North Carolina communities hoping to bolster their downtown districts have a “strong” new resource.

The North Carolina Department of Commerce is investing $260,000 in Downtown Strong, a program to build local government capacity by providing economic development planning,…

NAGS HEAD — North Carolina highway engineers are planning to open the new bridge linking the Outer Banks by March, ending three years of construction initially delayed by lawsuits.

The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk reports engineers say the new bridge, which spans Oregon Inlet and connects N.C.…

ROCKY MOUNT — The Rocky Mount City Council made no decision in a meeting on Martin Luther King Day to discuss the future of its top administrator.

City Manager Rochelle Small-Toney, who was not at the meeting, faces mounting allegations of cronyism and financial mismanagement similar to…

It’s been 15 years since former Ayden-Grifton and Farmville Central coach Roland “Dixon” Sauls stepped away from coaching. His illustrious 28-year career between the two schools included several titles and awards, but later this year Sauls will add yet another accomplishment to…

With South Central’s boys’ basketball team already established as the favorite in the Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference, the South Central girls also took a step in that direction Tuesday night at rival D.H. Conley.

SC’s girls downed Conley, 50-40, for a key ECC victory.…

After starting its season with a 4-3 win against James Madison, East Carolina’s men’s tennis team remained at home for its second match and it swept The Citadel 7-0.

The Pirates once again started the match with a 1-0 lead by claiming the doubles point. After dropping their first…

At long last, we’ve learned who UNC Chancellor Carol Folt is, just in time to say farewell.

Folt’s impending departure — marking the second time in a matter of months that a top UNC chief cut ties with a reckless and feckless Board of Governors — made for a stunning bit…

Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

We are seeing the results of a megalomaniac who was born with a gold spoon in his mouth, who never had to answer to anyone, not to mention a co-equal branch of government. His lies of Mexico paying for a wall he promised are being exposed, so he…

Caught repeatedly in the exaggeration that thousands of terrorists enter the United States by illegally crossing the Mexican border, President Trump has returned to making another debunked assertion: Undocumented immigrants are stealing jobs from people born in this country.

It isn’t true,…

AYDEN — Rudy Robinson was a builder in life.

He built and rebuilt homes. He restored buildings and put businesses in them.

He operated several businesses that brought him and his family financial success. He rented to others, both commercially and residentially. He was adept at it. He worked…

Q I form oxalate stones. The only advice I had been given was to drink lots of water and I do drink about a gallon a day. A friend told me I should pay attention to the oxalate content of food. I really like grain products but have been told they might be giving me troubles. What do I need to know?…

While I have been traveling up and down North Carolina’s roads in search of local eateries, UNC Law School professor Gene Nichol has been traveling the same roads looking for something else.

I was gathering material for my book, “North Carolina’s Roadside Eateries,” and…

Our little dog loves going to the farm, where we soon will reside, and where Max is looking forward to enjoying free-range country living. He’s in for a shock. The electric kind.

The package arrived this week, and the word “shock” is conspicuously absent from the manual. The more…

The first mistake was opening the refrigerator door. I opened it silently, but it emits a silent sound unknown to science that only cats can hear. From under the bedcovers at the other end of the house. And they do not need to walk or run to the refrigerator to inspect what I'm doing. One second,…

Serving as your own general contractor on a home construction project means you can save some cash by serving as the cleanup crew. And if you’re lucky, your spouse will pitch in. I’m lucky.

My wife, Sharon, and I were feverishly working at the building site one recent evening clearing…