In the fall of 1983, Jesse Helms needed something like political salvation. The veteran Dixie senator faced an uphill reelection campaign against Jim Hunt, the popular two-term Democratic governor.

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. There’s an echo across North Carolina this fall and the reverb sounds like this: The ...

Republican Senator-elect Jesse Helms, center, is surrounded by his family after his victory speech in Raleigh in this Nov. 8, 1972 file photo. The concession speech that Helms never gave would have ...

The Hangover became the highest-grossing R-rated comedy in 2009 domestically. It even managed to sneak into first place at the weekend box office ahead of Pixar’s Up! One of the comedy’s core cast ...

The comedian and actor added that he doesn't think he "would have stayed sane" if it wasn't for his co-stars, Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor “When The Hangover ...

The Cincinnati Reds mourn another key member of their 1970s teams after former All-Star and manager Tommy Helms passed away Sunday at 83. Originally from North Carolina, Helms hit .269 with 34 home ...

Most people would recognize Neil Armstrong’s famous utterance upon walking on the moon: “One small step for man …” What’s not as well-known about that time in history is that the 1969 space mission ...