Durham City Council will resume a hearing Monday on the 81.75‑acre Leigh Village annexation, a mixed‑use plan prompting fierce debate over traffic and tree loss.

Raleigh PD shared a humorous Valentine's Day message on Facebook, aiming to strengthen community ties with playful remarks about love and not pressing charges for stolen hearts.

A head-on crash on N.C. Highway 87 near Sanford left three dead and two injured early Saturday; state troopers are investigating.

SET officers say a Riverknoll Drive search turned up six firearms, drugs and cash, and one person was arrested. The case is tied to multiple felony drug and weapon counts.

North Carolina's State Board of Elections is investigating potential misconduct in voter registration drives after reports of individuals giving voters misleading information and impersonating election officials.

North Carolina is honoring abolitionist and author Moses Roper with a historical marker recognizing his escape from slavery and contributions to social justice.

North Carolina public schools receive an $11 million federal grant to enhance mental health services, with funds allocated to school psychology programs and retention initiatives.

Music producer Larico D. Steele was sentenced to a year in prison for participating in a PPP fraud scheme and ordered to pay over $150,000 in restitution.

Fort Dobbs Historic Site closes temporarily for transition to a new visitor center, with a planned reopening in mid-April.

A man found shot Thursday in the 2500 block of South Roxboro Street later died, and police are asking witnesses to contact investigators. CrimeStoppers is taking anonymous tips.

UNC will fold six area‑study centers into one umbrella with about $675,000 in funding, prompting faculty protests and a scramble among donors and stakeholders.

A Wake County judge restored a 1981 sunset clause that could end quarrying near Umstead State Park by 2031, but Wake Stone has filed to intervene and appeal. The fight now turns on permit wording and whether a 2023 permit moots the coalition’s challenge.

Wake County has started a multi‑month planning push to replace the South Wake Landfill. Consultants’ early modeling compares a new county landfill, hauling and waste‑to‑energy — with household cost and pollution tradeoffs.