Jane Porter

Raleigh selected a contractor for the first phase of the BRT project. Rifenburg North Carolina, LLC is expected to begin work this fall and the city plans to open bids for the remaining two phases later this year.  

The World Trade Center Health Program, which provides health care to some 2,000 North Carolina residents who responded on 9/11, faces a $3 billion shortfall and more than $1.2 billion in federal funding cuts.

Hoffman & Associates, the private developer behind the high-rise planned above GoRaleigh’s RUS Bus station, will contribute $1.56 million to the city’s affordable housing fund.  

The city began planning for separated bike and pedestrian lanes along the corridor over a decade ago and raised money through transportation bonds to finance it. But after construction costs ballooned fourfold, city leaders voted to make spot improvements to the corridor instead. 

Human rights groups and other local activists gathered to speak out against U.S. wars and attacks on vulnerable communities. 

Henrietta Mason, Tyrone Mason’s mother, has filed a federal lawsuit against Trooper Garrett Macario, who chased her son before he wrecked and failed to render aid, as well as a notice of claim against the Raleigh Police Department.

The public is invited to weigh in on some proposed aesthetic changes and new opportunities to activate Raleigh’s premier corridor.

Raleigh PD fired officer Kyle Epps in April following an internal affairs investigation, the findings of which weren’t released publicly. Dozens of cases in which Epps was the charging officer have been dismissed.

An out-of-town concrete company showed up as a vendor at Morrisville’s Pride in the Park event. Community members walled them in and drowned them out.