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After years of construction, new Wake County highway goes quiet before it opens
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month ago“Pristine” is not a word normally used to describe a six-lane highway, but there are parts of the...
Latino workers face staggering risks on NC construction sites. Why are so many dying?
Durham Herald-Sun via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoFor many Latino construction workers, work days in the U.S. begin with a simple prayer, Alexis...
Choosing to go micro: More NC communities offer transit that’s more like Uber
Durham Herald-Sun via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks agoIn the Triangle, where plans for commuter and light rail have come to naught, mass transit largely...
These North Carolina counties were politically aligned. Education has divided them
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoWATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA – In the rural mountains of North Carolina's High Country, the...
Cotham came back in 2023 to a different Democratic caucus. How it led to her leaving
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoReturning to political office in January after six years away, North Carolina Rep. Tricia Cotham...
President Biden, in Wilmington, NC, touts efforts to replace lead pipes in water systems
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoDuring a Thursday visit to Wilmington, President Joe Biden touted a $3 billion federal program to...
Study says buyout of threatened Outer Banks homes would be cheaper than beach nourishment
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe inlet was coming. For more than 15 years, Mason Inlet had been marauding south, approaching the...
15-year-old arrested after 5 killed in North Carolina shooting; Raleigh officer among victims
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoRALEIGH, N.C. – A 15-year-old suspect was in critical condition Friday after a shooting spree in...
Is NC the epicenter of competitive gingerbread? Local ‘gingerfriends’ make the case
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoJenna Stutsman’s Cary home is known as “Gingerbread Chalet.” Not just in passing among friends, but...
We tested the transparency of NC legislators. Their emails show pleas to reject casinos.
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoAs a controversial plan to green-light new casinos threw a wrench into budget talks between the...