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William Arthur Nelson, 71, died Monday August 14 at Transitions Hospice Care, Raleigh. He was born on April 20, 1946 in St Paul, Minn. to the late Robert and Dorothy Hagen. He is survived by his wife, of 31 years, Aline Ollivier Nelson; his family, Mary Lou and Al Starr, Chuck...

Marjorie Marie “Mema” Wynne, née Jackson, 91, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 at her childhood home near Wake Forest. She was born June 24, 1926 to John Vance Jackson Sr. and Macie Ray Jackson. During World War II, she worked as a telegrapher for Seaboard Railroad and for the War...

By Christopher Sparks, State News Today After Iran, citing new sanctions imposed by the Trump administration, threatened to walk away from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Trump Administration was quick to respond. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said the...

Civitas Institute/State News Today Gov. Roy Cooper’s response to a letter from UNC -System President Margaret Spellings, expressing concerns about student safety surrounding the Silent Sam statue on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, appeared online on the News & Observer website,...

State News Today Analysis American voters made themselves heard last November, but since then those who supported Donald Trump have been subjected to a non-stop stream of invective against the president coming from the dominant media and political culture that opposed his...