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The Wake County school system is accusing a lawn care company of negligently killing more than 1,000 trees and bushes at schools in the southern part of the district. In a lawsuit filed Nov. 4 in Wake County Superior Court, the Wake school system says Sands Lawn Care Pesticide & Maintenance violated its landscaping...

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Five North Carolina Department of Transportation employees and a state trooper received the Governor’s Award for Excellence for their lifesaving actions on Interstate 40 during Tropical Storm Helene. The award, the highest honor a state employee can receive, recognizes exceptional...

Fatima Issela Velazquez-Antonio was detained by immigration officials while at work in Raleigh, now being held hundreds of miles away.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — According to court documents, a man is facing a serious felony after injuring a young dog. Records show that the Raleigh Police Department arrested 59-year-old Herbert Lee Kearney on Thanksgiving Day in Raleigh. A warrant said police charged Kearney with felony cruelty to animals. It detailed...

An out-of-state developer has scooped up a rare, undeveloped .68-acre lot, zoned for high-density, in downtown Raleigh. Philadelphia-based Parkway Corp. purchased the property, called The Edge, at 301 S. Wilmington St., for $7.15 million, according to property records . The land has an assessed value of $11.3 million...

Raleigh and Wake County are on the lookout for new group of individuals prepared to step up to the plate and serve more than 1.19 million residents. The city's Emergency Communications 911 Center has opened the application period for its Training Academy, inviting candidates to apply from Nov. 26 to Dec. 17, as...

Tens of thousands of people will receive free meals this week, thanks to many Good Samaritans in North Carolina. On a day for giving thanks, volunteers were hard at work filling cars with food to fill stomachs across Wake County. At a time when people need all the help they...

A LONG awaited overhaul at one of the nation’s fastest-growing airports is finally taking shape. The new expansion promises to end a decades-old headache that’s forced every international traveler to crowd around a single, overworked baggage belt. Raleigh–Durham International Airport is preparing to launch a $2.5...

Raleigh police are investigating after someone was struck by a train Wednesday morning. The accident occurred about 11:45 a.m. near the Walnut Creek Greenway Trail, just east of Hammond Road, a police spokesperson said. The victim, a pedestrian whose name has not been released, suffered life-threatening injuries,...