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The Triangle will be bustling with activity this first weekend of October, with free downtown music in Raleigh, a Pride parade in Durham and the Canes on home ice. Here are 10 things to do. 🪕 Get downtown for Raleigh Wide Open , a free music festival with performances Thursday through Saturday. 🖼️ Check out art during

A former Wake County Assistant Principal of the Year can now add the crown of being named the district’s top principal. Roxann Sykes of Dillard Drive Elementary was named the Wake County school system’s 2026-27 Principal of the Year and Xavier Wallace-McGrew of South Garner High was named 2026-27 Assistant Principal of

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Cup A Joe, the Hillsborough Street coffee shop that's been pouring cups for NC State students and faculty since 1991, has signed a lease for a third location less than a mile from where it all began. The new spot will sit at 3625 Hillsborough Street, a corner building most recently occupied by Crafty Crab Cajun Seafood

A 32-year-old Raleigh man already on probation for a violent conviction in New York is now jailed without bail on charges that he sexually abused two young relatives, with police saying the alleged incidents happened at the family home in Raleigh in March and June. Jahquai Xavier Lightfoot-McHarris faces counts of stat

In downtown Raleigh this weekend, a traditional music festival offers much more than Appalachian bluegrass. Now in its second year, Raleigh Wide Open is produced by PineCone, the music nonprofit that formerly produced the International Bluegrass Music Association’s long-running World of Bluegrass festival in Raleigh. W

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Students in Wake County could be going to a different school next year if a 2027-2028 enrollment proposal goes through. The district said they are proposing attendance changes to help manage how quickly the school district is growing and shorten the length of bus routes.

A visiting superior court judge from Wake County has permanently dismissed a long-running lawsuit over parking restrictions in common areas within the Manorfield subdivision in Mebane. James Crandall, who owns a home in Manorfield at 1404 Yellow Wood Drive, originally filed his suit against the Manorfield Property Owne

If the sauce is the boss, these three local concoctions run the show. From brunch tables to tailgates, backyard barbecues and fall weekends, NC’s latest saucy deliveries bring bold flavor by the bottle. Consider this your excuse to put a little more NC in your next pour, dip or drizzle.

Wake County is adding about 24,000 new residents a year, pushing its population toward 1.2 million and forcing county leaders to confront housing, school and health care strains even as they tout wins on farmland preservation and a major hospital investment deal. That was the message from this year's State of the Count