A story in Sunday's Triangle & State section gave an incorrect address for Carolina Tiger Rescue, which is at 1940 Hanks Chapel Road, Pittsboro. The story also misspelled the name of tiger Rajahji.

Out in rural Chatham County, where it is common to hear cattle lo, horses whinny and even a coyote bay, growls and roars more typical to the wilds of Asia or Africa also rise from a large, secluded property not far from Pittsboro.

Road Worrier:  Dad had high blood pressure, especially when I was driving. Teen drivers now will have to produce logs to document 60 hours of supervised driving spread over at least six weeks.

Across North Carolina and the nation, high school seniors are sweating their college applications and fretting about one number: their SAT score.

Duke University, known for its advocacy of global warming and environmental sciences, is adding "fracking" to its repertoire and holding a conference next week on the topic in Durham.

A new state law on concealed handguns is stirring local debates over gun rights and questions over exactly where permit holders should be allowed to carry their weapons.

State officials working on a study of the benefits and risks of natural gas exploration in North Carolina expect to have a draft report ready in March, in time for two public hearings planned in the Triangle on the topic of gas drilling.

Road Worrier:  Sure, it would be hard to push through the legislature. It would be harder still to enforce on the highway.

Oh yes, there's a permanent record that collects a public school student's career, and a new federal grant will expand North Carolina's digital record-keeping of student academic histories, beginning in infancy for some children.

A report from the Office of the State Auditor says the N.C. High School Athletic Association and Chatham County Schools may have committed a felony when they included an NCHSAA associate commissioner on the school system's payroll to increase his state retirement benefits.

Poverty rates in 41 North Carolina counties have significantly increased since the year before the 2008 recession, including in Wake, Chatham, Durham, Johnston and Orange, according to figures released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Owners of land sitting atop rich natural gas deposits in central North Carolina will be among the first in the country to receive help that could detect drinking water contamination from drilling and energy exploration.

Progress Energy will team with the state and several area counties Tuesday for an emergency response exercise for the Harris Nuclear Plant.

Triangle politics:  Chatham County's Board of Commissioners decided this week that 2013 was too soon to revalue property in the county for tax purposes.

A Chapel Hill man died Thursday morning in a single-car accident on U.S. 15-501 after the vehicle he was driving ran off the road.

There's rain in the forecast, the economy's still bad, and gas prices are nothing to be grateful for this year, as Triangle drivers pay more at the pump than for any Thanksgiving trip ever.

Incumbent Randolph Voller defeated retired postal worker Jim Nass to win his fourth term as mayor of the Chatham County seat.