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Cold medicine murder suspect has very first court appearance
Visitors to Duke Chapel react to harm on a statue of Robert E. Lee
Hurricane Hunters Fly Into the Eye of Irma
ISS passes over Hurricane Irma
The International Space Station’s outward cameras captured a dramatic view of Hurricane Irma as it moved across the Atlantic Ocean Sept. Five. The National Hurricane Center had recently upgraded Irma to a Category five storm with hurricane warnings issued across the Caribbean.
Here`s one way you can embark to prepare for Hurricane Irma
North Carolina Emergency Management has encouraged North Carolinians to download the Ready NC app to prepare for Hurricane Irma.
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Relative of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee quits NC church over criticism
A relative of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is leaving his post at an NC church due to criticism that he promoted Black Lives Matter.
Update: UNC confirms cases of norovirus, sorority rush week postponed
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, Sept. Four, 2017, confirmed three cases of norovirus in students.
She grew up around drugs and violence. Now she`s determined to help kids succeed.
Laniesha Merritt grew up in Southeast Raleigh and embarked the nonprofit Own Your Fantasy in 2012.
Woman rescued after car goes into pond in southern Wake County
A car went partway into a petite pond along Maude Stewart Road near Fuquay-Varina on Tuesday, September Five, 2017, and one woman was rescued and taken to a hospital.
Lawyer says effects of cold medicine will be ‘subject of inquiry` in man`s murder trial
Matthew James Phelps, the 29-year-old Bible college graduate, who phoned nine hundred eleven Friday and told a dispatcher he woke up to find his wifey dead, made for an unlikely murder suspect Tuesday afternoon at his very first court appearance on charges of fatally stabbing her.
‘Potentially catestrophic` Cat five Hurricane Irma: Trump issues state of emergency for Florida
Hurricane Irma grew into a Category five storm Tuesday with 185-mph sustained wind, and forecasters warned of building swells and rip currents on the North Carolina coast.
Some Wake elementary students may have to switch schools to reduce class sizes
More than two-dozen Wake County elementary schools may need to kick out some existing students to meet the state’s lower K-3 class sizes in 2018.
DACA recipients rally in NC: ‘We were not born illegal. . We are here to stay.`
President Trump’s announcement rescinding the Deferred Activity for Childhood Arrivals program brings rallies and protests in Raleigh, Durham.
To attract more school bus drivers, Wake County is suggesting higher pay
Wake County school bus drivers are getting pay raises to attempt to reduce a driver shortage that has led to switches that have it made more difficult for riders.
Pipeline that carries gas to Carolinas now fully open
A section of the Colonial Pipeline, which carries gasoline from the Gulf Coast to North Carolina and the Northeast, has been reopened in Texas, almost a week after it was shut down in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
City Council endorses a fresh bridge over the Beltline; town homes could be lost
The Raleigh City Council has endorsed the building of a bridge over the Beltline in West Raleigh to connect the community of Method with businesses and N.C. State University buildings off Blue Ridge Road.
Downtown apartment elaborate demolished by fire now has a timeline for rebuilding
The Metropolitan burned down in a five-alarm fire in downtown Raleigh on March 16. Clancy & Theys is about halfway through demolishing the concrete parking deck that remained.
Could Durham`s downtown tax district fall apart if one company is permitted to leave?
Measurement Inc., which possesses twenty one parcels of land in downtown, has asked the Durham City County to let it leave the Downtown Business Improvement District
Bread and milk? Here`s what food and drinks you should have in your hurricane kit
Along with flashlights, batteries and other emergency supplies, here’s what food and drinks you should have in your hurricane kit.
Hard choices NC schools face to reduce K-3 class sizes
Kristen Faircloth, principal of Sycamore Creek Elementary School in Raleigh, talks about how principals are finding the space to meet the state’s lower K-3 class sizes.
Wake County raises pay for school bus drivers
David Neter, chief business officer for Wake County schools, is hoping pay raises will lead to the hiring of more school bus drivers who will improve service for families.
Fresh NC education plan remains focused on standardized tests
North Carolina is set to adopt a plan to serve with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act that critics say doubles down on high-stakes student testing.
RAW Movie: DACA students share their private stories at Durham protest
Movie: Students from local universities share their practice being in the Deferred Act for Childhood Arrivals program, an executive order which has protected almost 800,000 youthfull adult unauthorized immigrants from deportation and permitted them to work legally since 2012, during a protest organized by Alerta Migratoria NC against the Trump administration’s decision to end the program at CCB Plaza in Durham, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. Five.
This $1 million grant will be used to train low-income youth in construction jobs
Capital Area Workforce Development partnering with Habitat for Humanity and others to train low-income youth in certain Raleigh ZIP codes in construction and carpentry work.