GOLDSBORO (AP) — The chief of North Carolina's prison system testified Wednesday he never ordered the release of inmates who were covered by a 1974 law that put an 80-year limit on a life sentence. read more Full Story »
Marves Industries, which makes cushioning and pads used in mattresses, will open a plant in Burke County, Gov. Bev Perdue said today. The company, based in Mexico, will invest $1.75 million and create 66 jobs in Hildebran. The company will get a $200,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund, according to a news release. read more Full Story »
RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Bev Perdue has asked the state Transportation Department to look into its purchases of costly surveillance equipment from a security company headed by a powerful politician. read more Full Story »
HIGH POINT (MCT) — When jobless rates rise and money gets tight, some folks will look to an old, family heirloom like their grandmother's gold necklace to bring in the extra cash they need. That's the kind of trend antique buyers at the Great Treasure Hunt, in High Point until Saturday, have seen over and over again. read more Full Story »
Hang on to your hats -- literally. The weather service suggests that you make sure you've fastened items such as outdoor holiday displays because it's forecasting wind gusts of up to 40 mph today for parts of central North Carolina, including the Triad. A wind advisory is in effect until 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Raleigh. read more Full Story »
RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina election board has determined there's evidence showing former "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken may have voted illegally in Wake County this fall. But officials don't plan further action. read more Full Story »
GOLDSBORO (AP) — Another North Carolina inmate who contends that he has acquired enough good behavior credits to complete his life sentence is taking his claims to court. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — A Guilford County Superior Court judge granted the city’s request Tuesday to demolish a historic building on South Elm Street. The decision to tear down the former Cascade Saloon — it occupies a prominent spot beside the railroad tracks downtown — left parties on all sides shaking their heads. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — Guilford County’s resettlement agencies are taking in too many refugees without enough resources to support them, faith leaders said this week. Recent concern has focused on the plight of newly settled Iraqis at the Hunters Glen Apartments, along with the story of a homeless Burmese refugee who arrived at Greensboro Urban Ministry’s shelter in November. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — A new school district survey shows conflicting ideas about performance-based incentive pay among employees. The district sent out a survey to all Guilford County Schools employees in October and released the findings this week. read more Full Story »
WENTWORTH — By April, chefs in Greensboro and Winston-Salem with a penchant for fresh, local produce might be able to go online and buy from a list of items grown by Rockingham County farmers. The new Local Food Coalition hopes to open its virtual farmers market for business by March 21 and sell to businesses and the public in the Piedmont Triad. read more Full Story »
Federal officials are investigating complaints that female softball athletes in Rockingham County high schools do not receive the same treatment as male baseball athletes. Jim Bradshaw, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Education, wrote in an e-mail to the News & Record that its Office for Civil Rights received complaints in June and that it has not determined their merit. read more Full Story »
On Thanksgiving, my family’s plans were to go to my mother’s to spend Thanksgiving with my parents, grandmother, brothers and sister, nieces and nephews as I have done for years. On that morning, however, my wife came down with one of her terrible migraines. My sons and I decided we would not leave her on this day, so we called to say we could not join them. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — Voters might get a second chance to consider a proposed aquatics center. Some City Council members are considering putting a bond referendum on the ballot in 2010, asking voters to pay an additional $6.8 million to build a swim center at the Greensboro Coliseum. read more Full Story »
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina regulators have signed off on a plan in which Duke Energy Corp.'s 1.8 million electric customers in the state will see their bills go up next month and rise 7 percent on average over the next two years — nearly half the increase originally sought by the utility. read more Full Story »
RALEIGH (AP) — After North Carolina was forced to release a series of wrongly convicted people from prisons early in the decade, leaders established a pioneering agency to swiftly assess claims of innocence. read more Full Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — The Minnesota-Carolina matchup Dec. 20 will remain the NFL's Sunday night game even though NBC had the option to choose another one. The league said Tuesday that the Green Bay-Pittsburgh game that day will start at 4:15 p.m. EST instead of 1 p.m. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO - Recent rain has slowed the curbside collection of leaves in the city, causing a change in the pick-up schedule. Greensboro is extending the collection date for the first round of pickup by one week. New dates are: read more Full Story »
RALEIGH (AP) — Medical consumers can now check whether their doctor has been convicted of a crime, lost a malpractice lawsuit or negotiated a settlement to close a malpractice case. read more Full Story »
HIGH POINT (MCT) — It was a new day Monday for Sears Holding Corp. read more Full Story »
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Part of a route to North Carolina's ski country is closed because of rock slide fears. Multiple media outlets reported Tuesday that U.S. 321 is closed between Lenoir and Blowing Rock because engineers are concerned about large boulders that are loose on the side of the road. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — A historic house that sits at the entrance to Fisher Park — and at the center of a dispute between a neighborhood association and First Presbyterian Church — has run out of time. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — The newest City Council members dove into the details of the proposed coliseum aquatic complex Monday. At an afternoon briefing, the members questioned city staff and tourism officials on just about every aspect of the project — from its inception to the design to how it might be funded. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — When Deanna Sutphin looked at the small Christmas tree on a West Washington Street lawn, she was assured that drunken-driving victims like her son will be remembered. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — Along West Market Street, where the stores look like any commercial strip in America, he sits behind a small table between bottles of Jagermeister and Crown Royal. Some people don’t notice. Others crowd around his small table in the middle aisle. They ask for autographs and trade stories about a South that seems fabled. read more Full Story »
Christmas decorations illuminate Berlin's main shopping streets. AP Photo/Franka Bruns
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