The state legislature changed the starting point for new budgets, making the cost of increased public school enrollment and higher Medicaid enrollment debatable items.
During the Jonathan Broyhill trial opening statement, prosecutors told jurors their "hearts will break" over what happened to Jamie Hahn. Broyhill, 33, is accused of murdering Jamie Kirk Hahn and attempting to kill her husband Nation.
Wake County's plan to have students attend makeup days on Good Friday and two Saturdays has drawn angry backlash from parents, students, teachers and community members. Some critics contend that having classes on Good Friday unfairly forces Christians to choose between school and their faith. Other critics say holding classes on Saturdays infringes on family, work and other commitments.
As the last patches of snow melted outside, students across the Triangle on Wednesday morning practiced what to do in the event a tornado is spotted nearby.
Technology, and the devices that Triangle residents use to get the news while on the go, are changing quickly, and The N&O is keeping pace with this redesign. Learn more about it here.
Technology and the devices that Triangle residents use to get the news are changing quickly, and The N&O is keeping pace with this redesign. Our new site is responsive, meaning it automatically adjusts to look great on every device you use – phone, tablet, laptop or desktop.
The Wilson County Sheriff's Office is trying to determine whether the theft of $4.8 million in gold bars from a tractor-trailer truck on Interstate 95 over the weekend was an inside job.
East Carolina University trustees vote to remove the name of Charles Brantley Aycock, governor of North Carolina from 1901-1905, from a dormitory on campus.
East Carolina University trustees vote to remove the name of Charles Brantley Aycock, governor of North Carolina from 1901-1905, from a dormitory on campus.
In “American Crime,” an apparent home invasion leaves a war veteran dead and his wife seriously injured, but the investigation into the crime creates more questions than answers, and explores questions of race, class and justice.
Garner and Millbrook, both bound for state 4A quarterfinal games on Thursday, are Nos. 1 and 2 in The News & Observer high school boys’ basketball rankings. Chapel Hill, which won the NCHSAA 3A girls’ championship in 2014, is the new leader in the girls’ rankings. The Tigers are followed by state quarterfinalists Southeast Raleigh, Broughton and Athens Drive.
The slashing of Ambassador Mark Lippert’s face and arm is only the latest act of political violence in a deeply divided country where some protesters portray their causes as matters of life and death.
Some locations may even see their coldest temperatures ever recorded so late in the season, thanks to yet another arctic cold front. Here’s a look at what’s happening.
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is ending its iconic elephant acts. The circus’ parent company, Feld Entertainment, told the Associated Press that the acts will be phased out by 2018
Beijing sees economic expansion of just 7% this year, a slowdown from last year’s 7.4%. Growth in the country has declined steadily since it peaked at 14.2% in 2007.
East Carolina University trustees vote to remove the name of Charles Brantley Aycock, governor of North Carolina from 1901-1905, from a dormitory on campus.
In “American Crime,” an apparent home invasion leaves a war veteran dead and his wife seriously injured, but the investigation into the crime creates more questions than answers, and explores questions of race, class and justice.
Joanne Boyle offered a quick prayer before clicking the photo link of a days-old girl in a Senegalese orphanage. Maybe, after so many years of waiting, this would be the child the Virginia women’s basketball coach could bring home.
