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An associate pastor in Hendersonville has died after a church van rolled over him while he was checking engine fluids.Click to Continue »

Many Triangle school systems called off classes and drivers had headaches aplenty after snow began across the Triangle just before dawn Tuesday. By late morning, many people brought their snowfall…Click to Continue »

Tuesday's surprise snowfall meant empty chairs for Commerce Secretary John Skvarla's presentation to state Senators. But while many Senators couldn't make it to Jones Street, the chairs in the back…Click to Continue »

PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has bestowed an award on members of the Zebulon Fire Department who rescued a dog from a frozen pond last week.Click to Continue »

Legislators responsible for transportation spending agreed Tuesday that North Carolina faces a widening revenue shortfall of "crisis" proportions, and they began talking about big and little ways to close the…Click to Continue »

A state Senate committee approved a bill allowing magistrates to opt out of performing marriages if they have religious objections to gay unions. Registers of deeds could recuse themselves from…Click to Continue »

Some Triangle school districts, including Wake County, won’t have to make up for Tuesday’s cancellation of classes because they had buses en route to school when the day was called…Click to Continue »

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system is being criticized by parents for its decision Tuesday to continue holding classes for some students even as the snow came down and caused other…Click to Continue »

Police in Raleigh charge that a man from Apex picked up Kiera Jo Sprouse and gave her a ride home last month after a crash on Interstate 440 in which…Click to Continue »

Making up last week’s four snow days has exhausted many of the options that the Wake County school system has left to deal with Tuesday’s snow day, once again putting…Click to Continue »