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With the Chapel Hill shooting, we've lost three people who seemed poised to make the world a better place…Click to Continue »

Neighbors say Craig Stephen Hicks was a confrontational man who regularly harangued his neighbors about parking their cars in the wrong place and noise at the condominium complex in Chapel…Click to Continue »

Competing crowdfunding bills that would enable startups to solicit investments from the public, including solicitations over the Internet, have emerged in the state legislature. But primary sponsors of the two…Click to Continue »

The state Senate gave preliminary approval in a 36-14 vote Wednesday to legislation that would cut the state gas tax this year before pushing the tax much higher – enough…Click to Continue »

In a Senate bill that would modify the state's gas tax rate is an $8 million-plus savings plan achieved by cutting 500 occupied jobs and 50 vacancies in the N.C.Click to Continue »

The site of the Flying Saucer bar and restaurant in downtown Raleigh is up for redevelopment. Two firms have applied to rezone half a block of downtown, hoping to sell…Click to Continue »

Multiple Wake County schools could change calendars for the 2016-17 school year, prompting the school board to postpone Wednesday a decision on dropping the year-round schedule at Brier Creek Elementary…Click to Continue »

A bipartisan group of NC House members wants the state to stop naming highways and bridges after politicians. A bill filed Wednesday would limit the honor - which typically comes…Click to Continue »

Dozens of troops at Fort Bragg have been honored for their service in Afghanistan.Click to Continue »

A concerted effort by North Carolina officials to prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting in last fall's elections led to 11 people having their ballots rejected.Click to Continue »