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Amid the Trials of Long COVID, Glimmers of Hope at UNC Clinic
Some North Carolinians have endured COVID and its long-haul aftermath for two harrowing years. A clinic at UNC keeps up with cutting-edge research and tailored therapies in hopes of finding solutions. → Read More
Return of Del Burns as Interim Superintendent Recalls Years of Wake School Uproar
"Under Burns' leadership @WCPSS reassigned 1000s every year. Most impacted were poor from Raleigh who were readily displaced miles away from their neighborhoods under the guise of #diversity” → Read More
Thomas Farr, Jesse Helms, and the Return of the Segregationists
Donald Trump is remaking the judiciary in the Republican mold → Read More
North Hills Neighborhood's Bid to Lessen Density Will Have Public Hearing, Council Agrees
Residents of a North Hills neighborhood want the city to do something tear-downs about it by requiring larger lot sizes and wider frontages for new homes. → Read More
The Most Important Local News that Will Affect 2018
we've compiled the seventeen local stories we think mattered most in 2017. → Read More
Indictment Expected This Week in Wake County Register of Deeds Scandal
From four to six indictments may result from the investigation, sources say. → Read More
As Gaylord and Baldwin Leave, Raleigh City Council Nixes Short-Term Rental Plan Again
Raleigh City Council members decided again Tuesday not to pass the long-proposed short-term rental ordinance requested by many homeowners. → Read More
Since 2011, Raleigh Residents Have Been Lobbying the City to Allow Backyard Cottages. What’s the Holdup?
Wake County says they're an integral part of its affordable housing plan → Read More
Wake Commissioners Vote for $23.4M Conversion of Crooked Creek Golf Course to County Park, With Conditions
It will cost an estimated cost of $23.4 million. → Read More
Its Mental Health System Is “Overwhelming, Complicated, and Messy.” Wake County Wants to Fix That
“There should be a seamless path to get to the right treatment at the right time” → Read More
Wake County Approves a Twenty-Year Affordable Housing Plan, But Funding Questions Linger
"A lot of good ideas get put on the shelf and a lot of good ideas don’t get funded.” → Read More
How the Legislature Screwed Up Raleigh’s Runoff Elections
The hour for deciding on a runoff in Wake County is noon of the day early voting is supposed to start. How's that going to work out? → Read More
NAACP Elects Hickory Pastor to Succeed William J. Barber II as Its NC President
The North Carolina NAACP has announced that its new president: the Reverend T. Anthony Spearman, a Hickory-area pastor with many years of leadership experience in the organization. → Read More
Stefanie Mendell Outpolls Bonner Gaylord in Raleigh City Council District E; Result Leaves Room for Runoff
Challenger Stef Mendell needed 50 percent plus one vote to avoid a runoff. She got 49.67 percent. → Read More
Runoff Races Could Be Key to Future Balance on Raleigh City Council
At least two runoff could result from the Raleigh City Council at-large and District E races. But incumbents mostly prevailed. → Read More
David Cox Overwhelms John Odom in Fight For District B seat on Raleigh City Council
David Cox is retaining his Raleigh City Council District B seat by taking about sixty-nine percent of the vote, to John Odom's thirty percent, with ten of eighteen precincts reporting. → Read More
Raleigh voters overwhelmingly supporting referendum on $206M transportation bond
Voters were strongly backing a $206 million City of Raleigh transportation bond with 60 of 108 precincts reporting. → Read More
Wake’s Troubled Register of Deeds Office Agrees to Audits Already Allowed under Existing Law
The memorandum of understanding between the county and the Register of Deeds office changes nothing. → Read More
Here Are the Seven Candidates Running for Raleigh’s Two At-Large Seats
With one incumbent bowing out, the city council’s status quo might be upended → Read More
For Nine Straight Years, Six Figures Went Missing from the Wake County Register of Deeds Office
The total loss: more than $2.3 million. → Read More