Here, we're going to talk about: You might be surprised to learn that North Carolina didn't always have an official state flag. After the state was founded in 1789, it had no flag for 72 years!

North Carolina honors fallen firefighters by lowering flags on May 5, following National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day, observed on Sunday.

Cooper declared that all U.S. and North Carolina flags at state facilities must be half-staff from sunrise on Oct. 26 to ...