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NORTH CAROLINA — One person was injured in a shooting Tuesday night in Cary, and another person is in custody, according to police. The Cary Police Department said officers responded to the 1200 block of Brickfield Drive shortly before 9:30 p.m. after receiving reports of a shooting. Police said a man was shot and tran

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Construction on a future wetland in Durham’s Trinity Park neighborhood will reroute traffic for the next several months. The $41 million South Ellerbe Restoration Project has been a years-long effort to turn 9 acres on West Trinity Ave. into a public green space. The 4.3 acre wetland will filter polluted stormwater and

How Bowling family land north of Stem became Community Memorial Gardens, where 1,638 Camp Butner graves were reinterred—1,208 still without markers.

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association overturned the disqualification of a Mallard Creek track athlete who celebrated his school's state title by flashing five fingers as he crossed the finish line first.

A nine-year legal battle over school impact fees in Orange County returned Tuesday to the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Plaintiffs Elizabeth Zander and Evan Galloway urged the court to reverse a trial judge's decisions that led to a jury verdict against them last year. The state Supreme Court ruled...

Kushi Gottimukkala, 13, from Morrisville took fourth place at the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. The seventh-grader from Carnage Middle School in Raleigh advanced to the sixth round of finals in Washington D.C. She stumbled on "cara sposa," which means dear wife. "Oh Kushi, what an amazing...

Durham’s City Council has signed off on a major expansion of its contract with Axon Enterprises, approving roughly $16 million in new police technology that includes drones, license-plate readers and beefed-up cloud storage. The 6-1 vote came after nearly two hours of heated public comment, with residents and officials

DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — Deputies with the Durham County Animal Services are now calling themselves “Professional Sheep Herders” after a wild call off of Wake Forest Highway. In photos shared by the Durham County Sheriff’s Office on social media, animal control flocked to the call of “six...

State regulators are hosting the final public hearing on Duke Energy Carolinas’ proposed rate hikes Wednesday evening in Durham. The utility says it needs higher returns to attract future investment and reduce financial risk. Not everyone agrees. North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s office filed testimony wit