Some state community college leaders say they want to reopen their doors to illegal immigrants.

A new Wake County school system report says the overwhelming majority of students attend schools near where they live, potentially undercutting arguments from critics who complain about the district busing children far from home.

Today's temperature of 96 is expected to be 10 degrees above normal for this time of year.

A North Carolina man who said killing his former restaurant bosses was justified because they "disrespected" him has been sentenced to life in prison.

The Wake County Democratic Party has nominated three people to potentially oversee local elections, including a former state official convicted in a criminal coverup.

Retailing:When businesses close, it's rare for them to notify their competitors.

Senate leaders have added a tax increase on electricity to a long-marinating tax reform plan they presented to House budget writers this week.

Budget problems didn't prevent the state from buying 72 pickup trucks for school districts in February, but travel restrictions kept local drivers from picking them up.

A massive influx of federal funds to make low-income households more energy efficient has state officials scrambling to make sure the money is spent properly.

A youth group on a faith-building "survivor challenge" got into rough water Thursday, triggering a massive rescue effort on the Uwharrie River. At least some members of the group are from the Living Word Family Church of Wake Forest.

Laid-off employees of small businesses have extra time to obtain health insurance that is partially subsidized by the federal government, under a new state law.

A vote on major changes to North Carolina's sex education program was delayed again in the state Senate.

North Carolina lawmakers shaping a compromise to reform a law allowing cities and towns to annex neighboring property owners against their will have so far ruled out allowing a local vote.

Wake sheriff's investigators focused on the stepdaughter of Michael Donnell Smith, a local pastor who was gunned down in the driveway of his home earlier this month, after state crime analysts found gunshot residue on her clothing.

African-American scholar, feminist and civil rights activist Anna Julia Cooper was a graduate of and professor at St. Augustine's College in Raleigh more than a century ago.

Four UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduates from Raleigh have been selected as Phillips Ambassadors. They will take part in summer or fall study abroad programs in Asia.

They still feel like newlyweds, five years into their marriage. A lucky couple?

Can "man's best friend" become too much of a good thing? That's the premise of A.R. Gurney's quirky comedy "Sylvia," opening this year's Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy series.

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Raleigh-Durham International Airport has received a $2.5 million state grant to help replace more than 2,000 runway and taxiway lights with light-emitting diodes, or LED fixtures.

Hortensia Bussi, the widow of Chilean President Salvador Allende who helped lead opposition to the military dictatorship that ousted her socialist husband in a bloody 1973 coup, died Thursday. She was 94.

The Garner Parks and Recreation Department seeks volunteers to help with various tasks during Garner's Independence Day Celebration on July 3.

The stepdaughter of a local minister who was charged last night with his shooting death made her first appearance in court this afternoon.

Gene Pease, a veteran of community boards and CEO of several companies, is running for Chapel Hill Town Council.

A church youth group on a canoe outing got into trouble Thursday afternoon in rough water, triggering a large-scale rescue on the Uwharrie River in Montgomery County. The Raleigh members of the group are from The Living Word Family Church of Wake Forest.