RALEIGH, N.C. Former Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against ...

Thanks for the great cartoon for Senator Helms with the Confederate flag at half-mast (Peripheral Visions, July 9). I think it is a fitting tribute. You can say what you want about Jesse Helms, but at ...

It seemed inevitable that the two major figures of Tar Heel politics would clash in 1984. Republican Sen. Jesse Helms was up for reelection. And the time seemed ripe for Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt to ...