Cary NC

The Wake County Board of Commissioners plans to vote Monday to alter WakeMed's articles of incorporation and a land deal between the county and hospital system to pave the way for a merger with Charlotte-based Atrium Health. Under the agreement, Atrium will commit to at least $2 billion in capital...

Your weekend starts here: food festival, PeakFest, Derby Day, live music, markets, and major shows across Holly Springs, Apex, and Fuquay-Varina May 1–3.

On Feb. 14, the neighborhood of Historic Oakwood held its annual Samedi Gras celebration. This year, the theme was “Groovy Gras.” They crowned Ethan Barger as King Leonidas XV and Dee Penven-Crew as the ninth Imperial Empress. As is customary, residents paraded through the neighborhood led by the Oakwood Awesomettes and the Oakwood Second Line.

Cary is starting to study what it will cost to turn the area into a Municipal Service District.

Nizer Marquise Bennett, already convicted in the 2022 killing of a Fort Bragg paratrooper, was back in a Durham courtroom on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, as he began a plea process in a separate 2022 slaying. Court records show Bennett is facing murder and conspiracy charges in the death of 20-year-old Marcus Ortega-Burch, and the hearing has been continued to June...

Annual PeakFest Festival moves to Town Hall Campus; 100+ vendors, two stages of live entertainment and 45,000 attendees expected

Lifetime Living plans to break ground soon on a luxury fitness club and residential tower in Raleigh. The Triangle Business Journal reports that Dewitt Carolinas’ Exchange Raleigh will be the site of an 18-story mixed-use building at 1110 Oculus Drive, with residential units on floors four and above and amenities on levels one through four, including a pool deck on the fourth...

The Town of Chapel Hill has named Alicia Arnold as its next Director of Housing & Community Development. Arnold’s first day on the job will be June 8. Arnold has spent the last 12 years working in the Wake County government, where she currently serves as the county’s Deputy Director of Housing Affordability and Community Revitalization. Chapel Hill Town Manager Ted Voorhees said Arnold’s work...

Two concentrated weekend traffic crackdowns in Raleigh ended with a long list of tickets and handcuffs, as police pulled dozens of drivers off the road and tallied 60 speeding citations along with 16 arrests for driving while impaired. The operations focused on the I‑440 Beltline and several busy corridors downtown and in southeast Raleigh.

NORTH CAROLINA — A low-pressure system tracking along the coast will push widespread rain inland across North Carolina on Saturday, with the heaviest and most persistent rainfall targeting Central and Eastern NC through mid to late afternoon. Temperatures will run noticeably cooler statewide, settling into the 50s and 60s for most areas. While the rain is welcome, it will not be enough to end...