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/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/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/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/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