What's Happening in North Carolina

THIS WEEKEND! Miss Engelhard Seafood Festival

This 21st Year promises to be the BEST ever. A family oriented event, the Festival begins on Friday night with the Blessing of the Fleet at 7:00 pm.

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Farm bill holds benefits for N.C.

Domestic nutrition programs make up the largest portion of the estimated $300 billion farm bill.

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Governor tours NC tornado damage areas

Gov. Mike Easley toured tornado damage Saturday in three North Carolina counties and said in addition to one fatality that eight people were injured and scores of homes were damaged.

Easley said it would be Monday before damage estimates were available.

Eight homes were destroyed and at least 92 homes and businesses were damaged in the storm late Thursday and early Friday, Easley said after an aerial tour of damage in Guilford, Forsyth and Davie counties.

'Nobody is displaced at this point,' Easley said. 'Everybody has family and a place to go.' Read more

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Close colleges to illegal aliens

AG: Close colleges to illegal aliens The advice derails a movement to grant in-state tuition to graduates of N.C. high schools WHY NOW? The state's universities have admitted illegal immigrants since 2004.

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Obama wins N.C.; Clinton leads Indiana

Barack Obama swept to victory in the North Carolina primary on Tuesday but fell behind Hillary Rodham Clinton in Indiana, the last big-delegate prizes left in their long race for the Democratic presidential ...

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