Updated: 8:10 AM Lt. Governor Walter Dalton has won the Democratic nomination for governor.

Updated: 8:40 AM NC has become the 31st state to pass an amendment that defines marriage in the state constitution.

Updated: 9:04 PM Democratic Congressman G.K. Butterfield has won his primary.

Posted: 8:17 PM Former Republican Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory will get his second shot at becoming NC Governor.

Updated: 9:11 PM It may not come as a surprise that Mitt Romney has won the NC GOP Presidential Primary.

Posted: 11:54 AM The Highway Patrol is on a hiring blitz just a year after budget cuts prompted a hiring freeze.

Updated: 12:59 PM Some of North Carolina's youngest voters are getting a chance to pick candidates for November's general election, but they won't be able to vote on the constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Posted: 6:39 AM An ex-speechwriter for John Edwards will take the witness stand at the former presidential candidate's corruption trial.

Updated: 11:38 PM It's down to the final four on "The Voice" and your vote decides the winner.

Updated: 9:21 PM Pitt County commissioners approved a smoking ban Monday for all county owned buildings and vehicles as of July 1st.

Updated: 10:25 AM Pastor Sean Harris has been under fire after his comments about what parents should do with children who exhibit gay behavior.

Updated: 10:24 AM The mother of a girl who was born a boy is worried that if Amendment One passes on Tuesday, her child will suffer down the road.

Updated: 10:26 AM Public Policy Polling has released its latest poll results before North Carolinians go to the polls on Tuesday.

Posted: 10:27 PM Competing sides in the North Carolina marriage referendum on Tuesday's ballot are getting last-minute cash from national groups for and against gay marriage and even a movie comedian.

Posted: 6:07 PM Former President Bill Clinton has recorded an audio advertisement opposing North Carolina's proposed constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

Updated: 4:18 PM Lab results have confirmed that some packages of unpasteurized soybean tempeh from a North Carolina company were contaminated with salmonella.

Updated: 7:23 AM The lawyer for an heiress whose money is at the heart of criminal charges against John Edwards is to retake the witness stand at the former presidential candidate's corruption trial.

Posted: 9:48 PM No. 10 North Carolina scored in each of the first five innings, including an eight-run second, to down visiting Boston College, 15-1.

Updated: 9:03 PM The largest BBQ cookoff festival in North Carolina is underway this weekend in Kinston.

Updated: 11:53 PM Federal health officials say at least 14 people in nine states, including North Carolina, have been infected with salmonella by handling tainted dog food.

Posted: 7:15 PM A candidate for North Carolina governor, U.S. Representative Bob Etheridge stopped at a popular Beaufort County restaurant Friday.

Posted: 10:49 PM The National Weather Service declared the 2 year weather phenomenon known as La Nina is finished.

Posted: 10:43 PM Greenpeace spokeswoman Molly Dorozensk said Thursday that four activists handcuffed themselves to tracks, while others marked freight cars with stickers of Apple's logo.

Posted: 10:33 PM Bryan Huffman described, for example, receiving a $100,000 check from 101-year-old heiress Rachel "Bunny" Mellon with "Antique Charleston Table" written in the memo line.

Updated: 12:33 PM The civil rights organization met at the Greater Joy Baptist Church in Rocky Mount to once again urge voters to reject Amendment One.