North Carolina Online Historical Newspapers

There are over 2,600 newspapers that have been published in the Tar Heel State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find articles about the events, history, and people that capture the stories of North Carolina. 

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location. 

(Updated June 2021; recently added links are in BOLD)

Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America – North Carolina Newspapers

• ​Asheville, N.C., 19??-???? – The Southland advocate. [volume]
• Asheville, N.C., 1885-1889 – The Asheville citizen. [volume]​
• Asheville, N.C., 1889-1890 – The daily citizen. [volume]
• Asheville, N.C., 1890-1900 – Asheville daily citizen. [volume]
• Asheville, N.C., 1936-19?? – The southern news. [volume]
• Boomer, N.C., 1917-1919 – Good news. [volume]
• Boomer, N.C., 1919-1922 – The fool-killer. [volume]
• Boone, Watauga County, N.C., 1888-current – Watauga Democrat.
• Chapel Hill, N.C., 1923-1972 – The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume]
• Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C., 188?-18?? – Charlotte messenger. [volume]
• Charlotte, N.C., 1835-1851 – The Charlotte journal.
• Charlotte, N.C., 1852-1870 – The western Democrat.
• Charlotte, N.C., 1870-1881 – The Charlotte Democrat.
• Charlotte, N.C., 1881-1887 – Charlotte home and Democrat. [volume]
• Charlotte, N.C., 1887-1897 – The Charlotte Democrat. [volume]
• Clinton, N.C., 188?-1913 – The Caucasian.
• Clinton, N.C., 1882-188? – The weekly Caucasian.
• Dunn, N.C., 1950-1978 – The daily record. [volume]
• Durham, N.C, 1887-188? – Durham recorder. [volume]
• Durham, N.C., 1879-19?? – The Durham recorder. [volume]
• Durham, N.C., 1886-188? – Durham daily recorder. [volume]
• Durham, N.C., 1889-1894 – The Durham daily globe.
• Edenton, N.C., 1886-1887 – The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume]
• Edenton, N.C., 1887-19?? – Fisherman & farmer. [volume]
• Elizabeth City, N.C., 1908-1936 – The independent. [volume]
• Elizabeth City, N.C., 1936-19?? – The daily independent.
• Fayetteville [N.C.], 1839-1861 – The North-Carolinian. [volume]
• Fayetteville, N.C., 1864-186? – The weekly intelligencer. [volume]
• Fayetteville, N.C., 1874-1875 – The educator [volume]
• Fayetteville, N.C., 1883-188? – The sun.
• Forest City, N.C. ;, 1952-19?? – The Carolina news. [volume]
• Goldsboro, N.C., 1869-18?? – Die Suedliche post. [volume]
• Goldsboro, N.C., 1881-18?? – The Goldsboro star. [volume]
• Goldsboro, N.C., 1885-1909 – Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume]
• Goldsboro, N.C., 1909-19?? – Goldsboro semi-weekly argus. [volume]
• Goldsboro, N.C., 191?-19?? – Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume]
• Greensboro, N.C., 1941-1972 – The future outlook. [volume]
• Henderson, N.C., 1881-1911 – The gold leaf. [volume]
• Henderson, N.C., 1911-19?? – Henderson gold leaf. [volume]
• Henderson, N.C., 1914-1995 – Henderson daily dispatch.
• Hendersonville, N.C., 1896-1912 – The French Broad hustler. [volume]
• Hendersonville, N.C., 1913-1915 – Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume]
• Hendersonville, N.C., 1915-1916 – French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume]
• Hendersonville, N.C., 1916-1919 – French Broad hustler. [volume]
• Hendersonville, N.C., 1927-current – The times-news.
• Hickory, N.C., 1915-current – Hickory daily record. [volume]
• High Point, N.C., 1908-19?? – The review. [volume]
• Hillsboro, N.C., 1887-18?? – Hillsboro recorder.
• Hillsborough, N.C., 1820-1879 – The Hillsborough recorder.
• Hillsborough, N.C., 1880-1918 – Orange County observer.
• Jacksonville, N.C., 193?-1946 – The Onslow County news and views.
• Jacksonville, N.C., 1946-1952 – The news and views.
• Laurinburg, N.C., 1895-1??? – The Laurinburg post. [volume]
• Lincolnton, N.C., 190?-1965 – The Lincoln times. [volume]
• Lumberton, N.C., 1870-current – The Robesonian. [volume]
• Manteo, N.C., 1959-1973 – The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter.
• Marion, N.C., 1909-19?? – Marion progress. [volume]
• Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C., 1947-1959 – The coastland times.
• Monroe, N.C., 189?-1965 – The Monroe journal. [volume]
• Moravian Falls, N.C., 1910-1917 – The fool-killer.
• Morganton, N.C., 1899-1901 – The Burke County news. [volume]
• Murphy, N.C., 188?-1961 – Cherokee scout. [volume]
