Raleigh NC

Not every state can pull this off. North Carolina has spent decades quietly protecting one of the South’s most honest meals, and the meat-and-three tradition is proof that simple food, done right, beats everything else. I’ve eaten at a lot of places across this state. Nothing hits quite like...

A North Carolina woman is facing a series of charges after a baby died in her care. Tamika Jones Fowler was running a day care in her home when the baby died , and she failed to report it to the proper authorities. After the child’s death, police began an investigation into what could have possibly happened and discovered that the baby wasn’t the only...

A road in North Raleigh will be closed for the next year, and when it reopens, part of it will be considerably higher than it is now. St. Albans Drive will be elevated to meet New Hope Church Road where it crosses a set of railroad tracks near Atlantic Avenue. Contractors for the N.C. Department of Transportation have begun building a bridge to lift...

The city faces a $13 million shortfall. "There remains little doubt that we will need to raise property taxes."

School officials said a lockdown initiated after a report of a possible armed person near the middle school campus.

A late-night fight inside a Poole Road smoke shop landed a Raleigh woman in the hospital on Tuesday, after she was pistol-whipped and grazed by a bullet, according to police. Raleigh officers were called to the shop on the 1900 block of Poole Road just after 9 p.m., where they found a woman who had been struck in the face with a...

Wake County’s building scene is buzzing — from roadwork to residential installs, there’s steady demand for skilled hands. Here are several solid openings across the trades, from entry-level to management.

Here are the Cary and western Wake restaurants that made The News & Observer’s Top 50 in the Triangle, which published in March. (We have a separate list for Raleigh .) Big Dom’s Bagels A funny thing happens when a bagel scene sprouts up out of nothing: anything goes. So Amber and Zach Faulisi took over a small shack that used to be a Little Caesars...

Wake County’s logistics scene is buzzing this month, with new openings from local churches to global manufacturers. Whether you’re a seasoned manager or just starting out, there’s something here for you.

A state review and a new wave of complaints have put Wake County Public School System's special-education transportation back under the microscope, as families say vendor vans that were supposed to be a lifeline for their children instead became a gamble. Parents describe long pickup windows, vans that showed up hours late or not at all, and children losing chunks of class time...