One North Carolina school division is opening late today, while one Virginia school district remains closed.

Hertford County Public Schools in North Carolina will open one hour late today, according to the division’s Web site.

Lancaster County Public Schools in Virginia are closed today, WVEC-TV was reporting.  Rappahannock Community College also is closed today.

By Martha Waggoner RALEIGH, N.C.  A three-judge panel continues hearing testimony in the case of a North Carolina man who has served almost 17 years behind bars for a murder he says he never committed.

RALEIGH, N.C.  Federal prosecutors and the lawyer for an ex-aide to former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley will argue at a hearing over when the trial will start.

District Judge Terrence Boyle wrote earlier this week that he will hear arguments this afternoon in Raleigh.

By Martha Waggoner  RALEIGH, N.C.  A three-judge panel in North Carolina will hear arguments in the case of a convicted murderer whose guilt has been questioned.

By Gary D. Robertson RALEIGH, N.C. North Carolina's campaign season officially began Monday as election boards statewide began collecting names to put on the ballot in a year when Democratic candidates start in an unusual place — on the defensive.

RALEIGH, N.C.  A panel of engineers and geologists is taking the next step toward a recommendation on whether North Carolina should end a ban on jetties designed to block shifting sand at the coast.

The state's Science Panel on Coastal Hazards meets today in Raleigh to review a contractor's draft report on the use of what some call terminal groins.

By Gary D. Robertson  RALEIGH, N.C. For years, buying low-tax North Carolina cigarettes and selling them on the black market in a high-tax state up north has been an easy way to make big money for criminal enterprises.

CURRITUCK COUNTY Currituck commissioners approved amended plans Monday for South Ridge, a 146-lot subdivision on Survey Road adjacent to the Eagle Creek community. The project includes 5.5 acres for retail and a hotel and 1.75 acres for a county facility.

By Connie Sage,  Correspondent Hundreds of thousands of migrating waterfowl wing their way to these parts each winter from as far away as the Arctic to beat the cold. To gauge just how many make the trip south, a mid winter survey is done annually from the Virginia-North Carolina line at Currituck County south to the New River in Onslow County.

CURRITUCK COUNTY, N.C.  If there is any benefit to the economic slowdown, it is being reflected in the county's landfills. Statewide and locally, construction debris has fallen to the lowest level in years, easing the strain on state landfills. But less in the landfills means less is being built.