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Reactions from major health systems continue for North Carolina’s new tiered system for the State Health Plan. Duke Health was announced in a much more favorable tier than counterpart WakeMed. The system sets four levels at the top are the preferred providers: UNC and Novant Health. The new plan...

A daily look at some of The News & Observer headlines on this date in past years. On this day in 2010 , police arrested 19 people protesting the switch to “neighborhood schools,” a move they believed would resegregate Wake County. Led by the Rev. William Barber II, activists marched downtown and arrived at the Wake Cou

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RALEIGH, NC — Raleigh police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash that happened early Thursday on Interstate 40 near the Cary Towne Boulevard exit. According to police, a preliminary look at the scene indicates a person was struck by a vehicle and the driver kept going without stopping. Crash...

ANGIER, NC — One person was killed and another was taken to the hospital after a single-vehicle crash in Harnett County early Wednesday, according to North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Troopers said the wreck happened off NC-55 near Angier on Oak Grove Church Road. The vehicle, a Nissan Pathfinder,...

On Friday, July 17, 2026, the long-discussed passenger rail link between Fayetteville and Raleigh got a concrete nudge from Washington. The Federal Railroad Administration advanced North Carolina’s proposed Fayetteville–Raleigh corridor further into the Corridor Identification and Development pipeline, shifting it from

Can you remember what you did in those lazy-hazy-crazy days of summer when school was out? In my day, school ended just before Memorial Day and started up again after Labor Day; we had nearly three months off. Some of my friends worked helping farmers harvest their tobacco crops. Some found part-time jobs with local me

It is hard to imagine finding hope in a steel cargo container. But Shirlye Grandy sees life, fellowship and beauty in the metal box that sits on the Dix Park campus in Raleigh. Grandy served nearly six years in the N.C. Correctional Institution for Women, but now holds the title of public arts project coordinator […]

A Knightdale man has been charged after Greenville police say he stabbed another man with a box cutter. According to a magistrate's order, Talieek Laquan Johnson, 23, of Knightdale, was arrested Monday and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Court documents allege Johnson assaulted the victim by stabbing him...

APEX, NC — Three men were killed early Saturday when an Infiniti sedan crashed on US-1 near Apex and rolled several times, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. The wreck happened just before 12:30 a.m. and left one other passenger with serious injuries. What happened. Investigators said...