A severe thunderstorm warning for Macon County warned of gusts up to 60 mph Monday. Officials urged residents to shelter and prepare for possible outages.

Person County deputies recovered roughly 700 firearms taken from an estate in Roxboro. Investigators are asking buyers who may have purchased those guns to come forward.

DRB Group has filed plans for about 300 homes near Pittsboro, adding to Chatham County’s development momentum and local planning debates.

A drive-by at McDougald Terrace left the road strewn with spent shell casings as Durham police cordoned the scene and collected evidence.

A severe thunderstorm warning put Bladen, Columbus and Robeson counties on alert Thursday midday; the NWS warned of 60 mph gusts, frequent lightning and hazardous driving.

Durham planning commissioners recommended only one of four big rezoning cases — Bella Ridge — leaving three controversial projects headed to City Council. Hearings are scheduled this spring.

Landlords across the Triangle are fitting offices with move-in-ready spec suites to cut vacancy and lure tenants, and firms like Davis Kane are moving into finished spaces. The plug-and-play approach is shortening turnaround and driving quicker leases in several Raleigh projects.

Unhinged Coffee Co. is moving from a mobile cart to a 70–80 seat café on First Avenue in Knightdale, with an early‑April opening and community‑minded programming.

The FDA issued a March 5 warning letter saying Novo Nordisk failed to report serious adverse events, including three deaths, tied to semaglutide. The action raises fresh scrutiny for the company’s Triangle manufacturing footprint.

Nash County Public Schools put Narcan and ONEbox overdose kits on all 115 buses, funded with opioid‑settlement dollars and backed by driver training. The rollout aims to protect 7,000+ daily student riders.

Wake County is eyeing the Well Fed community garden across from Athens Drive High as a replacement library site — a neighborhood win that raises questions about price and parking.

Stanley Konat of Brownsville claimed a $410,432 Carolina Cash 5 jackpot at the NC Lottery headquarters in Raleigh and walked away with $295,553 after taxes.

United Therapeutics' Phase 3 ralinepag cut clinical worsening risk by 55% and the company says the drug could be a $2B rival to J&J's Uptravi.