Protesters Interrupt Matt Kopac’s City Council Swearing-In Ceremony
In a surprising turn of events, the swearing-in ceremony of Matt Kopac to the City Council was disrupted by protesters. The incident, which was captured live on YouTube, began around the 59:50 mark. The disrupters, who were part of the audience, began hurling insults at Kopac, calling him a 'thief'. This happened in...
Massive 2-alarm fire damages Raleigh Convention Center roof
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — More than 50 firefighters worked to extinguish a massive blaze Monday night at the Raleigh Convention Center in downtown Raleigh, according to fire officials. No one was injured in the blaze that erupted just after 9:30 p.m. at the convention center at 500 S. Salisbury Street. The huge fire...
The Triangle could get snow this week, but it depends. The latest forecast
Snow is possible in central North Carolina late this week, but it won’t last long. There is a potential for wintry precipitation Friday, Dec. 5 , James Danco, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Raleigh , told The News & Observer in a phone call. The precipitation, which could be snow, sleet or...
Residents gather for protest of Wendell woman’s detainment by Border Patrol
WAKE COUNTY, N.C. — Wake County residents gathered for a rally on Saturday in Wendell to protest the detainment of a woman by immigration agents while she was working in Cary a week earlier. Video captured Border Patrol agents seizing Fatima Velasquz-Antonio on Nov. 18 at a construction site,...
10 students taken to hospital after Durham school bus overturns
A Durham Public School bus overturned Monday afternoon on Johnson Mill Road near Bahama.
Bread prices are up in the capital city of North Carolina
(The Center Square) – Bread prices have risen from a month ago in the capital city of North Carolina. Three other staples of the family budget for consumers remain steady. The price for a loaf of bread surged from $3.65 to $4.03 since the first of November. A pound of beef round is down 10 […]
3 displaced after numerous departments rush to house fire in Wake County, officials say
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (WNCN) — A home was severely damaged after a fire just after midnight Sunday on the outskirts of Wake Forest. According to the Wake County Fire Marshal, the initial responding crew got to the scene around 12:20 a.m. on the 5600 block of Mitchell Mill Road. They reported the back half of […]
New Durham County board chair drives a school bus in his spare time
The Durham County Board of Commissioners on Monday elected Mike Lee its new chair and former Chair Nida Allam its new vice chair. Lee, who was elected commissioner in 2024 and has been the vice chair the past year, was unanimously chosen after Allam nominated him. Lee said he was “deeply grateful for your trust in me...
Joyful Journey: The NC Chinese Lantern Festival Celebrates a Decade of Wonder
You step through the gates as twilight melts into darkness. Ahead, a path winds between trees – but these aren’t ordinary pines. They glow. They pulse. They tell stories whispered across oceans and centuries. Then you see it – a dragon. Not just any dragon. A 200-foot crimson...
Breeze Airways adds new flights from RDU and switches up its California service
The fastest-growing airline at Raleigh-Durham International Airport plans to add nonstop flights to four more destinations next year and eliminate one. Breeze Airways will begin flying nonstop to Bangor, Maine; Vero Beach, Florida; and New York Stewart International Airport in the Hudson River valley north of the...