• Newber [i.e. New Bern], N.C., 1873-1873 – Our living and our dead ; or, Testimony from the battlefields. [volume]
• Newbern [i.e. New Bern], N.C., 1873-187? – Our living and our dead. [volume]
• Newbern, N.C., 1858-1863 – Newbern weekly progress. [volume]
• Newbern, N.C., 1863-186? – Newbern progress. [volume]
• New-Berne [New Bern], N.C., 1886-188? – The peoples’ advocate. [volume]
• Old Fort, N.C., 1927-1931 – Old Fort news. [volume]
• Raleigh [N.C.], 1864-1865 – Weekly confederate.
• Raleigh, N.C., 18??-1??? – The gazette.
• Raleigh, N.C., 18??-18?? – African expositor. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 18??-19?? – The farmer and mechanic. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1834-1850 – The North-Carolina standard.
• Raleigh, N.C., 1849-1865 – Spirit of the age. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1850-1852 – North Carolina standard. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1850-1858 – Weekly North Carolina standard.
• Raleigh, N.C., 1852-1853 – Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1853-18?? – Semi-weekly standard.
• Raleigh, N.C., 1858-1865 – Weekly standard. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 186?-1869 – The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1864-1865 – The daily confederate.
• Raleigh, N.C., 1865-186? – Journal of freedom. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1866-1868 – The tri-weekly standard.
• Raleigh, N.C., 1869-18?? – The weekly standard. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1877-1885 – The farmer and mechanic. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1879-1??? – The journal of industry. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1879-1880 – North Carolina Republican. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 188?-1891 – The daily state chronicle. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1880-1893 – The news and observer. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1883-1893 – The state chronicle. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1885-18?? – North Carolina gazette.
• Raleigh, N.C., 1891-1893 – The state chronicle. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1893-1894 – News-observer-chronicle. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1894-current – The news & observer. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1895-1895 – The daily Caucasian.
• Raleigh, N.C., 19??-1940 – The Carolina tribune. [volume]
• Raleigh, N.C., 1904-1905 – The progressive farmer and the cotton plant.
• Roanoke Rapids, N.C., 1914-192? – Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume]
• Roanoke Rapids, N.C., 1931-1948 – Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume]
• Roanoke Rapids, N.C., 1948-1949 – Roanoke Rapids daily herald.
• Roanoke Rapids, Rosemary, N.C., 192?-1931 – The herald of the Twin Cities, Roanoke Rapids, Rosemary. [volume]
• Rockingham, N.C., 1917-1965 – Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume]
• Salisbury, N.C., 1871-1937 – Carolina watchman. [volume]
• Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C., 1884-1896 – The Democrat.
• Scotland Neck, N.C., 1882-1884 – The commonwealth.
• Scotland Neck, N.C., 1896-1929 – The commonwealth.
• Southern Pines, N.C., 1898-19?? – The free press.
• Sylva, N.C., 19??-19?? – Jackson County journal.
• Tabor City, N.C., 1946-1991 – Tabor City tribune.
• Tarboro’, Edgecombe Co., (N.C.), 1852-1867 – The southerner. [volume]
• Tarboro’, N.C., 1867-1873 – The Tarboro’ southerner. [volume]
• Tarboro’, N.C., 1874-1875 – The enquirer southerner. [volume]
• Tarboro’, N.C., 1875-19?? – The Tarborough southerner. [volume]
• Tarborough, (Edgecombe Co., N.C.), 1835-1851 – Tarboro’ press. [volume]
• West Jefferson, N.C., 193?-1988 – The Skyland post.
• Wilmington, N.C., 1844-1895 – Wilmington journal.
• Wilmington, N.C., 1883-18?? – The Banner-enterprise. [volume]
• Wilmington, N.C., 1897-1908 – The semi-weekly messenger. [volume]
• Wilmington, N.C., 1909-1990 – The Wilmington morning star.
• Wilson, N.C., 1896-19?? – The Wilson times. [volume]
• Wilson, N.C., 1902-1936 – The daily times. [volume]
• Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C., 1856-1886 – Western sentinel. [volume]
• Winston, N.C., 1886-1904 – The progressive farmer.
• Winston-Salem, N.C., 1886-1887 – The weekly sentinel. [volume]
• Winston-Salem, N.C., 1887-1926 – The western sentinel. [volume]

