Raleigh won't collect yard waste in black plastic bags

VIDEO: Raleigh service specialist Mike Robinson Jr. talks about the dangers of picking up yard waste in black plastic bags. Starting May 1st, crews will no longer pick up yard waste in black plastic bags because they can’t see the potential dangers inside.
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Marine: 'This was my way of saying goodbye'

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Marine: 'This was my way of saying goodbye'

Staff Sgt. Adel Manuel Abudayeh, who served 14 years in the Marines and was injured in Iraq in 2004 and Afghanistan in 2009, talks about using art to tell the story that he cannot express with words. Abudayeh's clay sculpture, 'Peace At Last,' is one of the pieces on display at the NC Museum of History as part of an exhibit of paintings and sculptures produced by Camp Lejeune Marines as a means of recovering from their physical and emotional scars. The exhibit, “Healing the Warrior’s Heart through Art,” is sponsored by the American Red Cross.

Men at Work leaving downtown Raleigh after 29 years

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Men at Work leaving downtown Raleigh after 29 years

VIDEO: For 29 years, Mike Phillips and his crew with Men at Work Car Care Center have been washing cars, waxing hoods and cracking jokes near downtown Raleigh. In 2011, Phillips set up shop at the corner of South Saunders and West South streets, an area remembered for its crime, and worked to transform the neighborhood. Skyrocketing real estate prices means Phillips will move again, this time away from downtown Raleigh. 'I’m sad, of course, but I don’t stay sad long' says Phillips.

Raleigh Fire Chief: 'This was a very good outcome'

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Raleigh Fire Chief: 'This was a very good outcome'

VIDEO: Raleigh Fire Chief John McGrath talks about the fire that destroyed the unfinished Metropolitan apartment building downtown and damaged other nearby residential buildings. McGrath says the fire, one of the largest in Raleigh in a century, could have been much worse.

Raleigh celebrates the New Year

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Raleigh celebrates the New Year

VIDEO: Fireworks welcome the 2017 New Year for the early countdown during First Night Raleigh, a celebration that brought a pop-up wedding chapel, miniature golf and a pair of fireworks shows as the city’s copper acorn dropped.

Saying goodbye to The Alley

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Saying goodbye to The Alley

VIDEO: For the past 33 years, Henry Kidd has greeted students in his N.C. State bowling classes the same way: “Good morning! It’s a beautiful day!” His enthusiasm, and his deep southern drawl, fill The Alley, a 24-lane bowling center that has been a fixture on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, N.C. for five decades. The Alley will close it doors November 26 to make way for a new Target store.

Family sees their new home at the NC State Fair

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Family sees their new home at the NC State Fair

Anayo Offia and Chinyere Okafor and their two children, Chisimdi and Kosarachi, walk into their almost complete Habitat for Humanity of Wake County home on Saturday Oct 22. Construction of the house began on October 13, the opening day of the N.C. State Fair in the parking lot of the Hunt Horse Complex. In the next week, the house will be moved via trailer to its site on Neuse View Drive. It is the first time that a Habitat Wake home has been constructed at the State Fair.