As the war in Iran ratchets up, the price of crude oil has been swinging sharply. Consumers are already feeling the effects ...

Two North Carolina state senators are asking a top federal Energy Department official for help as the state assesses costs ...

A recent state audit this month found that millions of dollars in the Rocky Mount city budget were mismanaged in recent years ...

US intelligence concluded Wednesday that Iran was not rebuilding nuclear enrichment capacities destroyed last year by the United States and Israel, contradicting a key justification by President ...

For many U.S. Jews, following current events these days can be emotionally tumultuous. Simultaneously, there is widely shared ...

Mayor Dennis Barber announced Wednesday morning that he will step down April 30, concluding more than 12 years of leadership ...

Kaitlyn Sickles failed to score in the Croatan girls soccer team’s season opener. She has found the back of the net in every ...

A N.C. House committee formed to look at property taxes across the state voiced support Wednesday for a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would require the legislature to limit ...

Nearly 700 county third-graders were treated to live performances of “The Little Mermaid” thanks to a cast of 52 young people who made the popular story come ...

Whether it's the United States trade embargo to counter Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, or the widespread starvation of the “special period” that followed the breakup of its Cold War patron, the ...

Proposals to prohibit federal immigration agents from masking their faces have gained new life in states — thanks in part to a court ruling that blocked the nation's first such ...

Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors' energy sites Thursday, hitting a Saudi refinery on the Red Sea and setting Qatari liquefied ...