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Two companies are seeking approval to be the first to blast the Atlantic Ocean's bottom with sound waves to find oil and gas deposits.Click to Continue »

Using a nostalgic locale as his backdrop, Gov. Pat McCrory said Friday that he would propose restoring tax credits for historic homes and businesses when he addresses North Carolina lawmakers…Click to Continue »

"The Hunting Ground," a new documentary about campus sexual assault, features former UNC-Chapel Hill students whose federal complaint prompted significant changes at the university.Click to Continue »

A manhunt is under way for an inmate who escaped from the Brunswick County jail in Bolivia.Click to Continue »

NC State professor finds Chatham Park has the potential to spark billions in spending, as well as 115,000 new jobs statewide.Click to Continue »
 

Wake County leaders are on board with forming a task force that would focus on the impact that growth is having on the school system.Click to Continue »

In hours of conversation on the second day of the city's annual retreat, elected officials and staff members worked through the last elements of what will become Raleigh's "strategic plan,"Click to Continue »

With more funding, Wake County school board members say, the system could offer improvements such as paying teachers at the national average and offering foreign-language instruction to all students.Click to Continue »

National business and education groups sent a letter to key U.S. senators Thursday in support of the annual testing requirements established under the federal law No Child Left Behind. Congress…Click to Continue »

N.C. Concerned Biker Association members will be in Raleigh on Wednesday to try to convince legislators to continue state funding for driver's education. These bikers are worried that without the…Click to Continue »