05/08/11 Two people were found dead in a car on Randolph County's Highway 705 Sunday afternoon.
03/20/11 Democratic U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler is the target of a TV ad campaign that begins today, marking the beginning of Republican efforts to pick up several seats in North Carolina in 2012.
03/13/11 The head of Fayetteville's Public Works Commission thought it would have been good to invite all of his employees to the Crown Center while he explained organizational changes planned.
03/02/11 North Carolina's political clout will shift to its exploding metro areas as lawmakers use new census numbers to redraw voting districts from Congress to the state house.
02/08/11 A program that could help thousands of laid-off workers get re-educated - at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars to taxpayers - will expire Saturday without action this week from Congress and President Barack Obama .
02/07/11 Two influential lobbying groups for North Carolina municipalities and counties have established their legislative goals for 2011. The goals touch on a variety of issues. Some seek to give local governments new ways to raise taxes, and others seek to maintain state spending for local programs.
02/06/11 In the view of one national political pundit, Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue tops the list as the most vulnerable gubernatorial incumbent in the country next year.
01/23/11 State Rep. Rick Glazier has been chosen to lead Cumberland County's legislative delegation this year. The Democrat from Fayetteville was re-elected to the position by six of the seven lawmakers who represent the county. Rep. Elmer Floyd of Fayetteville was elected vice chairman.
01/19/11 Expect North Carolina's U.S. House delegation to fall primarily along party lines today on the health repeal vote - with at least two Democrats who opposed the health reform overhaul last year now saying to leave it be.
 10/04/10 The man charged with killing a fellow student at Mid-Atlantic Christian University is claiming self ...
09/24/10 Sheriff Jordan in Montgomery County said Terrance Marshall was arrested by Biscoe Police.
08/22/10 Get local and national news updates via E-mail. The N.C. Republican Party has stepped into the state Senate District 19 race. The state party has sponsored a flier for Republican Wesley Meredith that arrived in mailboxes in the district last week.
08/19/10 Republican congressional candidate Renee Ellmers, fresh off an endorsement from Sarah Palin, threw a debate challenge out to opponent U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge.
08/08/10 Get local and national news updates via E-mail. U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre's conservative voting record is turning off some Democrats. One is the Rev. Floyd Johnson, chairman of the Cumberland County Democratic Party.
08/02/10 The North Carolina Democrats considered delivering a tongue lashing to the three Democratic congressmen who voted against the new health care law.
08/01/10 Two summer interns promoting voter registration in Fayetteville managed to do something that has eluded local officials for more than two years. The pair got members of the Fayetteville City Council and the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners to meet July 24 at the Smith Recreation Center.
07/31/10 Gov. Bev Perdue believes North Carolina Democrats have reason to be confident heading into midterm elections this fall, regardless of what the pundits say.
05/16/10 Elaine Marshall and Cal Cunningham are tied going into next month's Democratic primary runoff for the U.S. Senate, a pollster says. Public Policy Polling of Raleigh said Marshall and Cunningham were each favored by 36 percent of likely voters in a phone survey May 8-10.
05/07/10 Montgomery County Sheriff Jeff Jordan says principal Vivacious Crews is charged with failing to report a sexual offense, a class three misdemeanor. She has resigned from her position.
04/27/10 A Montgomery County father says school staff should have prevented what happened to his son.
04/26/10 Montgomery County Sheriff Jeff Jordan said juveniles face charges of misdemeanor sexual battery and misdemeanor assault as a result of a hazing investigation at a middle school. | 