Google News Archive

• Clarkton – The Bladen Journal
  
• Columbus – The Polk County News
  
• Fayetteville – The Fayetteville Observer
  
• Graham – The Alamance Gleaner
  
• Hendersonville – The Times-News
  
• Kenly – Kenly News
  
• Lexington – The Dispatch
  
• Lumberton – The Robesonian
  
• Mount Airy – The Mount Airy News
  
• Rockingham – Richmond County Journal
  
• Spring Hope – Spring Hope Enterprise
  
• Spring Hope – Spring Hope Enterprise and the Bailey/Middlesex News
  
• Sylva – The Sylva Herald & Ruralite
  
• Sylva – The Sylva Herald and Ruralite
  
• Tryon – The Tryon Daily Bulletin
  
• Wadesboro – The Anson Record and the Messenger and Intelligencer
  
• Wadesboro – The Anson Record
  
• Wilmington – Star-News
  
• Wilmington – The Daily Journal
  

North Carolina Newspapers

• Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
• North-Carolina Centinel and Fayetteville Gazette (Fayetteville, N.C.)
• North-Carolina Chronicle; or Fayetteville Gazette (Fayetteville, N.C.)
• The Cape-Fear Mercury (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Edenton Gazette (Edenton, N.C.)
• The Edenton Intelligencer (Edenton, N.C.)
• The Newbern Gazette (New Bern, N.C.)
• The North-Carolina Gazette (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The North-Carolina Gazette [1768-1786] (New Bern, N.C.)
• The North-Carolina Gazette [1784-1798] (New Bern, N.C.)
• The North-Carolina Mercury, and Salisbury Advertiser (Salisbury, N.C.)
• The Noth. Carolina Gazette [1751-1759] (New Bern, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Centinel, and General Advertiser (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Chronicle: North Carolina Weekly Advertiser (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Gazette (Wilmington, N.C.)
• Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.)

