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NC Gov. Pat McCrory is calling for major bond borrowing to pay for transportation and building renovation across the state. GOP leaders in the General Assembly aren’t ready to commit…Click to Continue »

East Carolina University fraternities will refrain from holding parties at their houses, despite a decision by Greenville police to close an investigation into sexual assault at ECU’s Sigma Phi Epsilon.Click to Continue »

Fayetteville-area leaders say a worst-case scenario for cuts at Fort Bragg will result in an "economic tsunami" for the region.Click to Continue »

Nine more North Carolinians died from complications of the flu last week, according to state health officials, bringing the seasonal total to 152.Click to Continue »

Authorities in Florida have arrested a 14-year-old boy accused of posting a threat on Twitter that led to a lockdown at Heritage High School in Wake Forest on Wednesday.Click to Continue »

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools earned mostly A and B grades under North Carolina's new school-scoring system, according to a report released Thursday, while the Orange County Schools earned more…Click to Continue »

East Carolina University is warning families to be wary of a scam in which callers say their students are in trouble and need money immediately.Click to Continue »

The chancellor of East Carolina University says the medical school in Greenville could close in five years unless its financial losses are reduced.Click to Continue »

The House is poised to once again send the Senate a constitutional amendment to protect property owners' rights when North Carolina governments take land for projects.Click to Continue »

A man who died Monday night of a heroin overdose had also overdosed the night before and been taken to a hospital, and the man accused of murder in his…Click to Continue »