Tens of thousands of Wake County families would have to adjust morning routines - from 10 minutes to more than an hour - under an administration proposal to change the start and dismissal times for nearly all of the district's schools this fall.

State Sen. Dan Blue of Raleigh said Tuesday that he is seriously considering seeking the Democratic nomination for governor.

The U.S. House has unanimously passed a bill that would allow a bigger herd of free-roaming Corolla horses in Currituck County in an effort to create more genetic diversity in the herd.

Police found a shot glass and an empty plastic bag they think contained marijuana in the wreckage of a Jeep Grand Cherokee in which a 17-year-old Millbrook High School student was killed last month, according to search warrants made public Tuesday.

Within the next week, many of us will be pondering where to buy chocolate for our sweethearts.

Steven Gregory Meyer had recently lost both his job and his family. Police say that Meyer, 48, fired on officers and wounded one Monday during a standoff at his Brier Creek apartment. Meyer was found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.