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Organizers estimate the effort served more than 2,000 students across Durham

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.

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...

Durham’s long-discussed Central Bus Rapid Transit line just got a lot more real. On Thursday, city transportation staff dropped a short video that walks viewers through proposed station locations, introduces key project staff and lays out what happens next. The corridor is framed as a crucial link tying together the Duke/VA medical campus, downtown and East Durham’s Village shopping district, and residents...

Despite another addition, Duke fell in the national recruiting rankings.

Maximo Adams has gotten lost in the offseason shuffle, but the elite recruit should be a key contributor for the Tar Heels next year.

There is a plan to merge Atrium Health and WakeMed, two of North Carolina’s largest health systems.

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

NORTH CAROLINA — An overturned septic truck has shut down an entrance ramp to Interstate 40 from Interstate 540 on Friday afternoon, causing disruptions for drivers near Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Authorities said the truck overturned on the I-40 on-ramp, spilling the contents of its tank onto the roadway. The incident prompted officials to close Exit […] The post Part of I-40 in...