Martin, who also served nearly seven years as chancellor of Winston-Salem State University, was honored for public service.

RALEIGH — Eight distinguished citizens were presented the North Carolina Award, the state’s highest honor, by Gov. Roy Cooper ...

For the first time in four years, Democrats are leaderless. But chaos is a ladder, as the saying goes, and the party is ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted what have been lengthy sentences served by six criminal offenders in state prisons — five of whom were convicted of murder ...

WINTERVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — An Eastern N.C. pastor has been pardoned by Governor Roy Cooper. Now, Darron Carmon is speaking about his story after hearing that news. In 1993, when he was 19 years old, ...

WINTERVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — An Eastern N.C. pastor has been pardoned by Governor Roy Cooper. Now, Darron Carmon is speaking about his story after hearing that news. In 1993, when he was 19 years ...

Even after wrongfully convicted people in North Carolina are exonerated, they aren't eligible for restitution for their time in prison unless also pardoned by the governor. Even after wrongfully ...

Conor Gallagher scored his first goal for England in their win over the Republic of Ireland, but his Irish partner Aine May ...

Roy Cooper's administration. The Democratic governor and state Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary Reid Wilson visited the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh to ...