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Greenville police have dropped their investigation of an alleged sexual assault at a fraternity at East Carolina University.Click to Continue »

The Insider, a government news service owned by The News & Observer, touched base with a wide range of interests, including key lawmakers and advocates, on what they hope to…Click to Continue »

Lawmakers are beginning to crowd into the NC House chamber for Gov. Pat McCrory's State of the State address, which begins at 7 p.m.Click to Continue »

One mystery of the 1916 love letters found in downtown Raleigh has been solved -- we know who wrote them, and what happened to the couple. But the findings raise…Click to Continue »

Police late this afternoon closed a section of Rock Quarry Road following an accident involving a motorcycle.Click to Continue »

The Pizza Hut on Hillsborough Street will be closing this summer, according to its landlord. But what has become of all those weird, trapezoid-roofed buildings that once housed the pizza…Click to Continue »

Two online charters are closer to enrolling students this fall as the State Board of Education debates how the schools should accommodate children with working parents.Click to Continue »

Midway through his first term, NC Gov. Pat McCrory was expected to present his hopes for a more prosperous North Carolina in his State of the State address on Wednesday…Click to Continue »

Two people were found dead inside a home on the east side of Durham on Wednesday morning, and authorities suspect carbon monoxide poisoning in the deaths of a 50-year-old man…Click to Continue »

North Carolina House members are again pushing for a constitutional amendment reinforcing limits on state and local government to take private property against the owner's will.Click to Continue »