The highest honor a citizen of North Carolina can receive from the governor is the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. This award is granted to distinguished North Carolinians who ...

With those few words Apostle Dr. Norbert E. Simmons, founder of Deeper Life Church Ministries in Goldsboro, was presented The ...

“Decades of active management by local, state and federal agencies have paid off, but a lot more still needs to be done to protect the long-leaf pine forests these woodpeckers and hundreds of ot ...

Gov. Josh Stein honored three people Tuesday with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. Former State Health Director Betsey Tilson, outgoing Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson and longtime ...

The woodpecker once lived across much of the southeastern United States, from Virginia to Florida to Texas, in the region’s formerly extensive long-leaf pine forests — one of the largest and most ...