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A $1.38 billion budget is on the table for Wake County School Board members to consider. Board members met yesterday to talk about where they stand on the budget. So far, some things are already known about the budget. There are no major cuts, employees will stay where they are, and class size is going […]

Gov. Pat McCrory is prepared to release his first two-year state budget proposal. Staffers say that the proposal will focus on education, the economy and making North Carolina government more efficient.

North Carolina A&T won its 16th MEAC Championship and its first since 1995 by defeating Morgan State, 57-54, on Saturday.

A spokesman for Speaker Thom Tillis is confirming that a House bill on voter identification likely will include IDs such as expired drivers’ licenses for older people and those that colleges issue for students.

The North Carolina Utilities Commission could decide whether your energy bill will be going up. A hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. The commission will have the final say on a 5.7 percent rate hike for Progress Energy customers.

Three N.C. teams will have a chance at the title….. and it all begins today. Here’s the schedule: Thursday: 8. Boston College vs. 9 Georgia Tech  @ noon 5 NCSU  vs. 12 Virginia Tech        @ 2:30pm 7 Maryland vs. 10 Wake Forest   @  7pm 6. Florida State vs.  11 Clemson     @  9:30pm Friday: 1. Miami […]

  House of Raeford announced today that it is phasing out its turkey growing and slaughtering operations in eastern North Carolina – cutting about 950 jobs. The cost of supplies have gone up and the demand for turkey has gone down so the company plans to focus more on increasing chicken production and its line of […]

Via HeyTru.Com North Carolina Central University head men’s basketball coach LeVelle Moton has been named a finalist for the 2013 Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year Award. Click Here For More

Duke Energy officials got a lot of flack yesterday during a public hearing with the State Utilities Commission where they asked permission to raise Progress Energy customers monthly bill by 10 percent. The public seems unhappy with the proposal.

After a key witness didn’t show up for court yesterday; the judge dismissed a noise complaint against New Hope Church in Durham. The neighbors in the Hills at Southpoint subdivision have complained that services at the church are too loud and invade the privacy of their homes. Since this case had been delayed once, the […]