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.

A North Carolina woman has died after years of fighting for her husband's release from a Georgia prison because of the state's "stand your ground" self-defense law.

An internal government audit finds the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center failed to fully follow up with veterans considered high suicide risks after their hospital discharge.

Beach and habitat losses attributable to Superstorm Sandy have wildlife groups scrambling to repair the damage by the time spring birds arrive.

Pittsboro Mayor Randy Voller is the new chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party, barely turning back a last-minute push by former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge.

Groundhogs in North Carolina's two biggest cities disagree on the forecast for the next six weeks.

Leaders of a huge fishing tournament are throwing a financial line to a community college.

We've seen temperatures near 80, we've had sleet, freezing rain, snow, and thunderstorms all in just the first month of 2013, which may make you wonder what that means for the spring.

Gas prices are rising and people filling up are wondering how high they will go.

A new lawmaker from Eastern Carolina has made a strong statement in an e-mail to the NAACP.

The government for the first time is proposing broad new standards to make school snacks healthier, a move that would ban the sale of almost all candy, high-calorie sports drinks and greasy foods on campus.

Barring a change in state law, the annual New Year's Eve Possum Drop in the mountains will have to carry on without a live animal.