Raleigh NC

I-87 North and South near Exit 7 (I-540 West) is scheduled to temporarily close one lane overnight beginning on or around Nov. 4 through Nov. 6. The lane will close from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. each night.

Some of the best holiday nights in North Carolina cost nothing but a little gas and a warm coat. In a small Wake County town east of Raleigh, a display of Christmas lights flashes and jumps in perfect time with holiday songs every single evening of the season. Families park,...

Four nationally ranked women's college basketball teams converge on Uptown Charlotte this Sunday, Nov. 8, as the Ally Tipoff returns to Spectrum Center for a doubleheader pairing No. 1 South Carolina against North Carolina, followed by NC State against Kentucky. It's the fourth staging of an event that has quickly become a fixture of the fall sports calendar in a city that has turned into something of a hub for the women's game since the pandemic.

Raleigh police say the deadly shooting happened on Foxhound Road.

National bakery company Crumbl Cookies has closed multiple Triangle locations in 2026 after low sales and leadership changes. Locations in Raleigh’s Six Forks Station, Chapel Hill’s Franklin Street, Cary’s Parkside and others across the state have seen closures from franchisees while internal documents have shown a 70 percent decrease in sales and the founders are looking for their own replacements, according to Fast Company and QSR Magazine . “Today, our franchises have reached across the natio

After a period of recovery this summer, the Triangle’s biggest reservoirs are all seeing dwindling water levels as North Carolina’s drought has stretched into the fall. Central North Carolina has been experiencing a drought since August. Both Wake and Durham counties are currently in a severe drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. While rainfall this summer provided some relief, hot, dry weather over the past two months has “caused drought conditions to rapidly worsen or reemerge in som

A predawn crash just south of Smithfield Road and Bisette Road in Wendell killed one driver and sent two other people to the hospital Sunday morning, as the victims were on their way to run in Raleigh's City of Oaks Marathon. The collision happened around 5:45 a.m. on November 1, 2026, and has left a 20-year-old man facing felony charges.

Heidenberg Properties has made its first move into North Carolina, acquiring Triangle Town Place, a 148,538-square-foot shopping center in Raleigh anchored by Dick's Sporting Goods and Nordstrom Rack. The deal, announced this week, puts a new owner in charge of a retail property that sits across Sumner Boulevard from Triangle Town Center, one of the city's busiest commercial corridors.

Knightdale residents will notice a $55 million bond referendum on their ballots tomorrow. If passed, the Knightdale Parks & Recreation Bond will raise property taxes while funding the development of a community center to support Knightdale's growing population. The potential community center will be built on a 33-acre tract of...

Raleigh police took 14 people into custody on Glenwood Avenue from Saturday night into Sunday morning as thousands of Halloween revelers packed the popular entertainment district, despite a heavy law-enforcement presence meant to head off the kind of chaos that marred the strip over the summer. Police records show the arrests came amid charges ranging from simple affray to carrying a concealed gun, with seven people charged with simple affray alone.