Pat McCrory News

As this is being written, it's unclear when the state Board of Elections will take a good look at the race for the Pembroke Town Council that ended - it appears - in a tie, and then was broken with the draw of a card.

An October report revealed state Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos and then-state Medicaid Director Carol Steckel deleted relevant portions of a department assessment of state Auditor Beth Wood's report on the state's administration of Medicaid, leading legislators to ask their own staff for clarity.

The Rev. William Barber holds a news conference after Barber and 11 other demonstrators were found guilty in Wake County district court on Wednesday of second-degree trespass and violating one of the N.C. Legislative Building rules in a trial related to "Moral Monday" protests.

Efforts to block construction of a replacement for the Bonner Bridge are to blame for the current problems that led officials to close it to traffic, N.C. Department of Transportation Secretary Tony Tata said Wednesday.

Gov. Pat McCrory, center, talks with Wake Forest Baptist CEO Dr. John McConnell and Dr. Edward Abraham, dean of the Wake Forest School of Medicine, during his tour of the expanded Comprehensive Cancer Center on Tuesday.

Advocates here are hoping to get North Carolina included on the federal list of ocean waters to be set aside for future exploration.

State lawmakers predicted continued job growth for North Carolina into 2014 and said the economy, particularly in cities, is showing marked improvement.

When Brenda Haller was a child, her parents didn't talk to her about sex - she had to figure it out... RALEIGH - Almost 17,200 additional students packed into North Carolina schools this year while the number of teachers dropped, according to new payroll data, leading to what some advocates say are larger class sizes that inhibit learning.

Natural Blend Vegetable Dehydration announced it is opening a manufacturing facility in Pitt County by investing $12 million over the next three years.

A panel asked by Gov. Pat McCrory to recommend ways to make North Carolina public schools safer is holding its first meeting.

Governor Pat McCrory says he wants to roll out a North Carolina public school teacher pay proposal early in 2014 but isn't talking specifics as his top education adviser, teachers and other groups make suggestions on salaries and other policies.

The president of the county's NAACP hopes that the petition delivered to Gov. Pat McCrory this week by the association's top leader in the state will convince North Carolina legislators to reconsider their decision to opt out of the Medicaid expansion as part of the Affordable Care Act, a move that left nearly 30 percent of the county uninsured.

Defense attorneys pressed police Tuesday to give the legal underpinnings for charges against North Carolina NAACP President William Barber and 11 others who were arrested during protests at the state legislature.

When it comes to technology jobs, pharmaceutical companies and software firms form a solid foundation for North Carolina's high tech economy.

Governor McCrory certainly isn't the only politician "obsessed with his image." But he shows it more than any politician I've ever seen.

There will be a "concentrated effort" to give teachers pay raises when the N.C. General Assembly convenes in May, House Majority Leader Edgar Starnes told the Granite Falls Town Council on Monday.

Among those expected to attend the event are Dr. John D. McConnell, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center CEO, and Lorrie Apel, wife of a former cancer patient.

Daniel Gilbert is the author of the New York Times best-seller "Stumbling on Happiness," and he will be the keynote speaker at the Jewish Community Center Saturday, Dec. 7. UNC students will come together at University United Methodist Church , 150 E. Franklin St., to lead a traditional service of Lessons and Carols at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8.

A long-anticipated $200 million ethanol plant that will turn grasses grown on North Carolina hog farms into motor fuel will go ahead, Gov. Pat McCrory's office said Monday.

A company says it will hire 65 workers and invest $200 million in a next-generation ethanol plant that will turn grasses grown on North Carolina hog farms into motor fuel.