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Shaffer: Recycled flowers bring just as much love

The nonprofit Flower Shuttle delivers excess blooms to cancer centers, hospice care and other needy organizations.Click to Continue »

 

In death, three students killed in Chapel Hill still doing good

The international spotlight on their deaths has sparked donations of more than $300,000 in three days to a fund that one of the shooting victims, UNC-Chapel Hill dental student Deah…Click to Continue »

 

Police recover cache of guns and ammunition at Chapel Hill suspect’s home

Police seized about a dozen firearms and ammunition at the apartment of Craig Stephen Hicks, the suspect charged in the killings of three Muslim Americans this week.Click to Continue »

 

Drescher: SEANC tells The N&O to go away

SEANC’s executive committee asked The N&O to “respect the integrity of SEANC’s ethics process” and not publish a story about questionable spending. We did so anyway.Click to Continue »

 

Ethics Commission: Sex between lobbyists, officials isn’t reportable

Sex between lobbyists and government officials who are covered under NC’s ethics laws does not constitute a gift that must be listed in disclosure reports, the State Ethics Commission said…Click to Continue »

 

NC House Democrats propose 'job catalyst fund,' return of tax breaks

N.C. House Democrats introduced an economic development bill this week that would create a "job catalyst fund" to attract new employers while restoring a long list of tax breaks recently…Click to Continue »

 

Land protected around Jordan Lake

Wetlands, flood plains and other land around parts of Jordan Lake will be protected from development, under an agreement among state and federal agencies announced Friday.Click to Continue »

 

Suspect in Chapel Hill shooting had 12 guns, stash of ammo

Search warrants show the suspect arrested in the shooting deaths of three Muslim college students in North Carolina had an arsenal of at least a dozen firearms in his home,Click to Continue »

 

State NAACP president connects Chapel Hill killings to Duke prayer controversy

During a prayer Thursday for the students slain in Chapel Hill, the Rev. William Barber, North Carolina NAACP president talked about a climate hostile to Muslims that is “creating the…Click to Continue »

 

Developers want to build Walmart neighborhood grocery in Northeast Raleigh

Developers want to build a Walmart neighborhood grocery store in northeast Raleigh, across the street from where residents beat back a plan that would have led to a 24-hour Sheetz…Click to Continue »

 

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