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State test results are now out showing how every North Carolina public school fared during the 2024-25 school year. The results released at Wednesday’s State Board of Education meeting show that 55% of students passed state exams last school year. Fewer schools earned D and F performance grades, and fewer schools...

The announcement that Raleigh’s premier urban park, Dorothea Dix, will become home to five giant troll sculptures is being marketed as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity.” Let’s be clear. It is nothing of the sort. It is, at best, a whimsical roadside attraction. At worst, it is an embarrassing distraction from the...

Raleigh Police Chief Rico Boyce shared new crime statistics, highlighting that several categories have seen drops.

Gov. Josh Stein appoints several Wake County residents to key state boards and commissions, including roles in biotechnology, education, environmental justice, and public accounting.

The state Environmental Management Commission is expected to vote during its September meeting on a legally mandated wetlands definition rule change and on groundwater quality standards for three industrial chemical substances discharged into the environment. The commission’s committees are to scheduled to meet the...

It was brought to my attention that the Sept/Oct issue of Main & Broad is the women’s issue, and given that I’m a woman, I thought I’d contribute in a meaningful way. The story of how Fuquay-Varina got its name is a Hallmark movie come to life. Before it was the beloved hyphenated mouthful we know today,...

A federal judge sentenced Wilbert Lee Howard, III, 42, to 16 years in federal prison for leading a major cocaine trafficking operation in the Raleigh area.

Michelle Carlton has been named the new warden of the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women (NCCIW). Previously holding the position of deputy warden and acting warden at the same facility, Carlton is to take charge of all operations at the institution, which is tasked with housing over 1,000 women across...

NORTH CAROLINA — A man is in serious condition after being shot early Sunday morning at a shopping center in Durham, according to police. Officers responded around 3:30 a.m. to reports of a gunshot wound in the 3400 block of Westgate Drive, near Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard. When police arrived, they learned the...

Early morning yesterday, a shooting occurred at a downtown Raleigh apartment complex, leaving one person with non-life-threatening injuries. CBS17 reported that the Raleigh Police Department said the incident happened around 7:30 a.m. on the 400 block of East Davie Street. The victim sustained a gunshot wound to the...