North Carolina Community Newspapers 1824-2012

• A & E News and Views (Mount Holly, N.C.)
• Africo-American Presbyterian (Wilmington, N.C.)
• Air-O-Mech (Goldsboro, N.C.)
• Alkon News (Raleigh, N.C.)
• Amco News (High Point, N.C.)
• Beasley’s Farm and Home Weekly (Charlotte, N.C.)
• Bessemer City Messenger (Bessemer City, N.C.)
• Bladen Bulletin (Elizabethtown, N.C.)
• Brevard News (Brevard, N.C.)
• Cape Fear Lance (Elizabethtown, N.C.)
• Carolina Baptist (Hendersonville, N.C.)
• Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
• Carteret County News-Times (Morehead City, N.C.)
• Catawba Journal (Charlotte, N.C.)
• Chapel Hill News Leader (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
• Charlotte Messenger (Charlotte, N.C.)
• Cloudbuster (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
• County Union (Dunn, N.C.)
• Daily Concord Standard (Concord, N.C.)
• Eastern Carolina News (Trenton, N.C.)
• Elm City Elevator (Elm City, N.C.)
• Erwin Chatter (Cooleemee, N.C.)
• Fayetteville Educator (Fayetteville, N.C.)
• Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
• Firestone News (Gastonia, N.C.)
• Forest City Courier (Forest City, N.C.)
• Fotofax (Brevard, N.C.)
• Franklin Observer (Franklin, N.C.)
• Franklinton Weekly (Franklinton, N.C.)
• Galax News (Highlands, N.C.)
• Gaston County Baptist Messenger (Gastonia, N.C.)
• Goldsboro News-Argus (Goldsboro, N.C.)
• Henderson Gold Leaf (Henderson, N.C.)
• Hertford County Herald (Ahoskie, N.C.)
• Hickory Democrat (Hickory, N.C.)
• Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
• Hot Off the Hoover Rail
• InterCom (Durham, N.C.)
• Jackson County Journal (Sylva, N.C.)
• Jones County Journal (Trenton, N.C.)
• Marion Messenger (Marion, N.C.)
• Marion Progress (Marion, N.C.)
• Marion Record (Marion, N.C.)
• Masonic Journal (Greensboro, N.C.)
• Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte, N.C.)
• Mel-Rose-Glen (High Point, N.C.)
• Miners’ and Farmers’ Journal (Charlotte, N.C.)
• Morrisville and Preston Progress (Morrisville, N.C.)
• Mount Holly News (Mount Holly, N.C.)
• National Savings Bank (New Bern, N.C.)
• North Carolina Baptist Missionary Worker (Raleigh, N.C.)
• North Carolina Baptist Sunday School Chautauquan (Raleigh, N.C.)
• North Carolina Christian Advocate (Raleigh, N.C.)
• North Carolina Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs Journal
• North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
• North-Carolina Centinel and Fayetteville Gazette (Fayetteville, N.C.)
• North-Carolina Chronicle; or Fayetteville Gazette (Fayetteville, N.C.)
• Our Rights (Wilmington, N.C.)
• Penland Line (Penland, N.C.)
• Philanthropy Journal of North Carolina (Raleigh, N.C.)
• Piedmont Aviation Employee Newsletter
• Point-Crest (High Point, N.C.)
• Polk County News and The Tryon Bee
• Press and Carolinian (Hickory, N.C.)
• Q-notes (Charlotte, N.C.)
• Richmond Headlight (Rockingham, N.C.)
• Roanoke News (Weldon, N.C.)
• Roanoke Patron (Potecasi, N.C.)
• Roanoke-Chowan Times (Rich Square, N.C.)
• Sew It Seams (High Point, N.C.)
• Shelby Aurora (Shelby, N.C.)
• Shelby Daily Star (Shelby, N.C.)
• Southwide Baptist News and Ridgecrest Reporter (Marshall, N.C.)
• Spring Hope Leader (Spring Hope, N.C.)
• Spring Hope Messenger (Spring Hope, N.C.)
• State Port Pilot (Southport, N.C.)
• Sunday Morning Mail (Wilmington, N.C.)
• Sylvan Valley News (Brevard, N.C.)
• Tarboro Free Press (Tarboro, N.C.)
• The AC Phoenix News (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
• The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
• The Albemarle Observer (Edenton, N.C.)
• The Atlantic Messenger (New Bern, N.C.)
• The Badin Bulletin (Albemarle, N.C.)
• The Baptist Messenger (Newton, N.C.)
• The Baptist Messenger (Wingate, N.C.)
• The Baptist Sunday School Monthly (Henderson, N.C.)
• The Baptist Worker (Gastonia, N.C.)
• The Beacon (Elizabethtown, N.C.)
• The Beaufort News (Beaufort, N.C.)
• The Black Mountain News (Black Mountain, N.C.)
• The Bladen Journal (Clarkton, N.C.)
• The Blue Ridge Baptist (North Wilkesboro, N.C.)
• The Broad Street Worker (Winston, N.C.)
• The Brunswick Beacon (Shallotte, N.C.)
• The Burnsville Eagle (Burnsville, N.C.)
• The Caduceus (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Cape Fear Herald (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Cape-Fear Mercury (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Carolina Indian Voice (Pembroke, N.C.)
• The Carolina Mountaineer (Waynesville, N.C.)
• The Carolina News (Forest City, N.C.)
• The Carolina Times (Durham, N.C.)
• The Carolina Union Farmer (Gastonia, N.C.)
• The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
• The Caromount (Rocky Mount, N.C.)
• The Central Messenger (Wake Forest, N.C.)
• The Central Times (Dunn, N.C.)
• The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Charlotte Jewish News (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Charlotte News (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Charlotte Post (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Chatham Blanketeer (Elkin, N.C.)
• The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
• The Cherokee Scout (Murphy, N.C.)
• The Chowan Herald (Edenton, N.C.)
• The Clarkton Express (Clarkton, N.C.)
• The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
• The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
• The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
• The Conflict (Memphis, Tenn.)
• The Cooleemee Journal (Cooleemee, N.C.)
• The Courier (Asheboro, N.C.)
• The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
• The Daily Record (Dunn, N.C.)
• The Daily Record (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Daily Review (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Daily Workman (Greensboro, N.C.)
• The Danbury Reporter (Danbury, N.C.)
• The Democratic Banner (Dunn, N.C.)
• The Dispatch (Franklinton, N.C.)
• The Dunn Dispatch (Dunn, N.C.)
• The Duplin Times (Warsaw, N.C.)
• The Eagle (Cherryville, N.C.)
• The Eastern Reflector (Greenville, N.C.)
• The Echo (Pisgah Forest, N.C.)
• The Edenton Gazette (Edenton, N.C.)
• The Edenton Intelligencer (Edenton, N.C.)
• The Edwards Broadcaster (Burnsville, N.C.)
