Tax breaks for businesses are proving hard to kill. Legislation that is now moving quickly in the General Assembly – and the budget proposed Thursday by Gov. Pat McCrory for the next fiscal year – includes at least seven special tax credit programs that are characterized as needed to preserve or generate jobs.
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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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.
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.
The Minnesota Wild, arguably the hottest team in the NHL, used a strong third period and another solid game from goalie Devan Dubnyk to break away from the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday and win 3-1 at PNC Arena.
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.
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.
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.
See staff photographer Chris Seward's photos from the Carolina Hurricanes - Minnesota Wild NHL hockey game played at PNC Arena in Raleigh Friday night.
The Broughton Capitals girls basketball team played Wilmington's Hoggard High Vikings in the NCHSAA 4A East regional semifinals on March 6, 2015 at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C.
Jeff Gordon’s track-record average lap of 194.679 mph in Round 3 of group qualifying earned him the pole for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400, his first at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Duke University’s office of student conduct opened an investigation into claims against former men’s basketball player Rasheed Sulaimon last year and closed it when the claims could not be substantiated, Bob Ekstrand, Sulaimon’s lawyer, confirmed Thursday night.
Wilmington’s Hoggard High got hot at the free throw line at just the right time Friday night to end the Broughton Capitals’ girls season 55-50 in the semifinals of the NCHSAA 4A Eastern Regional.
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 North Carolina Tar Heels worked.
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.
