Cary NC

CARY, N.C. (WNCN) — Cary High School senior Ishaan Raghavendra Rao, a student at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, has been named a candidate for the prestigious 2026 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Out of nearly 3.6 million high school seniors nationwide, this honor places Ishaan among...

This milestone year highlights the lasting effect of Coach Yow's legacy and the continued fight against cancer diagnoses affecting women.

Durham’s long-running effort to rewrite its land use rules just hit a legal speed bump, thanks to a threat from a familiar local business name. City officials have paused the city’s multiyear land use code overhaul after a lawyer for convenience store operator Marvin Lee Barnes Jr. warned that parts of the draft...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Governor Josh Stein has ordered that all U.S. and North Carolina flags fly at half‑staff from today through Saturday, March 7. Flags will fly half‑staff in North Carolina in honor of Robeson County Master Trooper Stien Davis Jr., who died in the line of duty on Sunday. Davis, assigned to Troop B in...

In the quiet stretch of night, the silence got interrupted by something so small it was easy to miss, a soft little whimper that kept tugging for attention in North Carolina. Following that sound led to a gut-punch of a discovery. There, sitting like it had been dropped and forgotten,...

Trooper Steve J. Perry was a member of the 148th Basic Patrol School.

Emergency crews rushed to the 300 block of North Duke Street in Durham on Friday evening after a report of a hazardous substance, drawing a sizable response but ending with a collective sigh of relief. Durham Fire's hazardous-materials team, the Durham County Sheriff's Hazardous Disposal Unit and Durham Police all...

It's been an emotional week at the Durham School of Technology after Carla Boynton, 57, and her husband, Andre Boynton, 60, were killed in a crash in Detroit.

Just one month out from what would have been the sixth session of Dreamville Festival, the chatter is reaching a fever pitch: Did the Dreamville dream die?. After announcing the OG April fest—which helped reignite Dix Park and put Raleigh on the global rap map—had hit snooze for good, Live Nation and Dreamville...

Carolina FiberFest takes place on March 13 and 14, 2026, in the Jim Graham Building at NC State Fairgrounds, 1025 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, North Carolina. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Admission is $7 for one day or $12 for both days. Youth age 16 and...