Wake Forest holds its own, fiscally fit despite recession
A town budget increase of $1.6 million means Wake Forest employees will still be eligible for merit-based pay raises and residents will avoid tax increases for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.
A lousy school lesson
Eisley: Do your kids fly to school? Mine, either. But in downplaying the length of school bus routes, leaders of Wake County's public school system pretend as if they do -- insulting students, parents and other taxpayers in the process.
Black youth say thanks, AALOT
Transitions into middle and high school can be tough for children -- and their parents, too.
Each age has its charms
Mom2Mom: There is something about my children's birthdays that always makes me sentimental.
Gamers watch out, or you'll be liquidated
Wonder and Weirdness: To win at Raleigh Wars, a water-gun ambush game that has 50-plus people scrambling over the city with squirt bazookas, you've got to be an inventive killer.
Kids fight now, but love later
Mom 2 Mom: Here I sit on the beach with my sister, as our four boys run wild.
State hits Apple's hide key
Somewhere in this state, somebody is trying to figure out how to give more financial aid to Apple, The News & Observer's Jonathan Cox reports.
Racer, 16, on fast track
Who's Got Game?:Matt Daley is easy to find.
Wake job freeze expands
The Wake County school system's hiring freeze has expanded to include middle school and high school teachers and elementary school teacher assistants.
3 siblings earn valedictorian at the same school
Earning valedictorian honors at a large preparatory high school isn't easy. Neither is getting accepted to Notre Dame.
Why the 'safety' concerns all of a sudden?
Letter:Wakefield is not located on the section of Falls of Neuse Road to be modified. The section of road that NORCHOA is discussing does not pass through River Run, and the design of that portion of the road will have no effect on the residents of River Run.
Odd circumstances surround reported robbery
Raleigh police are looking into a robbery that happened on June 17 in a parking lot in the 4200 block of Lake Ridge Drive.
Motoring public's safety should take priority
Letter:As one of the many residents living along the section of Falls of Neuse Road scheduled to be modified who has watched this engineering project turn into a political football, I am more than a bit concerned about how our elected officials are handling this project.
Police seek two men in armed holdup
Police are investigating the robbery of two men at gunpoint at a North Raleigh apartment complex in the early morning of June 20.
Our research backs a center turn lane
Letter:I am a member of NORCHOA, the group representing eight HOAs, individual landowners and the hundreds of members of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church that are located on Falls of Neuse Road. We don't ask anyone to blindly trust our position.
Bedford backs safer design: a median
Letter:Although I believe that your June 17 article concerning the widening of Falls of Neuse Road presented a balanced view overall, I do have some comments.
30th threat charge for accused man
The Raleigh man charged last week with threatening to kill numerous local, state and federal government officials and their relatives has been charged with a 30th felony count for threatening in March to kill Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht.
We critics worry about road safety
Letter:Regarding the safety issues of the widening of Falls of Neuse, your writer indicates that opponents to the city's plan may be motivated by greed over safety. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Wake has top school adviser
Kris Thomasson, a teacher at Wake's Martin Middle School, was named the 2009 national middle school adviser of the year.
