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Duke University researchers find that the state-supported NC Pre-K and Smart Start early education programs can significantly reduce special education placements in third grade, in a study published Tuesday.Click to Continue »

Police on Monday arrested a 34-year-old man they have accused of robbing at gunpoint two Raleigh banks and a convenience store in recent weeks.Click to Continue »

NC Secretary of Cultural Resources Susan Kluttz used a tour of the American Tobacco complex Monday to make a pitch for restoring the state’s historic-preservation tax credits.Click to Continue »

Former NC State TV host and WTVD sports director Don Shea was found dead of natural causes at his home in Orange County Monday morning.Click to Continue »

Shelby Stephenson is installed as North Carolina’s new poet laureate, six months after Valerie Macon’s controversial appointment and resignation.Click to Continue »

After an outcry over a staff workshop on offshore energy exploration was closed to the public last year, NC has scheduled a second workshop that will be live-streamed online.Click to Continue »

How will Gov. McCrory pay for the transportation we need? Whether he answers the question Wednesday in his State of the State speech or waits for another opportunity, we can…Click to Continue »

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis has been a senator less than a month, but he was the first person chosen to answer questions in the first installment of a new "Agenda…Click to Continue »

A statewide non-profit agency has established a support group in Wake County to help the loved ones of homicide victims cope with their loss.Click to Continue »

If it weren’t for my danged deadline, I’d still gladly be listening to Shelby Stephenson’s stories.Click to Continue »