(RALEIGH) -- North Carolina’s unemployment rate increased to 11.1 percent in January. That is  according to the latest statistics released Wednesday by the state’s Employment Security Commission.

(RALEIGH) -- The following statement was issued by Governor Beverly Perdue on the death of North Carolina School Board Member Kathy Taft:

(LUMBERTON) -- Duke Medical researchers in Lumberton are looking into whether there’s a genetic link for heart disease in Lumbee Indians. For decades, doctors at the Southeastern Regional Medical Center have seen Lumbee patients in their 30’s and 40’s with symptoms of heart disease more common in people in their 70’s.