Fuquay-Varina Is Moving Forward with Controversial Plans to Build Ball Fields in a Popular Natural Space
The town says just 3% of Hilltop Needmore Town Park’s 140-plus acres will be developed and no other suitable sites exist to meet growing demand for youth sports. Residents opposed to the plan are suspicious.
A Raleigh Neighborhood Ditched Its Slave-Owning Namesake. Some Are Still Fighting to Keep It.
Many residents of the neighborhood formerly called Cameron Park say they’ve moved on under a new name, Forest Park. But some want a court to declare the name change invalid.
Cary Passes $573 Million Budget Focused on Staff, Safety, and Reversing Years of Underinvestment
The budget comes with a 2.75-cent property tax increase.
Wake Election Officials Censured for Counting Ballots of Three Dead N.C. Voters
State Board of Elections members found the Wake officials violated their duties when they counted early ballots from voters who died before Election Day in 2024.
For Pride Month, a Look at Triangle Towns’ Rankings on LGBTQ+ Equality
Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Durham have traditionally scored high on the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index, leaving Raleigh and Cary to play catch-up.
Wake School Board Passes Meal Price Increase, Creates Task Force to Address Cost
It’s the fifth consecutive year the district has raised school meal prices.
Q&A: What Deborah Ross Saw Inside the ICE Processing Facility in Cary
Ross recently toured the Cary ICE facility as part of a congressional oversight visit.
More Wake County Coverage
In Holly Springs This Year, Pride Prevails
After finally adopting a nondiscrimination ordinance with protections for the LGBTQ community, Holly Springs is gearing up for a festive Pride Month.
Apex Passes $262 Million Budget with 1.75-Cent Tax Increase
Mayor Jacques Gilbert introduced a Hail Mary 0-cent increase budget proposal right before the vote; the council rejected it unanimously.
The Cost of School Choice in Wake
In the past 15 years, WCPSS has lost more than $500 million in local funding as families look to charters as an alternative to public and private schools.
Five Things We Learned From Healthcare Leaders’ Presentation to Wake County Commissioners
Leaders from WakeMed and Atrium Health touted the benefits of the proposed $2 billion merger ahead of a vote that will allow the deal to move forward.
Wake County Commissioners Poised to Support Well Fed Garden as New Site for Athens Drive Community Library
It’s not official yet but county officials negotiated a $1.6 million deal to buy the site, just across the street from the current library location.
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