Raleigh News

Because The News & Observer is our big sister paper, we have access to its stories, though readers might have noticed that we don't reprint all that much N&O content.

Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound.

Got weeds? The Alternative Energy Gardning Blogspot site says you can use a homemade vinegar solution to banish them for good.

A car heads eastbound on Hillsborough St. as it drives under the I-440 Beltline bridge in Raleigh, NC on May 24, 2013.

Folks who regularly drive along Litchford Road in North Raleigh have probably noticed the gardens at 6401 Litchford Road.

Durham City Manager Tom Bonfield took a moment during a council meeting last week to recognize a milestone: the 30th anniversary of Councilman Howard Clement's tenure on the City Council.

"Men Are From Mars - Women Are From Venus LIVE!" , the one-man fusion of theatre and stand-up starring Peter Story and based on the New York Times #1 best-selling book of the last decade by John Gray, will play Jacksonville's Times-Union Center's Terry Theater on Saturday, June 8th at 8:00 p.m. for a one-night-only sneak preview show! Moving ... (more)

Without the funding, which is set to expire in June, Zebulon will face a $420,000 budget shortfall in next year's town budget.

When he was a young boy, Putnam, owner of Motley Clue Adventures, and his three cousins were running amok while visiting their grandmother in Pickens, Miss.

The friends and business partners are taking a unique approach to sharing that passion by opening So & So Books , a downtown Raleigh independent bookstore, in a quaint, 300-square-foot space in the front of the in situ studio architecture firm on Person Street.

Construction of the new PDQ restaurant in Wake Forest is almost finished and it will officially open to the public on June 2. PDQ, which stands for "people dedicated to quality," opened its first location in the Triangle in December with a 4,313-square-foot restaurant building - with a drive-through - at the intersection of Falls of Neuse and ... (more)

Heather Gudac has become the newest partner in Financial Symmetry, Inc., a locally-owned, fee-only financial planning and investment management firm.

RALEIGH One check is written with loopy cursive handwriting. Another features neat all-capital lettering.

Her pieces aren’t what one might find at Charming Charlie or Claire’s; industrial and geometric, they look more like art than jewelry.

Ronald Lee Anthony Jr., 23, Travian Devonte Smith, 20, and Sarah Rene Redden, 18, are accused of killing Melissa Huggins-Jones last week.

Lana Awni Almashini, 25, of Flint Ridge Place in Raleigh was attempting to make a left turn from Forest Oaks Drive onto northbound Atlantic Avenue when she turned in front of the southbound bus.

Gastonia Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a person they believe to be involved in a felony forgery case.

RALEIGH, N.C. Senate Republicans are handing off their vision of North Carolina's state budget to their House counterparts.

The Obama administration yesterday formally acknowledged that the United States had killed four U.S. citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.

Jude Kenan Mohammad is one of four Americans confirmed as being killed by drones in either Pakistan or Yeman since 2009, according to a letter sent to Congress by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.