North Carolina, Wake County | featured news

Raleigh’s government wants to bring private development to the “301 Hillsborough” block, where a number of projects have failed before. To entice buyers, the city is moving to rezone its…Click to Continue »

It could be months before North Carolina’s justices issue a ruling on the state’s voucher program.Click to Continue »

A brave and meticulous log of a snow day at home is recorded under extreme circumstances, a document from an adult-starved world.Click to Continue »

Mary Willingham and UNC-Chapel Hill have reached a tentative settlement over a lawsuit she filed last summer that contended the university retaliated against her for blowing the whistle on a…Click to Continue »

Conservative groups offer only token opposition to gas tax hike…Click to Continue »

A former Orange County Boy Scout leader has been released into his mother’s custody while awaiting trial on federal pornography charges.Click to Continue »

It has taken around 15 years for the Nasdaq to climb back from the dot-com crash. That's not as long as it took the Dow to recover from the '29…Click to Continue »

Republican state House leaders filed a economic development bill Tuesday afternoon that would significantly expand the money available for Gov. Pat McCrory to offer jobs incentives. The proposal would raise…Click to Continue »

NC Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam and two fellow legislators on Tuesday filed a bipartisan “honest lottery” bill again, emphasizing truth in advertising.Click to Continue »

A national association of university professors has asked the UNC Board of Governors to reject a proposal to shut down the UNC law school's Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity,Click to Continue »