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Conservatives signaled a heated and passionate battle for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination Saturday, cheering criticism of absent establishment figures Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney while applauding vows to make…Click to Continue »

Dennis Rogers reviews Julian M. Pleasants’ new book about the political life of NC Gov. W. Kerr Scott, who brought the state into the progressive political movement that rose to…Click to Continue »

Residents and business owners will get a first look at a plan for Six Forks Road in Raleigh on Thursday.Click to Continue »

Survey results from people walking, running and cycling on the American Tobacco Trail suggest that its Interstate 40 bridge has meant a boon for health and the economy.Click to Continue »

More than 200 neighbors, co-workers and friends celebrated Tom Anstey‘s life Saturday at MacGregor Draft House. Anstey was killled Monday when a car slammed into his motorcycle on Interstate 440…Click to Continue »

Legislators have ended longevity bonuses for teachers but kept it for many other state employees, including their own. One veteran teacher, who is retiring, says the action was “a slap…Click to Continue »

A new book looks at the collapse of furniture manufacturing and one man’s crusade to save it…Click to Continue »

During Astronomy Days, a two-day space exhibit at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, visitors talked to experts from NASA, the Raleigh Astronomy Club, professors and museum staff about galaxies…Click to Continue »

This year, hundreds of thousands of tourists are expected to attend events at former battlefields and other historic sites marking the sesquicentennial of the end of the war. Many are…Click to Continue »

Facing complaints from the N.C. Zoo’s leaders, visitors and neighbors, state transportation officials are trying to make good on a 40-year-old promise for a connector road that would take traffic…Click to Continue »