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The U.S. Department of the Interior says two energy companies bid a combined $315 million in an auction for the rights to produce power from wind energy in two areas off the coasts of North Carolina and South Carolina.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has proposed how he'd like lawmakers to adjust the second year of a two-year state government budget that got signed into law just six months ago.

Researchers are preparing to explore a shipwreck off the North Carolina coast and the public is invited to join them virtually.

The North Carolina government budget process is starting up again as Gov. Roy Cooper unveils his recommendations for the next fiscal year.

A civil rights leader says he won’t stop raising his voice for the poor, uninsured and downtrodden, although his trespassing conviction for a demonstration at North Carolina’s Legislative Building has been allowed to stand.

State officials say firefighters are trying to contain a wildfire that covered more than 500 acres in southeastern North Carolina on Tuesday and forced the shutdown of a highway.

North Carolina officials say state government tax collections will smash the projections used to help fashion the first year of the current two-year state budget.

Several school districts in Eastern North Carolina will receive a portion of $400 million from new state lottery-funded grant awards for school construction, renovation projects, and other capital improvements.

Wayne County has two one-stop early voting sites, one in Goldsboro and one in Mount Olive. As of Friday afternoon, over 2,400 voters have cast their ballots in the county.