After an unusually cold and snowy winter, blooming flowers are a welcome sight to to many North Carolina residents.
Modified: 03/20/10 07:01:27 AMTwo people were found dead in a Chapel Hill duplex after firefighters responded to a blaze late Friday evening.
Modified: 03/20/10 05:04:19 PMNational and local educators and researchers praised Wake County's school diversity efforts at a forum Saturday.
Modified: 03/20/10 05:20:19 PMMost Wake County elementary students could start the school day later as the district alters its schedules this fall to save money.
Modified: 03/20/10 03:31:07 PMThe Durham Performing Arts Center on Friday announced its 2010-11 season, adding six musicals to its previously announced season highlight, "Billy Elliot the Musical."
Modified: 03/19/10 10:32:27 PMU.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, a moderate Democrat who represents a handful of mostly rural counties outside Raleigh, announced late Friday that he will vote in favor of the health care bill.
Modified: 03/20/10 11:06:29 AMWake County More
Most Wake County elementary students could start the school day later as the district alters its schedules this fall to save money.
Modified: 03/20/10 03:31:07 PMDurham County More
For Deborah Morgan, the new crescent-shaped pedestrian bridge over the Durham Freeway is the first stitch in the effort to reunite and rebuild a tattered community.
Modified: 03/19/10 06:54:06 AMOrange County More
Two people were found dead in a Chapel Hill duplex after firefighters responded to a blaze late Friday evening.
Modified: 03/20/10 05:04:19 PMJohnston County More
Caterpillar, which has been hiring workers at some of its U.S. plants recently, continued its downsizing efforts in Clayton with Wednesday's announcement that it is laying off 121 workers.
Modified: 03/17/10 11:29:54 PMChatham County More
For 86 years, the UNC-Chapel Hill football team has taken the home field accompanied by its mascot, a sheep - a Dorset Horn ram, to be precise, his massive curled horns painted Carolina blue.
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