Can I tell you about our school?” I was looking at pictures of a small wooden schoolhouse in eastern North Carolina, circa 1919, when Carol Jones Shields came by to share its inspirational lineage. Originally called the Hamilton Colored School,…

 Find News Near Me Raleigh, N.C. — The Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau reported Wednesday that 14.3 million domestic travelers visited the Raleigh area in 2014, a 7.7 percent increase from 2013. Tourists also reportedly contributed $2.2 billion in…

Local News As heroin use in Manatee explodes, dedicated drug education sorely lacking in public schools

Enlarge NC Division of Parks and Recreation First quarter tourism and travel spending in North Carolina outpaced the nation,… more Tourists may not be spending as much in the rest of the nation. But that’s not the case in North…

When it comes to life insurance, there are two schools of thought: Buy whole life insurance or; Buy term insurance and invest the difference you save from not buying whole life. Whole life is often criticized for being expensive and…

BEAUFORT, N.C., June 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Dewitt Carolinas, Inc., the new developer of North River Resort, hosted a ribbon-cutting and reception to open the new 6,000 sq. ft. golf course clubhouse that has long been anticipated in the region.…

Campbell, Rev. Eugene Clayton The Reverend Eugene Clayton Campbell, age 95, of Bedford, passed away on Friday, June 19, 2015. He was the husband of the late Gwendolyn Welch Johnson Campbell. They had been married for 74 years at the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday proposed tough new standards to improve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon dioxide pollution from trucks and vans, the latest move by President Barack Obama to address global warming. The new rules are…

9:45 p.m. Funeral plans have been made for South Carolina state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, one of nine victims in the shooting massacre at a Charleston church. A spokesman for Leevy’s Funeral Home in Columbia confirmed the details to The State…

The Dare County Board of Commissioners passed a $102 million budget for the next fiscal year that requires no increase in property taxes at its meeting on Wednesday, July 17. And then the board members turned around and denounced  the…