If you're still struggling with recovery problems from Hurricane Irene last August there is a new legal avenue for you to pursue.

It's a relief to hear tropical storm Alberto is headed out to sea just 8 months after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of the east. People are still rebuilding their homes and businesses from that storm.

A North Carolina high school teacher has been suspended following the release of a YouTube video in which she is heard yelling at a student in class and telling him it's wrong to criticize President Barack Obama.

The number of female gun owners in the east is rising. I checked out Ladies Day this month at a local shooting range to ask women why they wanted to be part of the growing group of chicks with guns.

Perdue issued the order late Monday before the Legislature soon begins to debate its own proposed pathway to allow certain forms of shale gas exploration, including hydraulic fracturing -- also known as fracking.

The former presidential candidate faces 30 years in prison after pleading not guilty to six campaign finance corruption charges.

An eight-year-old boy from our state passed away after the ATV he was on was hit by a pickup truck.

Lawmakers are looking at potentially changing the law on the school calendar again.

Health officials say the number of people sickened by salmonella from a soy product often used as a meat substitute has topped 80.

The North Carolina General Assembly dramatic changes last year to the state criminal justice system that were billed as a way to eliminate the need for additional prison beds and to reduce repeat offenders.

Investigators say a 17-year-old boy sped away from police trying to stop him and was killed in a crash that killed four others in Concord.

An Asheville hospital is urging 10 patients to be tested for potentially serious viral infections following word that a scope was not properly sterilized in the endoscopy unit.

Demonstrators who oppose a form of shale gas exploration are planning to march to the building where North Carolina lawmakers may soon decide whether to allow the procedure in the state.

Many students will start taking their end of grade tests next week and one school in the east decided a pep rally was the best way to kick things off.

A Wake County District Court judge who was the subject of an investigation into how she handled a dozen DWI cases has resigned.

Pat McCrory's gubernatorial campaign is demanding television stations stop and has filed a complaint with the FCC over a commercial.

No. 6 North Carolina used the big inning to its advantage Thursday night as the Tar Heels rolled to a 13-2 win over Virginia Tech at Boshamer Stadium.

The NC Rules Review Commission in Raleigh approved a measure Thursday so any gasoline containing more than 15% percent ethanol must show the exact percentage at the pump.

Rose Noel of Onslow County was the first female gunnery sergeant in the marine corps to earn a purple heart after her 2005 deployment to Iraq.

A nest on Figure Eight Island was found on May 12, which is considered well ahead of schedule.

North Carolina lawmakers are moving to change gambling laws and allow the state's only casino to offer live dealer poker and blackjack games.

A school bus in our state had to be evacuated Wednesday after an apparent equipment malfunction.

Friends who knew state school board member Kathy Taft of Greenville say it was upsetting to hear graphic and disturbing new details about what happened to her the night she was killed as the trial got underway for the man accused of killing her.

North Carolina Central football coach Henry Frazier III has been arrested on a charge of assaulting a female.

A legislative panel has declined to recommend to the full General Assembly that late-model automobiles be exempted from annual North Carolina safety inspections.