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Raleigh photographer Abigail Chopel gave birth to her daughter in January 2020, just at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a scary time, she recalled. She couldn’t get her daughter vaccinated until she was 2 years old. Chopel also worried about the health of her grandmother, who was living with them at the...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. January is an important — and often underestimated — time for basement moisture concerns across North Carolina. While winter temperatures are typically milder than in northern states, seasonal conditions...

When Shelby and Doug Quarles made the decision to leave Richmond, Virginia, and head back to her North Carolina hometown so their kids could grow up around family, it was the most competitive real estate market Raleigh had seen in a decade. So once the couple came across a listing for a property that checked all...

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke women's soccer head coach Kieran Hall has welcomed five newcomers to the program as classes opened this week for the 2026 spring semester. A pair of transfers – Katie Shea Collins and Sam Courtwright – along with three freshmen – Natalie Chudowsky, Rylee McLanahan and Sofia Nuñez – moved in this...

Pure and simple perfection. Muscadine Bloodline is gearing up to hit the road on their Long Leaf Lo-Fi tour, which will kick off in Durham, North Carolina this Friday night. So of course, Gary and Charlie had to share a very fitting cover of James Taylor’s iconic hit “Carolina in My Mind” before they head to both the...

RALEIGH, NC - Elevest Capital, a boutique private equity firm specializing in multifamily real estate, announced the successful completion of Fund 63 with the acquisition of a 97-unit B+ class multifamily property located in the Raleigh-Durham MSA, in partnership with Rise48 Equity. This latest acquisition...

A longtime North Carolina schoolteacher was fatally assaulted in her home after reporting a break-in to emergency dispatchers, authorities said. The Raleigh Police Department said Zoe Welsh, 57, called 911 around 6:30 a.m. on Jan. 3 to report that an intruder was inside her home in the 800 block of Clay Street. While...

Yesterday, you may have noticed that we took the bold (or maybe odd) decision to begin publishing all 85 essays from the Federalist Papers, which, at a rate of one per Thursday, will take us about 85 weeks, if my math is correct. In the context of this project and the 250th anniversary of our nation, it is important...

Some neighborhood residents remain uneasy, even though the murder suspect is behind bars.

“We’ve got to turn this around.” Bishop William J. Barber II choked back emotion as he reflected on Wednesday’s untimely death of Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old mother who was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. “My God, they’re killing mothers. And the grossest...