WRAL.com: Helms remembered as friend, mentor

Reaction to the Friday death of former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms, 86, was mixed: “Jesse Helms was a kind, decent, and humble man and a passionate defender of what he called ‘the Miracle of America.’ So it is fitting that this great ...

Former Senator Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July...Helms, who first ...

MDT Jesse Helms, the former North Carolina senator whose courtly manner and mossy drawl barely masked a hard-edged conservatism that opposed civil rights, gay rights, foreign aid and modern art, died early Friday...Broughton, said the senator died ...

Last 24 Hours Last 7 Days Last 24 Hours Last 7 Days Comment on this story Jesse Helms will lie in repose from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m...A private burial service for the family is scheduled after the funeral. In Wingate, the Jesse Helms Center will be open ...

Last 24 Hours Last 7 Days Last 24 Hours Last 7 Days Barry Saunders , Staff Writer Comment on this story One hundred...That's how many times I estimate I called Jesse Helms' Senate office over the years, trying to get a comment from him on one ...

Last 24 Hours Last 7 Days Last 24 Hours Last 7 Days Rob Christensen , Staff Writer Comment on this story Jesse Helms will probably be remembered as one of the leading figures in the rise of the Republican Party in the South -- a person who helped ...

Helms, a die-hard anti-communist firebrand who championed a wide range of conservative causes in his 30 years in the US Senate, has died at the age of 86. A blunt-talking product of the Old South, the lawmaker from North Carolina was known as "...

Helm's funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday at his church in Raleigh. Born in October 1921, Jesse Alexander Helms was the son of a police chief in Monroe, North Carolina. He started out as a sports reporter for The Raleigh Times , and became ...

N.C. — Jesse Helms forever changed North Carolina politics and the conservative movement. The former senator did it without ever changing much about himself. There is perhaps no better example of Helms' unwavering commitment to his beliefs than on ...

49 minutes ago Updated: 27 minutes ago Chapel Hill, N.C. — Throughout his 30-year career in the U.S. Senate, Jesse Helms earned the nickname “Senator No” from political foes...Rep. Bill Cobey remembers Helms as a friend and “mentor.” Helms,...