Category Archives: State/Regional

RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - 2024 Miss North Carolina Carrie Everett has died after battling stomach cancer. Everett competed in the 2024 Miss North Carolina competition as Miss Johnston County and was a do...

RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - The state's highest court has struck down an order related to the ongoing Leandro school funding lawsuit. The majority Republican North Carolina State Supreme Court threw ou...

RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - It is now spring, but the drought that has lingered through the winter is still with us. Drought conditions have worsened across North Carolina, with 15 counties now experie...

By BILL BARROW and MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Ricky Brinkley has lived in rural North Carolina nearly all of his 65 years, and he likes it "out in the county," past the stre...

RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper is leading former Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley by over a dozen points in the race for North Carolina's open U.S. Sen...

MARION, N.C. (NCN News) - Ashes from a cigar are to blame for a wildfire burning in McDowell County Tuesday (March 31). The North Carolina Forest Service reports that the cause of the Jumping Branch f...

HALIFAX, N.C. (NCN News) - It is considered the first call for full independence by the colonies. The document known as the Halifax Resolves is coming back to North Carolina for temporary display. As ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - Highway patrol troopers and other officers are on the lookout for lead foots with a statewide speeding enforcement effort. The N.C. Governor's Highway Safety Program (GHSP) ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - As dry conditions continue across the state, an open burning ban was put into place Saturday (March 28) until further notice. "With drought severity across the state, foreca...

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press It's finally peak bloom for the airy pink cherry blossoms in Washington, a welcome sign of spring in a city of concrete and granite continuously weighed down by the nec...