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Eno River Brewing on the Eno River failed to meet recreational water-quality standards for a second week running.

Raleigh is challenging a judge’s ruling that struck down a city ordinance intended to regulate nightlife. The city is arguing that the suit brought against it by bar owners may be rendered “moot” by new developments and that the judge erred in his ruling against the city. The appeal comes as Raleigh struggles with how

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Semiquincentennial Committee set up to coordinate state celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary delivered its activities report at its final official meeting last Wednesday. The meeting, conducted by co-chair Sen. Ted Alexander (R-Cleveland), wrapped up business and included the delive

KIRKLAND, WA (CAROLINA SPORTS LIVE) — Seven games. Seven Wins. One World Championship. The Mallard Creek Junior Little League Softball team represented the Southeast at this weekend’s World Series softball competition in Kirkland, Washington, and will return to Charlotte as World Series Champions. The girls represented

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