Among those who did, the most common answer would surely be General Charles Cornwallis — and it would be an erroneous one.

Most Americans know that George Washington was not only the first president elected under the United States Constitution but ...

The original Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng Bunker, settled down and raised a family in Mount Airy, North Carolina, just before ...

The UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees took a key step Wednesday toward the planning and development of a 250-acre second ...

Leaders at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill took another major step this week toward what would become the ...

YOU JUST KNOW YOUR HISTORY, YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL WAS MISNAMED. IT WAS NOT FOUGHT ON BUNKER HILL OVER THERE. IT WAS FOUGHT ON BREED’S HILL RIGHT HERE. AND WITH THE NATION’S ...

2.3 ft at 11.1 oz/ton silver and 28.4% lead, in broader vein zone 3.5 ft thick running 7.91 oz/ton silver and 20.55% lead 0.8 ft at 11.9 oz/ton silver, 29.3% lead in 20.5 ft thick siderite-galena vein ...

UNC-Chapel Hill has selected Maryland-based Ayers Saint Gross to lead master planning for its long-anticipated Carolina North ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- A North Carolina man accused of threatening a mass shooting in New Orleans has been taken into custody in Florida, authorities said. Christopher Gillum of Chapel Hill was arrested ...

A woman died after an early morning shooting on Monday at a Durham apartment complex, police said.