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Downtown Durham will become a vibrant arts hub this weekend with the 50th anniversary of CenterFest , the city’s signature fine arts festival. An estimated 40,000 people are expected to attend the festival Saturday and Sunday, which will feature over 100 art vendors, a parade, kids’ activities, dozens of musicians...

School superintendents know there is a challenge in attracting more qualified teachers to the profession.

In the land of pine trees and sweet tea, there exists a treasure trove where one person’s castoffs become another’s prized possessions – HandmeUPs Thrift in Raleigh has become the holy grail for bargain hunters across the Tar Heel State. You know that feeling when you find...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) —The Raleigh Fire Department is searching for new recruits, because as the city expands so too does the need for more firefighters, department officials said. “You see something different pretty much everyday,” Assistant Chief of Personnel development, Brian Scherrill said. For Scherrill its been...

A Durham man is making it his mission to focus on young people after his son was shot and killed in August.

Former Rolesville High School Principal Ericka Ruffin Lucas, 56, is dead after being shot in Wake Forest. She was not the intended target. Her life was tragically cut short by two members of our community's youth. Principal Lucas opened Rolesville High in 2013, proudly led its first graduating class, and dedicated...

Gov. Josh Stein is pushing lawmakers to better fund law enforcement agencies across North Carolina when they come back to Raleigh next week.

The fourth suspect in the deadly Charlotte shooting of a four-year-old boy was arrested in Raleigh, police said.

On Sunday, September 21, Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh will transform into a vibrant celebration.

School district leaders said there is no timeline for the adoption of an AI policy but worked late into the night.