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Wake County families at nine additional schools will be responsible for getting their children to and from campus this school year.

Council will also consider more than $2 million in contracts, including a $1.4 million parking project, and a five-year Oracle software deal worth about $1.2 million.

For thousands of North Carolinians, going to work each morning means stepping into environments where a momentary mistake, equipment failure or unsafe condition can have life-changing consequences. Sometimes, the consequence is death. That reality came into sharp focus this week in Apex, where a person died in what aut

Recent polling shows growing opposition to data centers in North Carolina.  That trend is being reflected across the state Monday, with three more cities and counties considering putting data project developments on pause, while a proposal to build one in Raleigh was withdrawn Saturday. Greensboro City Council will hol

Northern Wake County is finally getting its own Division of Motor Vehicles driver's license office, ending years of long drives to North Raleigh or Franklin County for residents in Wake Forest and Rolesville. The new office, funded in the current state budget, is expected to open by early 2027 with 10 driver's license

ANGIER, N.C. – The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles is seeking applicants for a commissioned contractor to operate a license plate agency (LPA) in Angier. In North Carolina, NCDMV oversees LPAs, but the agencies are managed by private businesses or local governments. The contract for the current agency, at...

The Pentagon is putting an initial $36 million behind a new textile manufacturing institute that could draw as much as $480 million over the next decade—betting that digital tools, upgraded equipment and a larger skilled workforce can shore up the domestic supply base. Meridian Footwear Is Using 3D Technology to Fuel I

South of Raleigh, where Johnston County’s subdivisions creep into former farmland, Swift Creek looks like an ordinary stream — slow, brown-green, unremarkable. But it is remarkable in one way: It is home to the Neuse River waterdog, a fully aquatic salamander found nowhere else on Earth beyond a narrow stretch of North

A daily look at some of The News & Observer headlines on this date in past years. In 1951, Raleigh City Manager H.W. Carper announced that he and Director of Public Utilities E.M. Johnson had decided to look into the advisability of adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. The State Board of Health had recommended t

The State Board of Elections will meet Thursday to review November early voting plans from counties where local boards did not unanimously agree.