Mary Helen Moore
NC Newsroom ReporterMary Helen Moore is a reporter with the NC Newsroom, a journalism collaboration expanding state government news coverage for North Carolina audiences. The collaboration is funded by a two-year grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. She can be reached at mmoore@ncnewsroom.org
Moore is a native of Halifax County and a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate. She loves reading, fishing, doing puzzles, and baking. Her state reporting experience includes coverage of real estate and growth at the News & Observer, where she most recently served as Durham reporter. She has won numerous journalism awards in North Carolina and Florida.
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The North Carolina House passed the proposed legislation this week. -
A bill to ban camping on public property is one of several Cicero Institute-supported pieces of legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly. -
The 60-mile trail would pass through parts of Gaston, Catawba and Lincoln counties. -
On the North Carolina News Roundup... Another week, another court ruling, and another brand-new Republican controlled State Board of Elections. Is the saga over? And what might this mean for that still-undecided state Supreme Court race? -
Recreational fishing for the species is tightly regulated. -
The IRS and state tax authorities would still be notified about the lottery winner's identity. -
Bipartisan legislation House Bill 765 aims to address affordable housing crisis, largely by limiting planning and zoning powers of local governments. -
Steve Gray said his two acres were forcibly annexed into the city of Greensboro in 2008. He's asking state lawmakers for help. -
UNC and Duke's health systems are partnering on North Carolina's first standalone children's hospital. Republican leaders said it will be exempt from Certificate of Need. -
An Eastern NC hunting club member said it would be "100% impossible" to comply with the proposed law.
