Wake County

The Terry Sanford duo of Philip Hall and Jahmaal Daniel put on an impressive show Saturday at the state 4-A track meet at North Carolina A&T. Each won a pair of individual events and helped the Bulldogs to a second-place finish in the meet behind Wake...

These models, covered in feathers, strutting down runways and largely ignoring their gawking admirers, were featured attractions Saturday along with their elaborate homes in the Tour D'Coop, a benefit for Urban Ministries of Wake County that capitalizes...

While police in Durham recently raided several Internet sweepstakes parlors suspected of operating illegally, Raleigh's parlors won't get a visit from the law just yet. City Attorney Tom McCormick has told the Raleigh City Council that he's waiting...

Momentum is building in North Carolina to better train workers for more sophisticated manufacturing jobs to erase a so-called skills gap in the workforce. At a Raleigh summit Friday hosted by the N.C. Community College System, business, government and...

Raleigh City Council members this week rejected a request from Occupy Raleigh members to loosen the city's panhandling rules. The council agreed to review the issue after a dozen or so people from the group -- once known for round-the-clock protests...

A Wake County sheriff's deputy shot and killed a woman early Friday afternoon when she threatened him and other deputies with a knife or machete. Misty Michelle Mullins, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to sheriff's spokesman James...

Pianos on the streets of downtown Raleigh. Classic cars in Hillsborough. A tractor parade at the N.C. State Fairgrounds. Chicken coops in Cary. Old-school hip hop music in Durham. It's a big festival weekend across the Triangle, and there's likely...

WakeMed Health & Hospitals laid off 31 people last week in a reorganization that CEO Bill Atkinson warns is a taste of things to come under federal health care reform, which is designed to squeeze costs out of health care delivery. Atkinson couldn't say...

Seven Enloe High School students face misdemeanor charges and possible school disciplinary action for an incident Thursday in which balloons filled with water were thrown at students and administrators ordered students kept in their classrooms. Wake...

The Harnett County Board of Adjustment voted down a proposed shooting range Thursday night, noting that the generally rural part of the county is poised for major changes. On learning that a neighboring tract of more than 350 acres is primed for...

Scrambling to hurdle a key deadline, state lawmakers approved roughly 180 bills this week, spending seconds on some and hours on others, often in marathon sessions that left them confused and bleary-eyed. The House gave final approval Thursday to...

Duke Energy Progress shut down the Shearon Harris nuclear plant in Wake County on Wednesday after the company discovered that the reactor vessel -- which holds the plant's nuclear fuel and contains the nuclear reaction -- showed early indications of...