North Carolina, home to the Outer Banks, the Great Smoky Mountains, elite universities and numerous professional sports teams, is the most popular big state in the country, according to new polling.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein signed a bill into law June 13 creating a board of trustees to govern the state pension system, an overhaul of the state’s current “sole trustee” model. “North ...

Watch video of satellite imagery that shows how the opening between Hatteras and Ocracoke islands has grown dramatically in ...