• The Elkin Courier (Elkin, N.C.)
• The Elkin Times (Elkin, N.C.)
• The Elkin Tribune (Elkin, N.C.)
• The Enfield Progress (Enfield, N.C.)
• The Enfield Sentinel (Enfield, N.C.)
• The Enfield Times (Enfield, N.C.)
• The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.)
• The Evening Post (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Farmville Enterprise (Farmville, N.C.)
• The Fieldcrest Mill Whistle (Spray, N.C.)
• The Foothills View (Boiling Springs, N.C.)
• The Franklin Press and the Highlands Maconian (Franklin, N.C.)
• The Franklin Times (Louisburg, N.C.)
• The Free Will Baptist (Ayden, N.C.)
• The Future Outlook (Greensboro, N.C.)
• The Gaston Progress (Gastonia, N.C.)
• The Gaston Republican (Gastonia, N.C.)
• The Gastonia Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
• The Gastonian (Gastonia, N.C.)
• The Goldsboro Headlight (Goldsboro, N.C.)
• The Goldsboro Herald (Goldsboro, N.C.)
• The Goldsboro News (Goldsboro, N.C.)
• The Gospel Herald (Raleigh, N.C.)
• The Graham Tribune (Graham, N.C.)
• The Greenville Express (Greenville, N.C.)
• The Greenville Index (Greenville, N.C.)
• The Harris Herald (Harris, N.C.)
• The Helper (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The High Point Scout (High Point, N.C.)
• The Home Front News
• The Johnstonian-Sun (Selma, N.C.)
• The Journal (Elkin, N.C.)
• The Journal-Patriot (North Wilkesboro, N.C.)
• The Kings Mountain Herald (Kings Mountain, N.C.)
• The Laurinburg Exchange (Laurinburg, N.C.)
• The Lenoir County News (Kinston, N.C.)
• The Liberalist and Wilmington Reporter (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Lincoln Courier (Lincolnton, N.C.)
• The Lincoln Republican (Lincolnton, N.C.)
• The Little Clipper (Rocky Mount, N.C.)
• The Mebane Leader (Mebane, N.C.)
• The Mecklenburg Chronicle (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Messenger (High Point, N.C.)
• The Mirror (Elkin, N.C.)
• The Morning Clarion (Oxford, N.C.)
• The Mount Airy News (Mount Airy, N.C.)
• The Nash County News (Spring Hope, N.C.)
• The New Bern Mirror (New Bern, N.C.)
• The New Era (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The New South (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Newbern Gazette (New Bern, N.C.)
• The News and Advocate (Yanceyville, N.C.)
• The News-Herald (Ahoskie, N.C.)
• The News-Journal (Raeford, N.C.)
• The News-Record (Marshall, N.C.)
• The North Carolina Community College Adult Educators Association Newsletter (Graham, N.C.)
• The North-Carolina Gazette (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The North-Carolina Gazette [1768-1786] (New Bern, N.C.)
• The North-Carolina Gazette [1784-1798] (New Bern, N.C.)
• The North-Carolina Magazine; or, Universal Intelligencer (New Bern, N.C.)
• The North-Carolina Mercury, and Salisbury Advertiser (Salisbury, N.C.)
• The Noth. Carolina Gazette [1751-1759] (New Bern, N.C.)
• The Old Constitution (Danbury, N.C.)
• The Orphans’ Friend (Oxford, N.C.)
• The Perquimans Weekly (Hertford, N.C.)
• The Pilot (Southern Pines, N.C.)
• The Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, N.C.)
• The Progressive Reformer (Kings Mountain, N.C.)
• The Rattler (Whitakers, N.C.)
• The Roanoke Beacon and Washington County News (Plymouth, N.C.)
• The Rocky Mount Herald (Rocky Mount, N.C.)
• The Rocky Mount Record (Rocky Mount, N.C.)
• The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, N.C.)
• The Rural Visitor (Fremont, N.C.)
• The Semi-Weekly News (Harrington, N.C.)
• The Shore Line (Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.)
• The Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, N.C.)
• The Souler (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
• The Spring Hope Journal (Spring Hope, N.C.)
• The Standard (Concord, N.C.)
• The Stanly Baptist (Big Lick, N.C.)
• The Stanly Mason (Albemarle, N.C.)
• The Sylva Herald and Ruralite (Sylva, N.C.)
• The Tar River Beacon (Greenville, N.C.)
• The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
• The Thomasville Times (Thomasville, N.C.)
• The Transylvania Times (Brevard, N.C.)
• The Trestleboard (Raleigh, N.C.)
• The Tribunal Aid (High Point, N.C.)
• The True Reformer (Littleton, N.C.)
• The True Republican or American Whig (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Tryon Daily Bulletin (Tryon, N.C.)
• The Twice-A-Week Dispatch (Burlington, N.C.)
• The Tyrrell County Herald (Columbia, N.C.)
• The Tyrrell Tribune (Columbia, N.C.)
• The University of North Carolina News Letter (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
• The Vance County Union (Henderson, N.C.)
• The Warren Record (Warrenton, N.C.)
• The Waynesville Mountaineer (Waynesville, N.C.)
• The Weekly Reporter (Rocky Mount, N.C.)
• The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Western Reporter (Franklin, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Advertiser and Merchants’ and Farmers’ Gazette (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Centinel, and General Advertiser (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Chronicle: North Carolina Weekly Advertiser (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Democrat (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Gazette (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Post (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilmington Sun (Wilmington, N.C.)
• The Wilson Advance (Wilson, N.C.)
• The Wilson Blade (Wilson, N.C.)
• The Yancey Journal (Burnsville, N.C.)
• The Yellow-Jacket (Moravian Falls, N.C.)
• The Young American (High Point, N.C.)
• Trench and Camp (Charlotte, N.C.)
• Vance News-Leader (Henderson, N.C.)
• W & J Rives, Inc. Employee Newsletter
• Washington Daily News (Washington, N.C.)
• Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
• West Chowan Baptist Messenger (Winton, N.C.)
• West Craven Highlights (Vanceboro, N.C.)
• Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.)
• Western Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
• What’s Happening (High Point, N.C.)
• Winston-Salem Chronicle (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
• Zebulon Record (Zebulon, N.C.)
• Zion’s Landmarks (Wilson, N.C.)

