Gov. Bev Perdue said today that Carolina Precision Plastics LLC will open a new facility in Mocksville.

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A man armed with a handgun robbed a bakery Monday night

Woman arrested in stabbing death

Ban on guns in Greensboro parks remains unresolved

Return of spring-like weather brings chance of showers

N.C. Rep. Larry Womble's voice was strong Tuesday as he announced he wouldn't be running for office this year, his first public comment since he was seriously injured in a car accident in December.

Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton says he's a leader in education innovation who would work to reverse what he calls lasting damage to North Carolina by Republican political forces if he's elected governor.

Basketball program is part of a larger effort to focus on health and education

For 11 years, Carol Crawley Maultsby oversaw risk management at Novant Health Inc., parent company of Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. And for seven of those years, according to prosecutors, she embezzled nearly $620,000 from Novant.

In a move meant to get more young students to take foreign language classes, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system is likely to require them for sixth graders in more middle schools.

Higher research and development costs for Targacept Inc. led to a loss for the third consecutive quarter.

Former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield was indicted earlier today on charges of possession of stolen property and obtaining property by false pretenses in connection with his arrest last fall.