Linda Cheng   Staff Writer Elaine F. Marshall (D) and Michael LaPaglia (R) are both running for the Secretary of State office, campaigning on platforms of economic improvement.   Incumbent Elaine Marshall is the first woman to be elected Secretary of State in North Carolina.   In 1981, Marshall returned to school to study law at the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University, … Continue reading Marshall and LaPaglia run for Secretary of State

Linda Cheng Staff Writer Hurricane Hermine swept through North Carolina late Friday and early Saturday with light damage.   Bridges were closed in the Outer Banks as the storm’s center moved out of the state, over the Atlantic Ocean.   Two vehicle collisions in Dare County, one of them fatal, prompted authorities to close the U.S. 64 bridge over the Alligator River and Virginia Dare … Continue reading Hurricane Hermine aftermath leaves costly damages in NC