RALEIGH — A state Republican Party leader says an affidavit alleging a county’s early-vote totals were shared improperly would be grounds alone for a new election in an unsettled congressional race in southeastern North Carolina. [...]

RALEIGH — The head of North Carolina’s elections board is suggesting more time may be needed to decide whether a new congressional district election is necessary due to absentee ballot fraud allegations. Chairman Joshua Malcolm [...]

ELIZABETHTOWN — The final hours for applications and donations to the Empty Stocking Fund are here. Applications are being accepted through Wednesday at the Department of Social Services. The DSS office is at 208 E. [...]

Bladen County Sheriff Jim McVicker’s campaign has been subpoenaed, the State Board of Elections said Friday in a news release. The action comes amid a major investigation into what the board calls “voting irregularities and [...]

A jury of nine women and one man began deliberations Friday in the fourth hog nuisance lawsuit that has threatened farms and communities of eastern North Carolina. The case is being heard in a federal [...]