Raleigh faces a dangerous heat advisory Thursday and Friday before thunderstorms bring a sharp weekend cooldown.

Lawrence Atkinson, CEO of Goldsboro Entertainment and Ankh Management & Records, was shot in the leg near downtown Goldsboro. No arrests have been made.

A former WakeMed ER nurse now leads the Barrington homeowners pushing back on a hospital near her own front door.

All eight courts at Flaherty Park are fenced off as crews tear out asphalt and add pickleball lines. The town is also chasing a $200,000 USTA grant to help pay for it.

Northpoint Development wants 248 apartments and 73 townhomes near a Publix on Guess Road. Neighbors say the roads already can't cope.

Beth Greene bought her Montlawn plot in 2013 to rest beside her husband — instead she found another family's loved one buried there.

The three-day Monumental Experience hits Sugar House, a Lake Wheeler gym and a Glenwood South lounge starting Friday.

Two suspects fled by car after Ucola Murray Whitworth was shot early Saturday. His home saw a deadly stabbing in 2021.

A crash tangled traffic at Washington and Powell after signals went dark, as Whiteville absorbed most of North Carolina's storm outages.

Anas'jah Sharnae Leak was walking with another person when she was struck; the driver fled before being caught in Wake Forest.

Andrea Jane Millender, 20, is held on $50,000 bond after a 1-year-old was rushed to the hospital from her Oleander Drive home.

NOAA is rebuilding its 1899 Beaufort marine lab above the floodplain after 2024 hurricane damage forced its main building shut.

Oak Grove, Hillandale and Riverside High need new boilers before federal pandemic funds vanish at year's end.