https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article316578788.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/52877b7a-0174-4d0c-b0f7-8512db3bf6d5/1_th.jpg Bourbon, lobbyists and a liquor warehouse: Inside the Greater Carolina probe Four Raleigh lobbyists indicted. Two Kentucky bourbon tours for lawmakers. And a half-billion-dollar liquor warehouse plan. Here's how they are connected, as North Carolina investigators continue to dig. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article316578788.html/video-embed 74 2026-07-20T14:56:26Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/weather-news/article316582552.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/90b0d73b-1851-462a-a632-6f90f67acd4a/1_th.jpg Forecast: Storm threat continues through midweek across central North Carolina There is a risk of severe thunderstorms daily through Wednesday. Damaging wind gusts will be the main threat with any strong to severe storms. Locally heavy rain may lead to street flooding. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/weather-news/article316582552.html/video-embed 135 2026-07-20T18:36:29Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316537031.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/c4ce704c-48e1-445c-b77f-a60c05554f8f/1_th.jpg Community initiative aims to build benches for Durham bus stops Bull City Woodshop, in partnership with Bike Durham and Play NC, is working to build wooden benches for Durham bus stops without seating. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316537031.html/video-embed 41 2026-07-20T11:30:00Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article316556007.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/db8152c0-0899-4b92-b602-a44c69c2c758/1_th.jpg North Carolina's first automated parking garage is coming to Raleigh This video shows how the AutoParkIt system developed in California will work in the an underground garage being built at the City Gateway district in downtown Raleigh. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article316556007.html/video-embed 126 2026-07-20T09:30:00Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316555159.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/3124c213-0f71-4333-b005-698b61664fcd/1_th.jpg Short romance leads to bitter legal battle over Rougemont, NC castle For nearly 30 years, Robert Mihaly has been building a castle by hand on top of Red Mountain, raising a four-story creation above a rolling forest of old oaks. Now, Mihaly could lose his decades-long project after a brief romance gave way to a bitter legal fight. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316555159.html/video-embed 79 2026-07-20T09:30:00Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article316553713.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/9820cd06-e532-4dfb-936c-4c5755d25e9b/2_th.jpg UNC football is confident it's getting a better start this season News & Observer sports writer Kamran Nia reports on the Tar Heel football program heading into the season. https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article316553713.html/video-embed 104 2026-07-17T18:45:07Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article316553731.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/dad3f15d-2024-4f18-a818-346bc2593c62/4_th.jpg Cary Town Council members defend car stipend Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht and Town Council member Carissa Johnson defend the mayor and town council members $802 a month car stipend. The two spoke during a news conference about the state auditor’s findings of their investigation into former Cary Town Manager Sean Stegall and Cary's spending practices Thursday, July 16, 2026. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article316553731.html/video-embed 80 2026-07-17T18:52:17Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316488133.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/184f1bcf-4018-43ce-963b-e80f3a7c4956/1_th.jpg Raleigh's downtown gateway transformation underway Trees have been cleared and construction is underway for a street extension and an underground parking garage as part of the development of a prominent piece of land at the south end of downtown Raleigh known as the City Gateway district. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316488133.html/video-embed 48 2026-07-20T09:30:00Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316553475.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/e91f094c-7368-4a5e-945d-54ba08963d2f/2_th.jpg Wake jury awards $18.2 million after finding doctor negligent in boy’s birth A Wake County jury awarded $18.2 million to a 6-year-old and his mother after finding that a WakeMed doctor’s negligence during the boy’s birth resulted in disfigurement and a lifelong disability. The jury's award will likely be drastically reduced under a North Carolina law. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316553475.html/video-embed 98 2026-07-17T18:35:30Z no