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A University of North Carolina Board of Governors panel has recommended the elimination of three university centers. On the chopping block are institutions at East Carolina, NC Central University and…Click to Continue »

Within weeks of being elected N.C. Democratic Party chair, Patsy Keever has ousted the party’s executive director and communications director and installed a new “transition team.”Click to Continue »

The 2016 race for lieutenant governor could be a rematch: Democrat Linda Coleman announced Wednesday that she’ll seek the job again.Click to Continue »

Paleontologist Mark Norell, who was once dubbed ‘the Coolest Dude Alive’ by The Wall Street Journal, is coming to Raleigh on Thursday to give a talk at the NC Museum…Click to Continue »

Duke Energy says the payment would settle a grand jury investigation of criminal charges following its 2014 coal ash spill into the Dan River. A court would have to approve…Click to Continue »

Officials at all levels urged caution Wednesday as drivers ventured back onto highways where they could find black ice, but school buses did not face that danger as schools staying…Click to Continue »

A soft-spoken beagle really raised a ruckus.Click to Continue »

An NC Court of Appeals ruling in a Forsyth County case gave hope Tuesday to southern Wake County property owners who have been barred from developing their land since the…Click to Continue »

Wake County schools are closing again Wednesday, but school leaders are holding off on announcing the new set of makeup days.Click to Continue »

Authorities in Raleigh and Durham have not yet released the names of three people found dead outdoors over the weekend, nor have they made public a cause of death while…Click to Continue »