Nash County

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper says he's going to use his final year on the job to build a coalition to prod the Republican-led General Assembly to improve public schools. Cooper made the education announcement Tuesday at the Nash County elementary school he attended as a boy. He used the occasion to formally proclaim 2024 as "The Year of Public Schools."

Biden is to use a visit to the recently renamed Fort Liberty in North Carolina to highlight the order. The order directs agencies to develop a federal government-wide plan on hiring and job retention for military spouses, bolster child care options, and take more than a dozen additional actions.

Field trips to plantations look a little different for Nash Central High School's APUSH class.

A surge of North Carolinians are moving to rural areas to retire or to escape high housing costs in the Triangle. That's prompted some rural counties to find ways of both welcoming and preparing new residents for life alongside working farms.

Richardson, who was one of the NFL’s most influential owners until a scandal forced him to sell the team, has died. He was 86.

Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone suspects five deaths in his eastern North Carolina county in the past two weeks were caused by unintentional drug…

Hundreds of community members gathered at the Word Tabernacle Church in Rocky Mount to discuss solutions for community violence after four teenagers were…

Hundreds of community members gathered at the Word Tabernacle Church in Rocky Mount to discuss solutions for community violence after four teenagers were…

Thanks to the Internet, more and more families have been able to complete their family trees. For African American families, the trail has led them back…

Some Nash County residents are fighting to stop a chicken processing plant from coming to their area.Gurnal Scott: Sanderson Farms already has a presence…