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Two winning candidates who participated in a North Carolina city's new voluntary public financing program say it helped them take their focus off money and put it on issues.

Elaine Tempel, left, cochairwoman of the Carteret County Mayors' Committee for Persons with Disabilities, recently presented a beach wheelchair to Indian Beach Fire Chief Kevin White to be made available to the public.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:46 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:46 p.m. The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission on Thursday threw cold water on a proposal to ban alcohol from Masonboro Island and the state's nine other coastal reserve sites.

As you read this, I am vacationing on the living room sofa, flipping channels on our cableless television and wondering why I don't get up and do something useful.

An anchor from a shipwreck thought to be Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, was so unstable that divers in North Carolina retrieved it Wednesday rather than waiting until next year.Divers raised the 4.5-foot, 160-pound grapnel, or anchor, from the wreck in the Atlantic Ocean near Beaufort on Wednesday and will display it Thursday at ...

Two Wilson men pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to charges related to fraud, mail fraud, money laundering and making false statements in connection with a crop fraud scheme that involved hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The state Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a state law that forces third political parties to collect tens of thousands of signatures to get on North Carolina's ballot, but the court's split decision means the case will likely be heard again.

Celebrations continue today as Andrews town officials celebrate the town's 100th birthday.

The mayor of a western North Carolina city plans to challenge Democratic Congressman Heath Shuler's re-election effort next year.

UPDATED AT 3:41 P.M. A vehicle pulled from the waters off Beaufort Tuesday contained human remains that Carteret County authorities believe to be George Edward Quinn, who has been missing for nearly five years.

The 150th anniversary of a central North Carolina town is being commemorated with a special stamp.

The newly re-elected mayor of Raleigh has tied for the longest consecutive run in that office in the North Carolina capital city's history.

Carteret County law enforcement officers and volunteers will be at all five Food Lion stores in Carteret County Saturday collecting expired and unneeded medications.

Voters in parts of 26 North Carolina counties casted their ballots on Tuesday to decide on local candidates for mayor and city council primary races.

Voters in parts of 26 North Carolina counties are choosing local leaders or winnowing down candidates for mayor and city council primary races.

RALEIGH a ' Anyone who has ever stayed in an upper-story condo or hotel room in Atlantic Beach, Morehead City or Beaufort knows about the competing views.

A man shot and wounded by officers in front of a North Carolina police substation is facing a number of charges, including six counts of second-degree kidnapping.

JACKSONVILLE Veterans Day Parade hosted by Rolling Thunder Chapter NC-5 at 10 a.m. Nov.

On July 17, Atlantic Beach police went to check a duplex that a local stockbroker and well-known radio personality had rented after his car sat in the driveway without moving for a few days.

One day after being referred to as a slave master by Atlantic Beach Mayor Retha Pierce, Rep.