Durham NC

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools board voted Thursday to narrow its list of possible elementary school closures to three: Seawell, Glenwood and Ephesus. The 4-3 motion means Estes Hills and Frank Porter Graham Bilingüe won't be considered for closure. Why it matters: Facing declining enrollment and possible...

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools' board of education voted 4-to-3 on Thursday to study the impacts of closing Ephesus, Seawell, or Glenwood elementary schools. Based on that study, they'll later choose which schools to close, and the closures would happen in fall 2027 at the earliest. Two more schools, Frank...

Protesters began to gather in the hours before the Mayor's annual "State of Cary" address outside of Cary Town Hall to voice opposition against a rumored Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office expansion in the town. People marched with signs outside of the town hall, and local activists with groups...

Sometimes the best meals are the ones you didn’t see coming. True Flavors Diner in Durham is serving up a four-cheese shrimp and grits that’ll make you reconsider every other version you’ve ever tried. Look, shrimp and grits is practically a religion in the South. Everyone’s grandmother...

Triangle residents woke up Friday to a double jolt of law enforcement drama: a homicide manhunt unfolding in Orange County and a separate incident at a Garner gas station that sent a Wake County deputy to the hospital. By evening, both scenes were still active as deputies and state troopers pushed out alerts,...

After a residency on the American Tobacco Campus last year, BOOM Club is celebrating a new beginning in a new location; at least temporarily. The clubhouse, which invites people to experiment with electronic instruments like synths, drum machines, and keyboards, has moved into the space at 600 Foster Street that up...

North Carolina will eventually get Caleb Wilson back. When is the right time? And how will the Tar Heels avoid disruption to the cohesion they've built?

Here’s a curated selection of photos from the Triangle and beyond as captured through the lenses of News & Observer photojournalists. This feature can be seen in Sunday’s newspaper, as well as in our online Edition. See it at eedition.newsobserver.com .

The district is reviewing five schools as it navigates a budget shortfall driven by declining enrollment and increasing operating costs.

A suspect is wanted after two homes in Cary were burglarized in late February, police said Thursday.