Republicans have a 5-2 majority on the state Supreme Court, and Democrats are fighting to hold onto Allison Riggs' seat this ...

The candidates for governor of North Carolina have always held a debate. This year, Mark Robinson and Josh Stein won't face off.

Jolene Strickland won votes, money, and press coverage. Too bad she was never a real candidate for governor of North Carolina ...

Darrell Allison was an unconventional choice when he became chancellor of Fayetteville State University. Has his tenure ...

As workplace fatalities rise, the candidates to be North Carolina’s top labor regulator have starkly different philosophies.

Letitia Zavala showed a group of farm workers in eastern Wake County a photo on a hot summer day. It was of Jose Arturo Gonzalez Mendoza, a Mexican migrant worker who died in a Nash County sweet ...

Many were skeptical of Darrell Allison. Now enrollment is up, dropouts are down, and buildings are rising.

In May 1996, a political unknown made waves in the North Carolina gubernatorial race. Jolene Strickland was a small-town mayor, educator, NASCAR fan, and daughter of a tobacco farmer. She lived on Big ...