A group that promotes environmental sustainability is working with Charlotte employers, residents and governments to encourage people to turn off their lights for one hour.

Dozens of North Carolina cities are participating in the fourth annual Operation Medicine Drop this weekend.

The Federal Aviation Administration says 149 federal contract towers will close beginning April 7th, including at the Coastal Carolina Regional Airport in New Bern and the Kinston Regional Jetport, as part of the agency's sequestration plan.

Sen. Pete Brunstetter says senators can envision campus consolidation and suggested that could mean 14 or 15 campuses.

Police on the Cherokee Indian Reservation have found the body of a woman in the trunk of a car after a chase.

A Charlotte disc jockey has been sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for the death of his wife more than a year ago.

North Carolina residents have just a few more hours to say what they think about proposed improvements to Interstate 95.

A majority of North Carolina House members agree children under 18 should be barred from using tanning beds in the name of their health.

Troopers identified the 30-year-old man killed in a car crash in Wilson Thursday morning.

Eastern North Carolina has some of the most unhealthy counties in the state according to a new study.

Commercial fishing is a big industry here in the east but it has taken a hit recently because of all of the windy weather.

Gov. Pat McCrory releases his first two-year state budget proposal Wednesday -- one that his office says focuses on education, the economy and making North Carolina government more efficient.

Looking for work or a new job? There are two job fairs at local colleges in the east today.

The USO of Jacksonville heard the news of the Nevada training accident which killed and injured 15 marines and pulled together resources along with the community for the the families of the marines involved in the explosion.

Governor Pat McCrory has declared another state of emergency for Highway 12 connecting the outer banks to the mainland requiring immediate plans to repair the storm battered highway.

Police say a 4-year-old Gastonia boy has died after collapsing at a local day care.

A 15-year veteran of the N.C. General Assembly Police Department has been arrested on a number of sex charges involving children and dating back to 2002.

For many people here in the east, ferries are a crucial means of transportation. But if a new rule is approved, users could be paying a heavy price to get from point A to point B.

Private deals are underway between land owners and wind farm companies to place five hundred foot wind turbines in Pamlico County.

Pelicans are turning up dead in the Pamlico River and officials say the culprit is commercial fishing nets.

Rowan County commissioners have opened their latest public meeting with a prayer, one week after the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina filed a lawsuit over the practice.

Photos and mementos that were snatched up and blown hundreds of miles by a cluster of Southern tornadoes are giving researchers new insight on how debris is carried by the storms and how it could threaten the public.

North Carolina's getting a look at how the state's unemployment rate was shaping up at the start of this year.

A spokesman for Speaker Thom Tillis is confirming that a House bill on voter identification likely will include IDs such as expired drivers' licenses for older people and those that colleges issue for students.

A former World Series of Poker champion is among six people facing charges after police in Wake Forest conducted an undercover prostitution sting.