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Animal welfare advocates gathered at the NC General Assembly on Wednesday for workshops and meetings with legislators to push for improved laws.Click to Continue »

Prosecutors told jurors on Wednesday that their "hearts will break" during the trial of Jonathan Broyhill. Broyhill, 33, is accused of murdering Jamie Kirk Hahn and attempting to kill her…Click to Continue »

Durham sheriff’s deputies say they found more than 84 pounds of marijuana in a man’s car, $50,000 in cash and several guns when they searched his home Monday.Click to Continue »

The State Board of Education is scheduled to discuss and vote over the next two days on revoking the charter of Dynamic Community Charter School in Raleigh. It’s the only…Click to Continue »

The Wake County school board hired Kristin Walker from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system to become the new principal of Green Hope Elementary School in Cary. The board also extended…Click to Continue »

Wake County school administrators say holding makeup days on Good Friday and two Saturdays will better prepare students for exams. They say that options such as extending the end of…Click to Continue »

Lottery players in North Carolina who win big money on the games – from a Powerball jackpot to a $600 scratch-off ticket win – can’t keep it a secret, at…Click to Continue »

Wake County school board members backed the staff’s recommendation to hold classes on Good Friday, a Saturday in April and a Saturday in May. Administrators recommended those options over extending…Click to Continue »

A political advocacy group’s complaint against NC Gov. Pat McCrory alleging he failed to fully disclose his financial interests appears to be under further inquiry by the State Ethics Commission.Click to Continue »

In a move that divided Republicans, the state House dropped a fracking provision from unrelated funding bill Tuesday – reversing a vote taken Monday night.Click to Continue »