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Raleigh gets $10 million to build train station
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- The city of Raleigh has been awarded a $10 million federal grant to help build a new Amtrak train station downtown.State and local officials say the city still needs another $20...
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Walgreens buying Raleigh-based Kerr drugstores
RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) -- Walgreens announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to buy Raleigh-based Kerr drugstores.Financial terms of the deal were not released.Walgreens will take over...
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Worker hurt while dismantling other version of Vortex ride at State Fair
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- A worker dismantling a ride at the North Carolina State Fair has been hurt.Agriculture Department spokesman Brian Long says the man was injured when a piece of a ride called The...
View ArticleFeds arrest 1 NC man, 2 NY women for Sandy relief fund fraud
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY (AP) -- Two women from Long Island and a man from North Carolina have been arrested on fraud charges for falsely collecting Superstorm Sandy disaster relief funds.Federal prosecutors...
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NCDOT apologizes for inappropriate traffic alert messages
RALEIGH, NC, (WWAY) -- The North Carolina Department of Transportation is apologizing for a series of inappropriate traffic alert messages.The six messages went out over NCDOT's Traveler Information...
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Raleigh city councilwoman says Wilmington has nothing educational to offer
RALEIGH, NC (NEWSOBSERVER.COM) -- The Raleigh City Council will head to Wilmington next month for a three-day planning retreat expected to cost more than $11,000 – the council’s first out-of-town...
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Triad traffic camera network to undergo testing
RALEIGH, NC (AP) - Service to several N.C. Department of Transportation traffic cameras and overhead message boards in Winston-Salem will be undergoing testing and will be disrupted for one day.The...
View Article22-year-old man killed in shooting at Raleigh club
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- Police are investigating the death of a 22-year-old man who was shot in the parking lot of a Raleigh nightclub.Investigators said Michael Tolbert was shot in the calf around 4 a.m....
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NC Museum of Art receives work by Mary Cassatt
RALEIGH, NC (AP) - A Winston-Salem woman and some anonymous donors have given the N.C. Museum of Art its first work by Mary Cassatt for its permanent collection.Officials said Tuesday that "Portrait of...
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Raleigh woman convicted in death of stepsons' mom
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- The Raleigh woman accused in the death of her husband's former girlfriend has been convicted of second-degree murder.A Wake County jury returned the verdict Wednesday in the trial...
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NC groups seek state of emergency over pig virus
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- A viral outbreak that's affected nearly a third of North Carolina's 3,000 major hog farms has led two environmental groups to seek a state of emergency declaration.The News &...
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Voting Rights Act caravan to DC stops in Raleigh
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- A caravan of civil rights activists from Alabama stopped in North Carolina's capital to bring attention to efforts to restore portions of the Voting Rights Act to more Southern...
View ArticleMental health advocates question Dix plans
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- Some mental health advocates are questioning the city of Raleigh's plans to turn the old Dorothea Dix psychiatric hospital into a park.The News & Observer of Raleigh reported...
View Article2 die near finish line of Raleigh half marathon
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- Authorities say two runners have died near the finish line of a half marathon near Raleigh.Race organizers said the deaths appear to be from natural causes and were treated near the...
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Former John Edwards aide Andrew Young facing charges
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Former John Edwards aide Andrew Young is facing several charges following an incident over the weekend.According to court documents, the 48-year-old Chapel Hill resident was arrested...
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Boundary between NC, SC to be subject of program in Raleigh
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- The boundary between North Carolina and South Carolina will be the subject of a program sponsored by the North Carolina State Archives.The program will be Monday afternoon in the...
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State lawmaker says, "There's no value in" disclosing salaries with names
RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) -- One North Carolina lawmaker doesn't want names attached to charter school salaries in the public record.The North Carolina House approved legislation Thursday that would do that....
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Health agency says it's OK to use Dan River
RALEIGH, NC (AP) - North Carolina's public health agency is recommending lifting a recreational water advisory for a river that was polluted by a massive coal ash spill in February.The Department of...
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Willie Nelson, Farm Aid coming to N. Carolina
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- Willie Nelson and the annual Farm Aid concert and food festival are coming to North Carolina.The concert is scheduled for Sept. 13 in the Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh. It...
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Duke agrees to $1.2B deal with ElectriCities
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- Duke Energy Progress has agreed to purchase the generating capacity of ElectriCities in a $1.2 billion deal expected to translate into lower power bills for thousands of eastern...
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