Geo's Tavern & Oyster Bar brings oysters, burgers and a plant-filled salon to Chapel Hill, with the team eyeing an April opening and a menu focused on North Carolina seafood.

Southport closed parks and suspended programs after a forensic accounting review; four Parks & Recreation employees are on paid leave and the case was referred to the NC SBI.

A Garner rollover on Jones Sausage Road left one passenger dead; the driver has been charged with felony death by vehicle and faces additional counts.

A person walking on I-95 northbound near Godwin was struck and killed late Tuesday; northbound lanes were closed while the State Highway Patrol investigated.

A newly formed Raleigh firm led by former Apollo executives paid $26M for 50 homes near NC State, underscoring investor appetite for campus‑adjacent housing.

N.C. is funding a $3.5M pilot to bring crisis mental‑health services inside Dillon Juvenile Detention Center in Butner.

Medicaid spending on autism therapy is surging in North Carolina, prompting an auditor review and a package of proposed reforms from the health department.

Flying Bull has closed its Ninth Street taproom and coffee shop, consolidating operations at its Morris Street restaurant and ramping up grocery distribution. The move follows a string of local taproom shut‑downs.

A rare developable parcel steps from UNC–Chapel Hill is on the market for millions, drawing developer interest and potential zoning reviews.

GE Aerospace will spend more than $160M upgrading four North Carolina plants, adding machines and capacity as airlines modernize and orders climb.

Dozens of shell casings were recovered outside a smoke shop on South Alston Avenue after late-night gunfire. Forensics marked the scene as Durham police investigate.

Cloudy and muggy this morning in Raleigh with storms likely this afternoon between 3–8 PM; east‑of‑the‑Triad has the highest chance for stronger cells.

A Raleigh man was sentenced to 15 years after firing a shot and holding two tellers at gunpoint during a March bank robbery, prosecutors said.