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On Tuesday, a ceremony was held for roughly 800 members of the 1-120th Infantry Battalion of the North Carolina National Guard.

In a world where plastic is as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, Wake County Government is calling attention to the insidious infiltrators known as microplastics. Less than 5mm in size, these tiny fragments are practically omnipresent—in our oceans, air, even within the food we consume and the clothes we don. A...

Wake County will shorten hours for non-essential services Tuesday amid lingering icy roads, even as it ends its winter storm state of emergency.

GARNER, N.C. (WNCN) — Neighbors are describing a chaotic and terrifying scene after a Cybertruck crashed into a home and sparked an hours-long police standoff Sunday afternoon in Garner. Gabriele Folker, who lives across the street, said he heard gunshots, loud explosions, and felt his home shake as police surrounded...

Much like the movies these days, the big theme for Triangle restaurants in 2026 is familiarity and nostalgia. Call it IP, call it proven winners, many of the restaurant projects we’re eager for this year are building on successful brands, either returning with new locations, or expanding into the Triangle for the...

A traffic stop in New Bern led to the seizure of a large amount of illegal drugs and the arrest of a Cary man, according to the Craven County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies with the sheriff’s office K-9 Bureau conducted a traffic stop on Jan. 24 along First Street near Broad Street. During the stop, K-9 Athos was...

The potential for the Triangle to receive some kind of wintry precipitation this weekend is still in the forecast. It would come just days after a winter storm dropped snow, sleet and freezing rain across the area. Meteorologists are still uncertain about impacts and amounts, but as of Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, they...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Raleigh, North Carolina – North Carolina faces a 20% to 70% chance of winter storm impacts this weekend, with the highest probabilities concentrated across eastern and coastal areas, as a developing coastal...

RALEIGH, N.C. — On Dec. 1, 2025, a fire broke out on the roof of the Raleigh Convention Center. The venue reopened the week of Jan. 12, with construction efforts still continuing. By reopening then, the convention center retained approximately $4 million in revenue and 28,000 hotel room nights.

Raleigh's streets may seem a bit safer today, following a significant crackdown on impaired and reckless drivers by the City of Raleigh Police Department over the weekend. In what was termed a "saturation patrol," the department's DWI Unit fanned out across Capital Boulevard and Louisburg Road from Jan. 24 to Jan....