At Raleigh Public Hearing, Speakers Uniformly Oppose Fuquay-Varina’s Plan to Secure More Water
The Town of Fuquay-Varina will soon be in serious need of more water, but its plan to get that water faces sharp opposition from stakeholders in the eastern part of the state. At a public hearing in Raleigh Tuesday evening, a dozen people from counties including New Hanover, Brunswick, and Cumberland added to the...
Local Spotlight: Raleigh Museum Names Dueling Dinosaurs After North Carolina Towns
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh has officially named its Dueling Dinosaurs exhibit. The fossils are now called Murphy the Triceratops and Manteo the Nanotyrannus. Both fossils are about 67 million years old and have been on display in the museum’s SECU DinoLab since April 2024. The DinoLab is...
‘Training in Christianity’: Blue Devils for Christ Bible study gives athletes a space to...
In a Hollows A common room, senior Hanna Elks Smith prepares for the Blue Devils for Christ's Bible study on Sunday evening — as she does nearly every week. Even though it’s the same weekly routine, she always gets a little nervous. But all the preparations have been...
WakeMed Police Officer Roger Smith was shot twice in November, death certificate reveals
Roger Smith, a 14-year WakeMed public safety veteran and former Knightdale police officer, was killed in the line of duty on November 8.
Crews battle apartment fire in downtown Raleigh near historic Oakwood neighborhood
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A fire has broken out in an apartment building in downtown Raleigh’s Historic Oakwood neighborhood. According to the Raleigh Fire Department, crews were called to the scene just before 8:10 a.m. Friday on the 300 block of Idlewild Avenue. Upon arrival, the initial crews...
North Carolina Apartment Complex Residents Awaken To Whimpers And A Shocking Discovery
In the stillness of the night, a sound broke the silence, a faint whimper that led to a startling and heartbreaking discovery in North Carolina. A cardboard box held six tiny, abandoned puppies, left alone and vulnerable. The person who found them acted without hesitation, immediately reaching out to the...
Enrollment drops in NC’s traditional public schools. How much, why it matters.
Enrollment fell in nearly every North Carolina school district this year — including in Wake County and Charlotte-Mecklenburg — continuing a trend of fewer students attending traditional public schools. Newly released data from the state Department of Public Instruction shows that 105 of the state’s 115 school...
New Wake County Program to Support Local Nonprofits Now Accepting Applications
Wake County, North Carolina, will launch a pilot program called the Wake County Nonprofit Institute: Partnering to Enhance Community Organizational Sustainability (PECOS). The program is designed to help small nonprofits and community-based organizations improve their operations and expand their services in the...
‘This Sneeze was for Science’ — Consumer Reports through the lens
“This Sneeze Was for Science,” a new exhibit in the Rubenstein Library, mines the Consumer Reports collection to entertain and educate viewers on the work of Consumer Reports and the role of photography in communicating information. Consumer Reports is a nonprofit organization that tests and investigates various...
North Carolina-born actor from ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ struck, killed crossing street, police say
Wenne Alton Davis, who made appearances in shows like "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and "New Amsterdam," died early this week after being struck by a vehicle in Manhattan, police have confirmed.
