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Duke will reportedly host a guard from Loyola on an official visit on Wednesday.

Cedar Ridge High senior Nichole Palombo has, since she was much younger, loved to spend a lot of time outdoors. She took summer camps, walked along and in the Eno River, gotten wet, gotten muddy, caught tadpoles and snakes. She made homes for Madtoms, which are freshwater catfish. As Nichole’s passion for the outdoors developed, so too, did her interest in studying natural environments...

When Shelva Washington moved into Ashton Place two years ago, she thought she had found a sanctuary. For many seniors like her, the apartment building on Jackson Street promised community and stability in the heart of downtown Durham, steps from the American Tobacco Campus. The complex opened in 2024, offering 51 affordable units for seniors with incomes at or below 60% of the area...

Lately, the loudest voices in the data center debate have been calling for moratoriums and bans. Chatham County, Gates County, Brevard and others have hit pause. Apex, Boone, Orange County, and Cumberland County are considering similar measures. A coalition of advocacy groups is pushing for a statewide ban on hyperscale data centers altogether. And a lawsuit in Stokes County is trying to undo the...

An Apex man already facing domestic-violence allegations is now looking at a slate of serious felony charges, after prosecutors say he assaulted his wife twice over roughly three months, including a January incident that led to rape and stalking counts and an alleged violation of his pretrial release in April.

After 16 years of slinging New York pies and red-sauce comfort food in Lochmere, Bocci Trattoria & Pizzeria has quietly served its last slice in Cary. The restaurant at 2425 Kildaire Farm Road has closed, bringing an end to the family-owned group’s final foothold in the Triangle and leaving regulars suddenly short on Grandma-style pizza and big bowls of pasta.

A Durham man is facing serious felony charges after court records allege a 5-year-old in his care was severely malnourished and suffering from major developmental and cognitive delays. Authorities say medical records for the child also describe low bone density and chronic skin problems, and the suspect is being held in the county detention center while the case moves toward prosecution.

DURHAM, N.C. — A mid-morning shooting inside a Durham home sent a woman to the hospital and ended with a convicted felon in custody, after what police describe as a targeted incident between two people who knew each other. The case is now raising renewed concerns about illegal firearms and violence in residential neighborhoods just east of downtown.

a five-star caliber international prospect, has committed to North Carolina, a source confirmed to 247Sports. The news was first reported by Jonathan Givony of Draft Express. The seven-footer out of Barcelona (Spain) picked the Tar Heels over Duke, Kentucky, UConn and Kansas. Keita emerged last summer as an elite...

That’s the question Mayor Leonardo Williams said he keeps asking himself in his opening remarks at the 2026 State of the City Address. The April 21 public event took place at the Durham Performing Arts Center. A modest crowd of around 300 people attended, likely due to little promotion of the event through social media and the local press.