrory in outlining the administration’s spending plan for the next two years.
It won’t be easy or cheap, but NASCAR should require SAFER barriers everywhere, at every track, because the sport’s most valuable assets, the drivers, keep finding unprotected concrete walls.
Garner and Millbrook, both bound for state 4A quarterfinal games on Thursday, are Nos. 1 and 2 in The News & Observer high school boys’ basketball rankings. Chapel Hill, which won the NCHSAA 3A girls’ championship in 2014, is the new leader in the girls’ rankings. The Tigers are followed by state quarterfinalists Southeast Raleigh, Broughton and Athens Drive.
Garner and Millbrook, both bound for state 4A quarterfinal games on Thursday, are Nos. 1 and 2 in The News & Observer high school boys’ basketball rankings. Chapel Hill, which won the NCHSAA 3A girls’ championship in 2014, is the new leader in the girls’ rankings. The Tigers are followed by state quarterfinalists Southeast Raleigh, Broughton and Athens Drive.
Garner and Millbrook, both bound for state 4A quarterfinal games on Thursday, are Nos. 1 and 2 in The News & Observer high school boys’ basketball rankings. Chapel Hill, which won the NCHSAA 3A girls’ championship in 2014, is the new leader in the girls’ rankings. The Tigers are followed by state quarterfinalists Southeast Raleigh, Broughton and Athens Drive.
A partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security was averted on Tuesday when the House of Representatives voted 257-167 to pass full funding for the rest of the fiscal year. Most Democrats and 75 Republicans, including Speaker John Boehner, voted for it. The Senate had already passed the measure with bipartisan backing. President Barack Obama is expected to sign it. Here’s how North Carolina lawmakers explained their votes.
The House gave tentative approval Wednesday, in a 70-47 vote, to a bill that would drop the state gas tax to 36 cents a gallon starting April 1 and continuing through December. The new rate would be a 1.5-cent tax cut initially, since the current tax is 37.5 cents. But the bill would prevent motorists from enjoying a much bigger tax cut for the last six months of the year.
How Bobby Love escaped from the Triangle Correctional Center on Nov. 8, 1977, is a mystery, but he was captured Jan. 22, 2015, by the New York Police Department and FBI in the Brooklyn apartment he shared with his wife and children.
Durham-based drug manufacturer Patheon said Wednesday it will buy a South Carolina competitor for an undisclosed price. By acquiring IRIX Pharmaceuticals, Patheon will gain additional drug development and manufacturing capability.
A partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security was averted on Tuesday when the House of Representatives voted 257-167 to pass full funding for the rest of the fiscal year. Most Democrats and 75 Republicans, including Speaker John Boehner, voted for it. The Senate had already passed the measure with bipartisan backing. President Barack Obama is expected to sign it. Here’s how North Carolina lawmakers explained their votes.
U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert was slashed on the face and wrist by a man wielding a blade and screaming that the rival Koreas should be unified, South Korean police said Thursday.
The House gave tentative approval Wednesday, in a 70-47 vote, to a bill that would drop the state gas tax to 36 cents a gallon starting April 1 and continuing through December. The new rate would be a 1.5-cent tax cut initially, since the current tax is 37.5 cents. But the bill would prevent motorists from enjoying a much bigger tax cut for the last six months of the year.
It should be a story that tears at the hearts of all parents, including most especially those who could anticipate the canceling of school in many parts of North Carolina with a trip to the grocery store. There, they loaded up with provisions both nutritious and fun, figuring their kids would be playing with vigor in the snow and working up big appetites.
The former general and CIA chief gets a favorable plea deal for mishandling classified documents and lying to investigators. Others have faced stiff penalties for similar offenses.
PowerSecure International, the Wake Forest energy services company, reported record fourth-quarter revenue Wednesday, salvaging the company’s only profitable quarter from last year.
