The platform located about a mile from downtown Tarboro in Edgecombe County is on the Panola family farm and it's only accessible by water. It is the first in a series of Tar River camping platforms owned and managed by PTRF.

A unanimous three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday against Food Lion's parent company, saying the grocery store chain owes North Carolina $10 million in back taxes and penalties.

The home of the Masters now has green jackets for women.

With East Carolina University students moving back in this weekend, owners of restaurants and bars in downtown Greenville are expecting a big turnout especially on the first Friday night.

Democratic Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton says he won't seek a sales tax increase in his first budget plan if elected North Carolina governor but declined to rule out the idea during a potential term in office as chief executive.

Martin County deputies told WITN that 80-year-old Freda Hamilton died from a combination of exposure, heart disease, and dementia.

Thursday was move-in day for many East Carolina University students. Classes begin Tuesday. This is the first year freshmen are required to live on campus.

Mitt Romney declared Thursday he has paid at least 13 percent of his income in federal taxes every year for the past decade, offering that new detail while still decrying a "small-minded" fascination over returns he will not release.

Speculation about who bought the $337 million-winning Powerball ticket at a gas station is the buzz of a small Michigan city.

Lawyers for the Sept. 11 memorial at the World Trade Center site say a judge should toss out a lawsuit by a national atheists group seeking to stop display of a cross-shaped steel beam found among trade center wreckage.

Authorities determined that 28-year-old Raymond Joseph Jones and 35-year-old Melissa Carin Creekmore had ingested the synthetic drug 2C-I, and had also given it to Creekmore's 16-year-old daughter and her 15-year-old friend.

Two men accused of selling synthetic marijuana out of a tobacco store are scheduled to head to court Monday morning.

Greenville's Babe Ruth 13-year olds are gearing up for their version of baseball's biggest stage: The Babe Ruth World Series.

Gas prices are up, but you might be surprised at how much we found prices vary just from one station to the next in our area. We found per gallon regular gasoline prices 22 cents apart in Greenville.

A health clinic in Bethel that many people say is vital to the community, will close in three weeks and move 15 miles away to Greenville.

Despite forecasts calling for a slow 2012 season, the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau says tourism numbers showed gains in occupancy and prepared meals during the fiscal year ending in June.

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Two life-like mannequins are hanging from underneath the canopy at the Oasis Fuel Dock on East 10th Street, both dressed as pirates.

A Delaware doctor and his wife were arrested this week after their daughter told authorities that she was punished by "waterboarding," police said.

An elderly woman in a motorized scooter passed out in a Person County Walmart and wound up getting robbed.

We often associate hefty salaries with corner offices, scalpels and law degrees – but it turns out you can pull in a pretty penny working outside the financial, medical or legal field.

American beach volleyball star Misty May-Treanor left no doubt after teaming with Kerri Walsh Jennings for a third straight gold medal that this is it for her on the sand.

A 17-year-old boy who says he has "abnormally fast thumbs" has been named the fastest texter in America for the second year in a row.

It's getting easier for you to ride Amtrak trains in the east.

Council member Marion Blackburn says the council's main focus right now is finding the best place to build the parking deck.