The four-term governor and committed church-goer politicked with evangelical fervor. But Jim Hunt still struggled to sway the Religious Right.

EOD techs have highs rates of suicide and death from illnesses. Despite increasing awareness, veterans say there’s been ...

UNC Greensboro Chancellor Frank Gilliam has steered the university through crisis and political sea changes. He may be an ...

About 225 people serving life-without-parole sentences are eligible for review under an obscure, short-lived North Carolina ...

Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. didn’t need a script or a microphone when he began preaching on the grounds of the Black Jack Free Will Baptist Church in March 1984. Hunt testified to his faith in God, his ...

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Midterm elections historically don’t bode well for the party in the White House. State GOP Chairman Jason Simmons says his party hopes to build momentum.

Every morning and evening, rain or shine, Sheila Mikhail walks the same path in her Hillsborough neighborhood with her two dogs. She sees her rheumatologist every three months and her dentist every ...

The state Court of Appeals overturned a ruling that had restored the governor’s power to fill appellate court vacancies with appointments of his choice.

The city of Lenoir sits in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, close to the hardwood forests that fueled its rise as the self-proclaimed “Furniture Capital of the South.” Families like Broyhill ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents will be deployed in the Raleigh area on Tuesday, Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell and Democratic legislative sources briefed by Gov. Josh Stein’s office told The ...