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CLAYTON, N.C. – One month after reopening, the renovated Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library is already showing what happens when a community embraces its library. During its first month back at 100 South Church Street, library staff issued 722 new library cards, the highest monthly total recorded in the last 20 years. T

A daily look at some of The News & Observer headlines on this date in past years. In 2013 , North Carolina high school seniors set a record for four-year graduation rates: 82.5% of the state’s public high school students graduated in four years, up from 80.4% in 2012. “All North Carolinians who have taken part in the l

CARY, N.C. (WNCN) — A motorcyclist died after a crash with a car at a Cary intersection early Saturday night, officials said. The wreck was reported just after 7:10 p.m. at the intersection of Green Level Church Road and McCrimmon Parkway, according to a Cary Police Department news release. When officers arrived, the c

A man was shot in the neck early Sunday at an apartment complex on Ashire Crossing near Old Wake Forest Road in northeast Raleigh, and police say his injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. Officers found the victim at the scene and had him transported to a hospital as an investigation got underway.

Anyone who knows anything about barbecue is aware of Christopher Prieto and his relentlessly popular North Carolina restaurant, Prime Barbecue. It’s easily one of the state’s most celebrated spots. A stacked shelf in the kitchen displays trophies from Prieto’s competition barbecue circuit days, predating recognition fr

Raleigh, North Carolina — a city where the old brick mills meet the shimmer of new glass towers, where the scent of magnolias drifts through neighborhoods stitched together by murals and music, where every block hums with the stories of those who call it home. Here, the food scene is a living mosaic: Southern roots tan

RALEIGH — Arrow Haircuts opened its first Raleigh location in 2013 after entrepreneurial brothers Andy and Pete Phipps recognized the area needed a good men’s barbershop. “We joke that at the time we had both been getting bad haircuts, so we thought, ‘Hey, there might be an opportunity for us to pull off a barbershop,’

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Officials said crews cleared a north Raleigh pipe blockage on Saturday that caused a 1,000 gallons of raw sewage to overflow near a creek. The incident was reported just before 8:20 a.m. near 5217 Cedarwood Drive just north off East Millbrook Road, according to a city of Raleigh news release.

The planned revival of Raleigh’s iconic 42nd Street Oyster Bar likely won’t happen this year. Longtime 42nd Street Oyster Bar general manager Hunter Correll said the storied restaurant needs significant repairs, but that his team plans to reopen in the future. In the mid-1980s, Angus Barn co-founder Thad...

Children’s artwork often moves from the refrigerator to a storage box. But now, Raleigh entrepreneur Bert Nowell has created another option: turning those drawings and paintings into clothing children can proudly wear. Nowell is the founder of Picture in My Head, or PIMH, a consumer brand that uses digital...