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After delays, the city is rolling out a $28 million overhaul of its stoplight timing system, aiming to cut commute times by 10 percent.

When artist Beverly Dickson paints the Piedmont, she sees past the recent development and population explosion to the ancient aspects of the landscape.

The $180,000 will enable the county to hire six new workers dedicated to searching for biological family willing to help.

For the first time in three years, Wake County is crafting a budget without the looming certainty of cuts in programs and personnel, county commissioners learned Friday.

An ancient story of a green-skinned woman inspired Raleigh-based Jungian analyst Rachael Wooten more than 20 years ago.

More than 135 years ago, before it became a half-forgotten shack by the cemetery popular for covert beer-drinking and vandalism, the Ailey Young House was a stepping stone for freed slaves just aft...

The Raleigh Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is inviting local women to come to its free Women’s Community Service Expo to learn about local nonprofit groups and volunt...

Elizabeth Decker is fast.

Wednesday

When Melissa Matthews stumbled across the online contest while reading a home design blog, she knew immediately what she would do if she had one year and $100,000.

A Raleigh developer has proposed an extended-stay hotel on city-owned land downtown, an addition that supporters say would add much-needed hotel rooms near the convention center.

Boxed in by a new state law, the city is taking steps to remake a program for monitoring problem landlords.

Grow up playing the sport your father played in college. You’ve seen his college jersey, his trophies, his championship ring. You want that. People expect you to achieve it, too.

Bandit is a fun, happy, loving and smart puppy. He came to the Saving Grace program from a rural shelter, where he was picked up as a stray.

Examples guide our way. They can show us where to go, how to get there and why we ought to try.

Bedtime has always been one of my favorite times of the day as a parent.

Hours before she died, state investigators say, Elizabeth Molloy was one of four teens who pooled their cash to buy two bottles of rum for a party at a North Raleigh home.

Sunday

An adjacent house could accommodate the long-planned center.

Starting this summer, Raleigh residents will pay more to rent park venues, participate in city-run youth sports leagues and train at city aquatics centers.

For its 11th anniversary this year, the African American Cultural Celebration at the N.C. Museum of History is highlighting the state’s 11 four-year historically black colleges and universitie...

Improving the public transit system in Raleigh can do more than help people get around without cars. It’s also an essential way to make development dense, compact and walkable – quali...

“It’s been skyrocketing,” said Kevin Smith, digital library manager for Wake County. “Our main problem is keeping enough on the shelf. On Christmas Day, the vast majority of our...

As with all of life’s challenges, the key to surviving and thriving in the winter is to learn to work with the situation.

Do you have a couch you aren’t using? Are there books on your shelf you no longer pick up? Have your kids outgrown the clothes in their closet?

For a pair of North Raleigh athletes, winning gold medals at the Special Olympics of North Carolina Winter Games was more than a mere achievement.

State alcohol agents have arrested a young man on charges that he bought the alcohol that teenagers were drinking at a party the night of the crash that killed a 17-year-old Millbrook High School s...

Rubber bands hold instruments together at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh.

The words are not her own, but Jessica Kariisa’s mellow alto voice projects them to the rafters with the confidence of a published poet.

How can Raleigh establish an identity as a sexy, edgy place with a culture that attracts entrepreneurs and encourages investors to take risks on new businesses?