County and Library Collections:
Dare County
Dare County Library

• The Coastland Times
  
• Coastland Times
  
• The Dare County Times
  
• Dare County Times
  
• Sea Chest Magazine 
  

Harnett County
Harnett County Newspaper Archives

• Angier Independent
• Bakersville-Burlington
• Daily Record
• Democratic Banner
• Harnett County News
• Harnett Leader
• Little River Record
• State Voice

Haywood County
Haywood County Public Library

• The Carolina Mountaineer
  
• The Carolina Mountaineer And Waynesville Courier
  
• The Daily News
  
• The Enterprise Mountaineer
  
• The Haywood Enterprise
  
• The Waynesville Mountaineer
  
• The Waynesville News
  
• The Western Carolina Enterprise
  
• Waynesville Courier
  

Nash County
Braswell Memorial Library

• Evening Telegram 
  

Robeson County
Mary Livermore Library

• The Robesonian 
  

Rowan County
Rowan Public Library

• Salisbury Evening Post
  
• The Salisbury Post

Davidson College Library Community Newspaper Collection, 1883-1958

• North Star (1956-1958, 22 issues)
  
• Red and White (1944-1945, 12 issues and 1954-1955, 13 issues)
  
• Community (1947, 6 issues)
  
• Twin City (1946, 1 issue)
  
• Davidson Newsleader (1945-1946, 21 issues)
  
• Post Exchange (1943-1945, 12 issues)
  
• Star Ace Review (1944, 1 issue)
  
• Ace Review (1938-1941, 4 issues)
  
• Davidson Leader (1936-1938, 25 issues)
  
• Weekly News (1930-1931, 1935, 20 issues)
  
• Weekly Enterprise (1883-1884, 7 issues)
  

Davie County Newspaper Collection
Lumberton Newspaper Archives

• Lumberton Robesonian (1807 – 2012)
  
• Lumberton Robesonian Mid Weekly (1910 – 2004)
  
• Robesonian (1897 – 2006)
  

Mooresville Public Library Special Collections

• Mooresville Enterprise 1904=1946
  
• Mooresville Tribune i1947-
  

Morganton Area Newspaper Index

• Asheville Citizen-Times
  
• The Blue Ridge Blade
  
• The Burke County News
  
• The Carolina Mountaineer
  
• The Charlotte Observer
  
• The Farmer’s Friend
  
• The Hickory Daily Record
  
• The Morganton Herald
  
• The Morganton Star
  
• The News Herald 1902 –
  
• The Valdese News
  

UNC Greensboro Library Historical Newspapers

• Greensboro Patriot
  
• Greensborough Patriot
  
• The Little Ad
  
• The Patriot and Flag
  
• The Patriot and Greensborough Palladium
  
• Carolina Beacon
  
• Carolina Patriot
  
• Southern Telescope
  
• 10-Shun
  
• BTC 10-shun
  
• ORDealings
  
• The ORD News
  
• The Rotator
  

Student Collections:

