Local governments soon could be required to give voters more information before a bond referendum.

A weekend incident at a traffic checkpoint that left two motorists wounded by gunfire and led to seven deputies being placed on paid leave became violent when an SUV driver drove toward deputies to escape, Brunswick County's sheriff said Monday.

The North Carolina House has voted to repeal public financing for political parties through state tax returns.

The chairman of North Carolina's Democratic Party and four current or former party leaders are resolving their dispute.

North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler is ordering an emergency quarantine restricting the movement of firewood or any parts of ash trees from leaving three counties along the Virginia border.

Duke Energy Corp. is releasing more details about its deal with North Carolina's official consumer advocate to raise electricity rates for customers in the state's central and western regions.

Reaction from North Carolina election officials and politicians about Monday's death of former Gov. Jim Holshouser at age 78:

A Special Forces soldier who lost his legs to a bomb in Afghanistan but returned to the Army is grappling with the loss of his motorcycles and a camper from his parents' North Carolina home.

An outlet mall in the North Carolina mountains is closed after a hole 20-feet deep opened up at the spot where cars enter the parking lot.

A North Carolina man is pleading guilty to bilking more than 100 people in a $6 million investment scam.