Tar Heel News

Courtland Smith, UNC student who was shot by an Archdale police officer. Photo courtesy of The Daily Tar Heel RALEIGH, N.C. The police officer who fatally shot a University of North Carolina fraternity president used justifiable deadly force after the student hid his hands behind his back until suddenly showing a hand holding a black object, a ...

Bladen County EMS load the injured driver into an air ambulance operated by UNC Air Care, Tuesday afternoon in Tar Heel.

SouthernHighlandReader reports that now 20 NC legislators joined in a complaint against Blue Cross and Blue Shield: "...concerning its anti-health reform campaign in the Tar Heel state, and, as detailed in this story from the Associated Press's Gary Robertson, state Attorney General Roy Cooper's office has launched an investigation.

North Carolina tobacco growers have agreed to continue funding tobacco-agricultural research for another six years.

Student journalists work in crowded spaces at The Daily Tar Heel's current office.

Christmas or not? I am a Tar Heel, but Duke fans are free to speak of their favorite.

By fall of next year, The Daily Tar Heel will move its offices from UNC's Student Union to 151 E. Rosemary Street in downtown Chapel Hill.

Having practiced it with gusto, several thousand onlookers were excited when the time came Tuesday to welcome Tricia Creasey and her family to their new home.

Once the grounds for protests, conflicts and general distrust between residents and owners, Abbey Court Apartments in Carrboro is now home to a thriving after-school program and budding trust for a community.

The big news in North Carolina insider politics these days is the resignation of Senator Tony Rand - and his pending replacement as Senate majority leader by Senator Martin Nesbitt, who has the recommendation of Marc Basnight, the top leader of the Senate.

A North Carolina watchdog group recently released a report calling for more accountability in the awarding of grant money in the Tar Heel State.

While stimulus dollars funneled into North Carolina come with line items aimed at ensuring compliance with federal law, a spokesman for the state auditor's office said no additional staff members are being hired to follow the money.

The Granville County seat will be receiving statewide television air time today when it is featured as an N.C. Spin Carolina Community.

Because of contractual restrictions, we are unable to stream a live broadcast of Tar Heel football play by play or the Tar Heel Sports Network post-game program.

Tar Heel taxpayers should resist taking comfort in the notion that their lawmakers are back in Raleigh discussing a proposed overhaul of the state's tax system.

The Tar Heel defense clamped down on the Blue Devil offense and held them to 125 yards for the game.

Tar Heel Fire Department and Tar Heel Rescue with Tobermory Fire Department respond to the crash on N.C. 20.

The nomination of two North Carolina judges to the nation's second-highest court could further a leftward push by President Barack Obama in shaping the federal judicial system.

As the old saying goes, practice makes perfect. Just ask Thomas and Kayla Lindsay, a father and daughter barbecue cooking team.

A UNC student is recovering after being hit by a falling tree. It fell near the corner of McCauley and South Columbia.