• Albemarle Grade School Student Newspaper
• Albemarle High School Student Newspaper
• Appalachian State University Student Newspaper
• Atlantic Christian College Student Newspaper
• Bailey High School Student Newspaper
• Bennett College Student Newspaper
• Black Ink (Black Student Movement, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Brevard College Student Newspaper
• Campbell University Student Newspaper
• Carver High School Student Newspaper
• Chapel Hill High School Student Newspaper
• Chowan University Student Newspaper
• Crossroads (Belmont, N.C.)
• N. Hix School Student Newspaper
• Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
• Davidson College Student Newspaper
• Denton High School Student Newspaper
• Dillard High School Student Newspaper
• Dudley High School Student Newspaper
• Duke University Student Newspaper
• East Wind (Asian Students Association, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Elizabeth City State University Student Newspaper
• Elm Street School Student Newspaper
• Elon University Student Newspaper
• Fayetteville State University Student Newspaper
• Flora Macdonald College Student Newspaper
• Gardner-Webb University Student Newspaper
• Gaston College Student Newspaper
• Goldsboro High School Student Newspaper
• Greensboro High School Student Newspaper
• Henderson Institute Student Newspaper
• High Point High School Student Newspaper
• High Point Junior High School Student Newspaper
• High Point University Student Newspaper
• Highlands High School Student Newspaper
• F. Webb High School Student Newspaper
• T. Barber High School Student Newspaper
• Jamestown/Ragsdale High School Student Newspaper
• Johnson C. Smith University Student Newspaper
• Johnston Community College Student Newspaper
• Lambda (Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Lexington High School Student Newspaper
• Lincoln High School Student Newspaper (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
• Louisburg College Student Newspaper
• Mars Hill University Student Newspaper
• Mary Potter School Student Newspaper
• Meredith College Student Newspaper
• Methodist University Student Newspaper
• Mitchell Community College Student Newspaper
• Montreat College Student Newspaper
• N.C. Essay (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
• North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Student Newspaper
• North Carolina Central University Student Newspaper
• North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Student Newspaper
• North Carolina State University Student Newspaper
• North Carolina Wesleyan College Student Newspaper
• Orange Street Graded School Student Newspaper
• Oxford College Student Newspaper
• Oxford High School Student Newspaper
• Presbyterian Junior College Student Newspaper
• Queens University of Charlotte Student Newspaper
• Reeds High School Student Newspaper
• Rocky Mount High School Student Newspaper
• Rutherford College Student Newspaper
• Saint Augustine’s University Student Newspaper
• Saint Mary’s School Student Newspaper
• Salem College Student Newspaper
• Smithfield High School Student Newspaper
• South Granville High School Student Newspaper
• Southeastern Community College Student Newspaper
• St. Andrews University Student Newspaper
• The Guilfordian (Greensboro, N.C.)
• The University of North Carolina News Letter
• UNCW Today (University of North Carolina Wilmington Alumni Newsletter)
• University of North Carolina at Asheville Student Newspaper
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte Student Newspaper
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro Student Newspaper
• University of North Carolina Wilmington Student Newspaper
• W.P. Grier Jr. High School Student Newspaper
• Wake Forest University Student Newspaper
• Walter Williams High School Student Newspaper
• Wayne Community College Student Newspaper
• Weaver College Student Newspaper
• West Montgomery High School Student Newspaper
• West Street Graded School Student Newspaper
• Wilkes Community College Student Newspaper
• Winston-Salem State University Student Newspaper

Catawba College – Salisbury

• Pioneer
  

Davidson College – Davidson

• Davidsonian
  

Duke University – Durham

• DukEngineer 
  
• Duke Chronicle
  

East Carolina University – Greenville

• Eastern Reflector
  
• ECTC News (1923-1925)
  
• The Teco Echo (1926-1952)
  
• East Carolinian (1952-1969)
  
• Fountainhead (1969-1979)
  
• The East Carolinian (1979-present)
  
• Ebony Herald
  

High Point University – High Point

• ​Campus Chronicle
  
• HI-PO and Campus Chronicle
  

​North Carolina A&T State University – Greensboro

• Register
  

North Carolina State University – Raleigh

• Nubian Message
  
• Technician
  

University of North Carolina – Greensboro

• The Carolinian
  

University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

• Daily Tar Heel
  

University of North Carolina, Department of Chemistry – Chapel Hill                            

• The Carolina Chemist

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Forsyth County Newspaper Index

• Winston-Salem Journal
  
• The Sentinel
  
• Union Republican
  
• Winston-Salem Chronicle
  
• Clemmons Journal
  

Independent Voices – Alternative Press

• Bragg Briefs
  
• Do It Loud
  
• Fort Bragg Sick Slip
  
• Head-ON!
  
