RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The state transportation board has approved grants that will help provide safety improvements to six North Carolina airports.

The N.C. Department of Transportation says more than $2.1 million will be used to provide upgrades such as new lighting and improved aprons for aircraft…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — An online pet supply retailer says it is opening a fulfillment center in North Carolina that will create 1,200 jobs.

The Charlotte Observer reports Chewy, whose corporate offices are in Florida and in Boston, announced on Wednesday that it will spend $55 million on the new…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A disabled North Carolina woman says more than 20 handicapped parking spots near the Raleigh Kennel Club Dog Show were reserved for judges, forcing her to walk over a quarter mile.

Raina Jones tells WRAL-TV that trash bags covered the accessibility signs and notes labeled them…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the North Carolina Lottery’s “Cash 5” game were:

23-25-28-30-42

(twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-eight, thirty, forty-two)

Estimated jackpot: $219,000

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the North Carolina Lottery’s “Pick 4 Evening” game were:

3-0-4-8, Lucky Sum: 15

(three, zero, four, eight; Lucky Sum: fifteen)

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the North Carolina Lottery’s “Pick 3 Evening” game were:

1-1-0, Lucky Sum: 2

(one, one, zero; Lucky Sum: two)

Associated Press North Carolina Daybook for Thursday, Apr. 18.

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina is offering $10,000 for help capturing an inmate on the loose since escaping six months ago.

The reward offered Wednesday is for 45-year-old Cul Priest Jones, who has been tied him to crimes in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. Gov. Roy Cooper’s office says…

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina have accused a couple of assaulting a woman with pepper spray and setting her hair on fire.

News outlets report the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Christopher Scott Farmer convinced the victim on Tuesday to come to his home,…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A renowned North Carolina pitmaster trying to rent a car in Florida was detained by police after he was mistaken for a car thief.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reports Sam Jones called his ordeal “one of the most dehumanizing things I’ve ever experienced.”

Cpl. Rose Silva of…