Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration wants to keep offshore wind farms at least 24 nautical miles away from the North Carolina coast. Advocates say doing so would strike a death knell for wind energy off North Carolina.
North Carolina’s last top 5 recruit was Harrison Barnes in the high school class of 2010. Since then, Duke has signed several one-and-done stars and has another likely candidate in Jahlil Okafor.
Law enforcement officers testify on the third day of the Jonathan Broyhill murder trial. The 33-year-old man is accused of murdering Jamie Hahn and attempting to murder Nation Hahn.
The Food Lion grocery store chain is renovating about 160 stores in the Triangle and throughout central North Carolina as part of a company-wide makeover.
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Twelve-year-old Kennedy Goodwin has been busy the last couple of years. She met Michelle Obama, represented North Carolina as a “champion,” became a certified scuba diver and pretty much mastered middle school. Oh yeah, and she got an ear.
Gov. Pat McCrory unveiled his proposed $21.5 billion budget Thursday, describing it as a conservative approach that makes cuts where needed in order to put money where it will have the most impact. The governor tried to keep the spotlight on education, emphasizing that more than $1 billion will have been spent on teacher pay during his first term in office, if the budget is adopted by the General Assembly. He said 56 percent of the budget would go to education.
Nearly 20 years and more than 100 pounds ago, this panhandler in the yellow knit cap, Ryan Hoffman, was a hulking offensive lineman for a North Carolina Tar Heels football team ranked in the top 10, a starting player renowned for his toughness and durability. Now his old Levis are so big that even a belt on its ninth notch can’t keep them from sagging below his hips.
Jackson Simmons will start on Senior Night against Duke after spending the past three seasons playing an important but unusual role: Roy Williams' safety net, security blanket and 6-foot-7 survival kit.
Duke won the first game in overtime, but Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said he expect a few wrinkles on Saturday because not everything the Blue Devils did during the first game against the Noth Carolina Tar Heels worked.
Jackson Simmons will start on Senior Night against Duke after spending the past three seasons playing an important but unusual role: Roy Williams' safety net, security blanket and 6-foot-7 survival kit.
Jackson Simmons will start on Senior Night against Duke after spending the past three seasons playing an important but unusual role: Roy Williams' safety net, security blanket and 6-foot-7 survival kit.
Twelve-year-old Kennedy Goodwin has been busy the last couple of years. She met Michelle Obama, represented North Carolina as a “champion,” became a certified scuba diver and pretty much mastered middle school. Oh yeah, and she got an ear.
Wake County school officials say they will announce Saturday which two Saturdays will be used as makeup days to help cover the Feb. 25-27 snow days. But several of the Saturdays could pose scheduling issues.
Bones McKinney was a colorful character who coached Wake Forest to the Final Four in 1962 and helped build the men’s ACC basketball tournament, which begins Tuesday.
Ricky Diaz, a former McCrory aide whose $85,000 salary drew scrutiny in 2013, is returning to North Carolina as senior communications adviser for the N.C. Republican Party.
In another time, with another General Assembly, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin would have what’s known in his profession as an open and shut case. North Carolina’s courts are woefully underfunded and have been for a long time. In a rare address to the General Assembly this week, Martin pleaded for substantially more funding, not just on behalf of the court system’s infrastructure but for justice.
The Southeast Raleigh Bulldogs took on the Athens Drive Jaguars in the NCHSAA 4A girls basketball eastern regional semifinals on Friday, March 6, 2015.
Brett Moffitt finished eighth last week at Atlanta Motor Speedway, subbing for Brian Vickers. This week, Moffitt added three more starts in the Sprint Cup Series, including Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
A Ferguson police captain and sergeant resigned and a top court clerk has been fired over racist emails reported this week by the Department of Justice in a scathing report about police practices in the Missouri city.
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and School will celebrate being part of an increase in Catholics around the state and its 60th birthday with the official dedication this weekend of its new St. Bernadette Center, which features a new gym and rooms for music classes and adult faith studies.
Director John Brennan has ordered a sweeping reorganization of the CIA, an overhaul designed to make its leaders more accountable and close espionage gaps amid widespread concerns about the spy agency’s limited insights into a series of major global developments.
Diante Baldwin netted 19 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out five assists as the eighth-seeded UNC Greensboro Spartans outlasted the ninth-seeded Samford Bulldogs in the first round of the Southern Conference Tournament, 81-76, at U.S. Cellular Center.