• Inquisition
  
• Last Incursion, The
  
• North Carolina Anvil
  
• On Korps
  
• Other Side, The
  
• Paper, The
  
• Rage
  
• Straight to the Point
  
• Strike Back
  
• Sinister Wisdom
  
• Sinister Wisdom
  

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• ​Aberdeen – Spirit Of 410 (Company 410)
  
• Aquone – Camp s (Company 435)
  
• Arden – Ardenotes (Company 413)
  
• Balsam Grove – Balsam Breeze (Company 428) 
  
• Balsam Grove – Balsam Breeze (Company 428) 
  
• Balsam Grove – Gloster Gazette (Company 428) 
  
• Barnardsville – Craggy Echoes (Company 409) 
  
• Bryson City – Forney News (Company 413) 
  
• Canton – Sunburst News (Company 3455)
  
• Durham – Camp Carr Cadence (Company 3414) 
  
• Durham – Log (Company 436) 
  
• Durham – Spirit Of Co. 410 (Company 410)
  
• Franklin – Camp Exchange (Company 455) 
  
• Globe – Ccc Globe (Company 412) 
  
• Globe – Globe Gazette (Company 412) 
  
• Globe – Mountain Flattrap (Company 412) 
  
• Globe – The [Question Mark] (Company 412)
  
• High Point – Pointer (Company 434)
  
• Lillington – Scars And Gripes (Company 2431)
  
• Marion – Four-O-One (Company 401) 
  
• Maysville – White Oak (Company 430)
  
• Monroe – Hickory Nut Shell (Company 3416) 
  
• Morehead City – Sand Dune Echo (Company 432) 
  
• Mortimer – Grandfather’S Diary (Company 403) 
  
• Mortimer – Mortimizer (Company 403) 
  
• Mount Mitchell – Top (Company 413)
  
• Mt. Sterling – Big Creek Splash (Company 415) 
  
• New Bern – Camp Patterson News (Company 296) 
  
• Old Fort – Twin Oaks Herald (Company 413)
  
• Polkton – Conservationist (Company 437) 
  
• Polkton – Critique (Company 437) 
  
• Smokemont – Kephart Frontier (Company 411) 
  
• Smokemont – Smokey Eagle (Company 414)
  
• Southport – Sand Spur (Company 427) 
  
• Southport – Sapona Sandspur (Company 427) 
  
• Swanquarter – Refuge (Company 424)
  
• Swanquarter – Trumpeter (Company 424)
  

Southern School News Archive 
Old Fulton Postcards

• Asheboro NC Courier
  
• Asheville NC Courier
  
• Bibical Recorder NC
  
• Charlotte NC News
  
• Charlotte NC Post
  
• Columbus NC Polk County News
  
• Concorde NC Concord Standard
  
• Dunn NC Dispatch
  
• Durham NC Carolina Times
  
• Elizabeth City NC Daily Advance
  
• Fayetteville NC Observer
  
• Franklin NC Press and Highlands Maconian
  
• Gastonia NC Gazette
  
• Hamlet NC News Messenger
  
• Lewisburg NC Franklin Times
  
• Marshall NC News Record
  
• Monroe NC Journal
  
• Morehead City NC Carteret County News Times
  
• New Bern NC Mirror
  
• North Wilkesboro NC Journal Patriot
  
• Plymouth NC Roanoke Beacon
  
• Raeford NC News Journal
  
• Rahway NJ Advocate
  
• Rockham NC Spirit Of The South
  
• Rockingham NC Angio Saxon
  
• Rockingham NC Daily Journal
  
• Rockingham NC Post Dispatch
  
• Rockingham NC Richmond County Journal
  
• Rockingham NC Rocket
  
• Rocky Mount NC Wesleyan Decree
  
• Southern Pines NC Piolt
  
• Tryon NC Polk County News
  
• Vass NC Pilot
  
• Warrington NC Record
  
• Warsaw NC Delton Times
  
• Washington NC Daily News
  
• Waynesville NC Mountaineer
  
• Williamston NC Enterprise
  
• Wilmington NC Daily Review
  
• Wilmington NC Dispatch
  
• Winston Salem NC Chronicle
  

Small Town Papers

• Kenly News Kenly, North Carolina
  
• The Southerner Welcome, North Carolina
  
• Spring Hope Enterprise Spring Hope, North Carolina
  
• The Sylva Herald and Ruralite Sylva, North Carolina
  
• Davidson Trader News Welcome
  
• Durham Skywriter Durham
  

The Olden Times – North Carolina
Newspaper Abstracts – North Carolina
​Other Free Sites:
Asheville

• Highland Churchman
  

Barium Springs

• Barium Messenger
  

Charlotte

• Catholic News Herald – 2000-present
  
• Inquisition
  

Cullowhee

• Cherokee Phoenix
  

Greensboro​

• NC Christian Advocate
  

Greenville

• Eastern Reflector
  

Hendersonville

• Carolina Baptist News

Jefferson

• Ashe Presbyterian
  

New Bern

• North Carolina Gazette
  

Pembroke

• Pembroke Carolina Indian Voice (2002)
  

Raleigh

• Baptist Informer
  

• Biblical Recorder
  
• News & Observer Index
  
• The Gazette
  

Tarborough

• Primitive Baptist
  

 Whiteville

• News Reporter Index 
  

Wilson

• Zion’s Landmark