RALEIGH — At its December meeting, the Local Government Commission approved multiple spending items and adopted a resolution regarding the financial monitoring of the Edgecombe County town of Speed. The Local Government Commission (LGC) directed […]
RALEIGH — The Local Government Commission approved more than $1.5 billion in requests at its April 2 meeting, including a $750 million ask by the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency to increase affordable housing options. […]
RALEIGH — After a closed session meeting on Monday, May 31, the Dare County Board of Education voted six to one to accept the resignation of Superintendent John Farrelly. His resignation will be effective June […]
MANTEO — The National Park Service said Monday it is investigating after a nesting loggerhead sea turtle was found dead on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach, with signs that the creature was run over […]
North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]
CAPE HATTERAS — The National Park Service says a North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to vandalizing the more than century-old Cape Hatteras Lighthouse by carving initials into its bronze door with a pocketknife. A […]
Legendary boat captain and fisherman Omie Jennings “Sportsman” Tillett, 90, of Wanchese, died Friday. Tillet was a Dare County native who, along with his father, Sambo, and brother, Tony, pioneered the Outer Banks’ offshore charter […]
WILMINGTON — Motorists streamed inland on highways converted into one-way routes Tuesday as more than 1 million people in three states were ordered to get out of the way of Hurricane Florence, a hair-raising storm […]
Sometime late Sunday afternoon, one of the best golfers in the world will be standing over a putt on the 18th green at Augusta National with a prestigious title on the line. It’s the kind […]
Nov. 8, 1965 Lawrence Joel wounded in Vietnam On Nov. 8, 1965, Specialist/SFC Lawrence Joel of Winston-Salem, a Korean War veteran, began a routine patrol near Bien Hoa, Vietnam. Joel and his unit, the 1st Battalion of […]
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