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Local and federal authorities are searching for three gunmen who reportedly robbed a tractor trailer truck of over $4 million in gold early Sunday night on Interstate 95 near Wilson.Click to Continue »

This week is NC's Severe Weather Preparedness Week.Click to Continue »

Wake County school officials don’t plan to announce Monday when last week’s snow days will be made up. The news could be announced during Tuesday’s school board work session.Click to Continue »

House Speaker Tim Moore will headline a rare mid-session fundraiser this month for Rep. Chris Malone, a Wake County Republican.Click to Continue »

Bad weather scrambled much of state government last week, including the expected release of Gov. Pat McCrory’s budget plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. All signs point…Click to Continue »

Durham County Sheriff Mike Andrews is a constant advocate of crisis-intervention training for all law enforcement personnel, and he makes it personal for trainees by sharing a story of his…Click to Continue »

Scott Ralls, president of the North Carolina Community College system, is one of four finalists for the job as president of Northern Virginia Community College.Click to Continue »

The old Carolina Trailways and Carolina Coach depot may be demolished, according to city records. Greyhound Lines has pulled out of a proposal to sell the historic warehouse to a…Click to Continue »

A Wake County school bus carrying 16 students to Baucom Elementary School was involved in a crash at Ten Ten and Rand roads Monday morning, school officials said.Click to Continue »

Geysers like Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park erupt periodically because of loops or side-chambers in their underground plumbing, according to recent studies by volcanologists at the University of California,Click to Continue »