A new online project by state historians traces the names and stories of some of the enslaved workers who built North Carolina's historic Capitol from 1833 to 1840.

RALEIGH, N.C. A Confederate battle flag hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol last week to mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War is being taken down after civil rights leaders ...

North Carolina State Capitol is ranked #9 out of 10 things to do in Raleigh. See pictures and our review of North Carolina State Capitol.

The North Carolina State Capitol is the former seat of the legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Currently housing the offices of the Governor of North Carolina, it is located in the ...

Effective July 1, the Highway Patrol was moved out of the Department of Public Safety, which is a Stein Cabinet agency, and ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina historical commission decided Wednesday that three Confederate monuments will remain on the state Capitol grounds with newly added context about slavery and ...

The North Carolina State Capitol, pictured on March 14, 2023. Gov. Roy Cooper has proposed $3 million in the state budget to fund the long-stalled African American monument on the Capitol grounds.

It's an Independence Day 31 new American citizens won't forget as each took their oaths of naturalization in front of the ...

Welcome to the governor edition of our Under the Dome politics newsletter. I’m Dawn Vaughan, The News & Observer’s Capitol bureau chief. This week I’ve got some behind-the-scenes details ...

The North Carolina State Capital Police install bicycle barriers around the perimeter of the State Capitol Building on Friday, June 12, 2020 in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com ...

A monument inscribed "To the North Carolina Women of the Confederacy" is seen on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 on the grounds of the old State Capitol in Raleigh, N.C. Jonathan Drew/AP Photo ...

I am speaking to you this morning from the North Carolina State Capitol, our state's 2nd state capital. North Carolina's first state house here burned to the ground in *** calamitous construction ...