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  • US Airways jet makes emergency landing in NC

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A US Airways passenger jet traveling from Charlotte to Charleston, W.Va., has had to turn around and make an emergency landing....

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  • Wildfire burns in Uwharrie National Forest

    ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) -- A wildfire has broken out in the Uwharrie National Forest near Asheboro, and the U.S. Forest Service is asking people to stay away from the area....

  • NC Ports Authority dinner for 15 cost about $1,500

    WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- A spokesman says the N.C. State Ports Authority will develop new policies for meals and expenses after a steak house dinner for 15 cost more than $1,500 for food....

  • NC high court to hear case of $14K hospital bill

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The case of a man who was stuck with a $14,419 bill he calls inflated and unreasonable after three days of care in a Charlotte hospital is going to be heard by the North Carolina Supreme Court....

  • Duke University professor to discuss book on slave

    DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- The story of a woman who escaped slavery but left her son and daughter behind at a North Carolina plantation is the topic of a talk by a Duke University professor who wrote about her life....

  • SC, NC almost finished with work on new border

    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Officials in North Carolina and South Carolina will know later this year where the two states separate as they finish 18 years of work to re-establish the boundary....

  • NC Sen. Mansfield to run for lieutenant governor

    FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- State Sen. Eric Mansfield of Fayetteville says he's running for lieutenant governor, saying he believes bickering in the Legislature has prevented North Carolina from moving forward....

  • Man pleads guilty to role in NC Ponzi scheme

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A former North Carolina resident has pleaded guilty to federal charges in a money laundering conspiracy connected to a $32.5 million Ponzi scheme....

  • Hickory couple found at Walmart after bank robbery

    HICKORY, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a couple who robbed a bank in Hickory were found with the money 30 minutes later inside a nearby Walmart....

  • Man gets up to 7 years in Lexington killing

    LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- A 25-year-old Lexington man will spend five to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to a Davidson County shooting death that went unsolved for five years....

  • Simulations cut Navy costs, help stress commanders

    NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Military officials say they're putting commanders to the test with new computer software....

  • Suicide call leads to homicide investigation

    LINCOLNTON, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a call to 911 in Lincoln County about a suicide has now turned into a homicide investigation....

  • Wife charged with killing husband during argument

    CLIMAX, N.C. (AP) -- Randolph County deputies say a 66-year-old woman has been charged with murder in the shooting death of her husband....

  • Local woman makes bid on Ghost Town in the Sky

    MAGGIE VALLEY, N.C. (AP) -- A $1.5 million bid has been made to buy a wild west amusement park in the North Carolina mountains that has been closed for most of the past decade....

  • Faces beyond the numbers of long-term unemployed

    J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps pack his wife's lunch, downs some eggs or cereal for breakfast, pores over online and newspaper job listings and hopes - even prays - this will be the day when his fortunes turn around....

  • NC high court to hear case of school bra search

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The case of a teenager who had to untuck her shirt and pull out her bra with her thumb as part of a search for pills at an alternative school in North Carolina is headed to the state Supreme Court....

  • Police say woman reports rape near UNC campus

    CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Police in Chapel Hill say a woman has reported being sexually attacked near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus....

  • McIntyre to run for Congress, not NC governor

    LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre has decided to seek re-election to Congress this year instead of running for North Carolina governor....

  • NC Sen. Stevens of Cary won't seek re-election

    CARY, N.C. (AP) -- One of the chief-budget writers in the North Carolina Senate will not seek re-election, saying it's time to move to another chapter in his life....

  • US Forest Service cancels burn on NC mountain

    PISGAH FOREST, N.C. (AP) -- The U.S. Forest Service has postponed a 1,200-acre prescribed burn in the Bearpen Mountain area in of the Pisgah Ranger District in the Pisgah National Forest....

  • NC artist accused of stealing his own paintings

    APEX, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina man accused of stealing paintings from a restaurant is certainly familiar with the works of art at issue; he's the one who painted them....

  • Why Bank of America is the new Citigroup

    NEW YORK (AP) -- On a normal day, 4 billion shares of stock change hands on the New York Stock Exchange. One in 10 belongs to a single company. It's not McDonald's or IBM, both of which have been on a tear....

  • Guilty plea anticipated in NY newborn kidnap case

    NEW YORK (AP) -- A prosecutor in a case against a North Carolina woman accused of snatching a newborn from a New York City hospital more than two decades ago says she will plead guilty Friday to criminal charges....

  • SC governor to help raise money for McCrory in NC

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina governor candidate Pat McCrory is getting more help raising money from a sitting Republican governor, Nikki Haley of South Carolina....

  • NC insurers wait on health care overhaul decision

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Federal regulators say they need more time deciding whether to stick with federal standards that could mean $12 million in rebates for more than 58,000 North Carolina residents who buy their own health insurance....

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