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NORTH CAROLINA — Drought conditions have worsened significantly across North Carolina’s Northern Piedmont, with Exceptional Drought — the highest level on the scale — now added to the map from Raleigh to just east of Greensboro. Little to no rainfall has fallen across this corridor for weeks, and the combination of hig

Portions of North Carolina, including parts of the Triangle, are now in “exceptional” drought with little consistent forecasted rain in our future. Durham, Orange, Granville and Alamance counties are all now in ‘exceptional’ drought, the highest ranking drought rating, according to latest data released Thursday, June 1

A downtown Chapel Hill restaurant closed its doors, but fans can still grab a bite. The Latin Effect — known for serving dishes with Latin American influences — shut down its brick-and-mortar location on West Franklin Street. Now, the business is back to focusing on its food truck. “Your favorite flavorful, fresh Latin

A Durham mother is taking the owners of her apartment complex to court after her 39-year-old son collapsed and died inside the Ashton Place laundry room, where tenants say a faulty door trapped people inside and cut them off from help. The wrongful-death complaint, filed this month, accuses the developer and property m

Homebuilder Beechwood and The Conservation Fund finalized a transaction that’s expected to permanently conserve about 80 acres of a 120-acre development in Chapel Hill known as South Creek. The conservation area will be part of the 816-home development and is located along Wilson Creek at South Creek, on the...

Duke Arts returns this summer with its free campus concert series Arts on East. From May 27 to June 24, the East Campus lawn behind Richard White Lecture Hall will feature performances by various local artists. Last Wednesday, Arts on East welcomed the Lua Project for the series' second installment....

WILLOW RIDGE, N.C. (WNCN) — More than 1,000 homes east of Hillsborough and northwest of Durham are without power Wednesday night. Photos from the Eno Fire Department show an Orange County road that is blocked with a large tree down and flames in the wooded area surrounding it. Fire officials said the area of Cole Mill

NORTH CAROLINA — A crash on Interstate 85 in Orange County is causing traffic delays Thursday morning near the Interstate 40 interchange. The crash occurred near Exit 163 close to I-40 near Hillsborough. Officials said the vehicle involved in the crash had already been towed from the scene, but cleanup efforts continue

Breeze Airways begins flying nonstop from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Thursday, part of a rapid expansion at RDU that includes new destinations nearly every month this year. The low-cost carrier now flies to 40 places from RDU, making it the busiest airport in the airline’s net

Sandwich research sounds like a serious job until I admit I am mostly just driving around North Carolina judging bread with unnecessary confidence. Every good road trip needs that one stop where the sandwich arrives and everyone in the car suddenly forgives the traffic. That is the energy behind this...