Archer Lodge Drivers Face Two Years of Lane Closures on $12.3M Road Widening
Crews have started widening a 1.5-mile stretch of Covered Bridge Road in Archer Lodge, kicking off a two-year construction project that will bring daily lane closures, brief traffic stoppages, and occasional overnight and weekend work to one of the town's busiest corridors. The $12.3 million project stretches from west
Wake County schools superintendent talks about AC problems, November bond
CARY, N.C. (WNCN) — Wake County public schools continues to battle with air conditioning outages, leaving students in hot classrooms during record highs this week. Parents this week have voiced concerns about classrooms reaching temperatures in the 80s because HVAC units broke down. The district is allowing students to
Up to 40,000 expected for 17th annual African American Cultural Festival in Raleigh this...
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The vibrant atmosphere of the 17th Annual African American Cultural Festival will fill downtown Raleigh over the Labor Day weekend. Celebrating its rich cultural heritage, the festival this weekend is set to attract an estimated 35,000 to 40,000 attendees over two days of community, music, art, a
Nearly 20 Shots Fired Into Northeast Raleigh Home, Three Suspects Vanish
A hail of gunfire tore into a home and two parked vehicles in Northeast Raleigh late Thursday night, sending nearly 20 shell casings scattering across the road near Beacon Crest Way while the people inside the house escaped injury. At least three male suspects fired from a distance and fled on foot before officers coul
Raleigh Apartments Shrink to 930 Square Feet While Rent Climbs Past $1,680
New apartments built in Raleigh have gotten smaller over the past decade, even as renters are paying hundreds of dollars more each month to live in them. Raleigh's average new apartment size fell by 21 square feet since 2016, landing at 930 square feet, while the average apartment rent in the city climbed to $1,683 a m
School Bus Driver Cited After Crash Into Varina Station Pizza Restaurant in North Carolina...
VARINA, NC — A school bus driver was cited after a Wednesday morning crash sent the bus into J&S New York Pizza at Varina Station. Town officials said the bus first hit a box truck before slamming into the restaurant around 7:30 a.m. Three people were injured in the...
Why Raleigh is starting weekly yard waste pick-up & ditching loose-leaf program
It’s time to stop ditching the leaves at the curb. Raleigh will start weekly yard waste pick-up after the city ended its complaint-prone loose-leaf pick-up program. The lime green yard waste bins will be picked up weekly starting on Monday, Sept. 8. A homeowner’s collection day will remain the same. This change coincid
30 years later: The night Hurricane Fran changed North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Thirty years ago this Saturday, Hurricane Fran roared ashore and began a destructive journey that would change the landscape of North Carolina from the coast to the capital in Raleigh and beyond. Fran made landfall around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, 1996, just three days...
Duke Energy said helicopter caused Cary outages, thousands left in heat
CARY, N.C. (WNCN) — Thousands of residents in Cary were left without power in the extreme heat Thursday. According to Duke Energy, a helicopter conducting aerial vegetation management for railroad operations caused damage to powerlines impacting four substations and a transmission line in Cary. “It is really hot,” Cary
A bridge will bear the name of Wake sheriff’s deputy killed in the line...
Hundreds of people attended Mark Tucker’s funeral in the winter of 2004 to pay their respects to the good-natured Wake County sheriff’s deputy who loved motorcycles and cigars and, according to former Sheriff Donnie Harrison, looked more than a bit like Boss Hogg, the burly character in the TV show “The Dukes of Hazzar
