The married couple that runs dozens of Goodwill secondhand stores stretching from Durham to Jacksonville is taking home a combined compensation of nearly $800,000, a sum raising eyebrows for a nonprofit that sells donated clothing and books.

Republicans at the North Carolina General Assembly keep creating more tools they say will help new Gov. Pat McCrory make his mark. But it's unclear how much he's benefiting from the assistance.

Soldiers looking to get to computers to take care of everything from social media to house-hunting can find what they're looking for at any of five USO of North Carolina centers thanks to a donation from Lenovo.

Former Gov. Beverly Perdue will be on a North Carolina campus this fall after spending the spring at Harvard University.

A North Carolina man died on his birthday after authorities say he tumbled head first over an 8-foot-high balcony.

Civil rights and left-leaning groups have a sense of urgency as they hold their annual march in downtown Raleigh and rally because they're worried what the N.C. General Assembly might do.

The life of a slave who grew up to be an abolitionist and writer is the subject of symposium in her hometown of Edenton.

Organizers of the Krispy Kreme Challenge hope to reach a milestone as the event approaches its ninth year.

A $144 million plan approved by the Charlotte City Council is aimed at keeping the Carolina Panthers for at least another 15 years.

McCrory announced Friday that Kevin Green of Greensboro and Joel Keith of Wake Forest have joined the three-member board, which regulates how alcohol is sold and distributed in the state.

A stop in Asheville, N.C., on Wednesday will be followed by a visit Thursday to Atlanta.

Debra Saunders-White was named Friday as the 11th leader of North Carolina Central University, a historically black university in Durham.

A woman in our state is charged with kidnapping and rape after investigators say say she set up one of her friends to be sexually assaulted while caring for the victim's two children in a nearby room last June.

Female ROTC Cadets at ECU and leaders of the program are reacting to the end of the ban of women in combat.

The state Senate has made quick work of legislation supported by Gov. Pat McCrory to create new kinds of high school diplomas and course plans that emphasize vocational or career paths that don't require four-year college degrees.

A scheduled inspection of the Motor Vessel Ocracoke by the U.S. Coast Guard is forcing a cancellation of the ferry run between Cherry Branch and Minnesott Beach.

A panel looking into how the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill allowed and responded to an academic fraud scandal is getting a chance to speak.

North Carolina's state school board is considering a stand against using physical pain to enforce discipline even as the number of children paddled in public schools falls fast.

According to her plea agreement, Jones and 49-year-old John Andrew Blaes contacted a 15-year-old North Carolina girl on the Internet and traveled to her home to bring her to Maryland.

The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it plans to stop delivering mail on Saturdays, but continue delivering packages six days a week.

With possible new gun control measures on the way, the Pitt County Sheriff's Office has been flooded with people applying for their concealed handgun permit.

A gun-rights group says North Carolina's school principals and teachers should have the right to carry concealed firearms into the classroom.

A solution to ridding North Carolina of its $2.6 billion in unemployment debt more quickly through lower benefits and higher taxes has received approval by the full House.

The North Carolina state Senate has given its initial OK to legislation that would block expansion of Medicaid under the health care overhaul and let the federal government build the state's health insurance exchange.

A Davidson County judge has dismissed a lawsuit which sought to keep authorities in North Carolina from enforcing a ban on Internet sweepstakes businesses.