The government says truckers can stay behind the wheel one hour longer -- but their total workday must be an hour shorter.

Today jurors awarded more than two-hundred fifty million dollars in damages in the first of thousands of Vioxx related lawsuits.

Unemployment increases for July as more people enter workforce.

Educators air radio ads to convert lottery opponents in Senate.

N.C. likely to remain only East Coast state without a lottery.

Easley signs bill to bar children under 8 from driving ATV's.

The North Carolina State Supreme Court issued a ruling that could provide a boost to tobacco growers.

Authorities say a man in Goldsboro killed his wife and then committed suicide.

Traffic was tied up Friday afternoon when an LP gas truck overturned on the Outer Banks.

Marines will continue their mission despite rocket attacks in Jordan.

A railroad crossing where a car was struck by a train this week is already on the schedule for safety upgrades.

Owners of a local animal rescue shelter say they'll make changes after the state investigated.

An 85-foot-trawler that went up in flames Thursday while welders were working on it is likely a total loss.

A worker is still recovering in the hospital, as state investigators try to figure out how he was injured in a sawmill accident Thursday.

A 25-year veteran at Weyerhaeuser in New Bern is seriously injured on the job.

A P.T.O. treasurer is accused of embezzling thousands of dollars from the organization.

Man found guilty of killing Camp Lejeune Marine and friend at N.C. State tailgate party.

Rapes reported last year have ECU beefing up its security again for the new school year.

A Hollywood movie has many biologists worried about how people will view bears after seeing the movie.

A Hertford County business has a million reasons to celebrate.

Washington County now has something many couldn't get.

Law enforcement and health professionals were preparing for the worst in Pitt County Wednesday.

The planned heart center in Greenville got a big financial boost Wednesday.

A curfew could be part of the answer to Greenville's downtown crime problems.

Beaufort County's chief animal control officer, who resigned this week, is speaking out.