Raleigh Native Serves Aboard A Navy Warship In Mayport
MAYPORT, Fla. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Niko Lawson, a native of Raleigh, North Carolina, serves aboard USS John Basilone, a U.S. Navy warship operating out of Mayport, Florida. Lawson graduated from Edward C. Reed High School in 2020. The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are...
Black North Carolina Mother Asked To Remove Children From Park So White Women Could...
North Carolina has been the backdrop for plenty of viral moments, but this latest incident at a local park is sparking outrage far beyond the state lines. A Black mom, Judith Baity, says she and her children were simply enjoying a day out when two white women approached her with an unusual and offensive demand: pack...
Man charged in Durham shooting that left 2 teens injured at June graduation party
The shootings happened at a graduation party in June.
N.C. man with autism becomes a DJ to avoid unemployment
RALEIGH, N.C. — Turning his passion into his career, Kamal Lee is not letting his intellectual disability stop him from doing what he loves. “I'm doing skating events. I'm doing all my kind of reunions. Very honored to DJ for y'all here. At the spark job fair,” Lee said.
Raleigh Transportation Job Fair Opens Opportunities for Full-time and Seasonal Positions on Sept 12-13
The City of Raleigh is set to open doors to job seekers with a special focus on transportation roles during their upcoming job fair. Scheduled for September 12 and 13, the Transportation Job Fair offers a window into numerous full-time and seasonal positions ranging from Transportation Worker to Heavy Equipment...
Wake County’s landfill is running out of space and time. Here are the options.
More than 1.1 million people live in Wake County. And Wake County officials are pondering what to do with all their trash as the South Wake Landfill fills up. The nearly 500-acre landfill opened in 2008 at the intersection of Old Smithfield Road and N.C.55 Bypass between Apex and Holly Springs. Based on how much...
The power of the Community Land Trust model in solving North Carolina’s housing crisis
In Raleigh’s Idlewild neighborhood, where formerly enslaved people once secured land as a foothold to freedom, history is repeating itself in a new way. This summer, shovels hit the ground on 18 homes that will remain affordable—not just for the first buyers, but for every family who comes after them. In a state...
The Quirky Restaurant In North Carolina Locals Swear Has The State’s Best Ribeye Steak
Hidden in Raleigh’s Mordecai neighborhood sits a culinary revelation that has North Carolinians whispering to their out-of-town friends, “You absolutely cannot leave without trying Stanbury.”. The unassuming blue-gray building might not catch your eye as you drive by, but those in the know recognize it as the home...
NC city becomes ‘4th Amendment workplace’, shielding workers from ICE
Khalif reports on the Durham City Council’s decision to designate the city as a “Fourth Amendment Workplace,” enhancing legal protections for city employees against arbitrary searches and arrests.
Judge lowers bond for convicted felon in road rage gunfire, 100 mph chase and...
CLAYTON, N.C. (WNCN) — A Johnston County judge on Monday afternoon reduced the bond for a road rage suspect from $1 million to $75,000 after deputies say Murad Taylor of Garner shot into a woman’s car and then led deputies on a high-speed chase that came to a crashing end in Wake County on Friday.
