The state of North Carolina is taking all the fun out of Monday’s solar eclipse for its employees, according to a memo sent to all state departments. It’s for their own good, of course, officials say. The memo, from the Office of State Human Resources, says workers for the state of North Carolina may not […]
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Candlelight Vigil Against Hate and Violence Scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at Pullen Church
The images and reminders of Saturday’s hate-driven violence in Charlottesville remain imprinted on the nation’s consciousness, and work continues in the Triangle to create something positive from those horrific memories. Colleen Sharp, a Raleigh resident who was at the Charlottesville demonstrations, expressed that sentiment at a protest Tuesday at the Federal Building on New Bern […]
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Raleigh Mayoral Candidate Charles Francis Has the Democratic Party’s Endorsement But Is Raking in GOP Bucks
In late July, the Wake County Democratic Party did something it hadn’t done before: endorse a challenger to Raleigh mayor Nance McFarlane. Instead it backed Charles Francis, a banker and lawyerand, most important, the first viable Democrat to run against the unaffiliated McFarlane since she took office in 2011. It was less a rebuke to […]
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Wake School Board Cuts Millions, But Saves Office Designed to Smooth Racial Tensions
The Wake County Board ofEducation gave up a lot as they put together a budget that fit the dollars the county commission allotted to the schools in May. But they hung on to a nearly half-million-dollar item— the expansion of the office of equity affairs—because they thought it was crucial to address the problems of […]
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Raleigh Demonstrators Call Out White Supremacists in Wake of Charlottesville
Colleen Sharp was there in Charlottesville on Saturday and saw it all—the car out of nowhere crashing into more vehicles, then into a crowd, sending bodies hurtling. Finally, Sharp said Tuesday, she saw the dying body of Heather Heyer on the ground. Sharp, a Duke University student from Raleigh, was one of several witnesses to […]
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Crooked Creek Park Supporters Pack Wake Meeting; Proposal Still Faces Questions
Supporters of turning the former Crooked Creek Golf Course into a county park packed a Wake County Board of Commissioners meeting Monday. The crowd of about three hundred left with a mix of assurances of support from some members and continued questions from others. The work session produced a request to Frank Cope, Wake County […]
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Why Are Big-Shot Republicans Donating to Democratic Raleigh Mayoral Candidate Charles Francis?
In late July, the Wake County Democratic Party did something it hadn’t done before: endorse a challenger to Raleigh mayor Nance McFarlane. It backed challenger Charles Francis, a banker and lawyer—and, most important, the first viable Democrat to run against the unaffiliated McFarlane since she took office in 2011. It was less a rebuke to […]
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Wake County Commission To Pass Up Its Aug. 21 Meeting in Favor of Total Solar Eclipse
Attracted by the rare spectacle of the moon blotting out the sun, the Wake County Board of Commissioners has canceled its Aug. 21 meeting to open up a chance to see the solar eclipse. At least some members will be chasing the zone of totality, where the darkness will be complete. In North Carolina, only […]
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You Can Now Go Drink at RDU on Sunday Mornings
The seven members of the Wake County Board of Commissioners don’t seem like the kind of people who party early and late. But save one holdout, James West, they all voted Monday to allow restaurants, bars, and country clubs in unincorporated parts of the county to start pouring whiskey, beer, and wine at ten a.m. […]
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The Wake County Register of Deeds Office Is Now Missing $900K
A new internal audit of the Wake County Register of Deeds office shows that more than $289,000 went missing there in 2014, bringing the total of money unaccounted for in the office to more than $900,000 during a three-year period. The latest chapter in the story of the troubled office, from which erstwhile Register of […]