The sun was falling at the end of a long, hot day in June as a handful of farm workers gathered around Letitia Zavala’s truck near Zebulon in eastern Wake County. Zavala, an organizer for a migrant ...

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

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

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 ...

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Rogers Masson, a 55-year-old veteran and music producer, used to have nightmares. These dreams weren’t occasional, run-of-the-mill sleep disturbances—they were night terrors, and he’d wake screaming.

Rogers Masson, a 55-year-old veteran and music producer, used to have nightmares. These dreams weren’t occasional, run-of-the-mill sleep disturbances—they were night terrors, and he’d wake up ...

A nonprofit run by Mark Robinson's wife has been told to repay $132,000 in federal funds. They say they're victims of ...

An unhoused woman sleeps outside the Interactive Resource Center on E. Washington Street. (Joe Killian for The Assembly) Morning, gang. This week we’re bringing you a snapshot of housing in Greensboro ...

The Court of Appeals has withdrawn a recent ruling that said the “smell of marijuana” was enough for law-enforcement officers to justify searching someone’s vehicle, and that it didn’t matter that ...