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Best guess? -- Don't even bid on it
Escalating prices are causing some steel fabricators to avoid seeking state and municipal projects for fear of further losses.
Garner man appointed U.S. Marshal
The U.S. Marshals Service has announced the appointment of Clyde R. Cook Jr. as the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
An 18-year-old from Raleigh was shot shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of Weston Ridge Run in Garner, police said.
Friends: Killer showed no guilt
Jakiem Wilson thought his friends would help him get away with his wife's murder.
Wake Co. Authorities Need Help To ID 3 Robbery Suspects
The Wake County Sheriff's Office needs help identifying three suspects who robbed the Las Carolinas Grocery and Grill in Clayton.
New Miss North Carolina crowned
UNC student is an activist in the fight against Lou Gehrig's disease, which killed two members of her family PEGGY LIM News & Observer Watson Miss Garner is now Miss North Carolina and vows to continue her ...
A teenaged girl from Gastonia said she was excited and in disbelief when judges pronounced her the next Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen.
Police arrested a second man Saturday in connection with a June 1 serious assault that left the victim with five stab wounds in the back and a collapsed lung, court records show.
Miss Garner the new Miss North Carolina 2008
Amanda Lauren Watson is the new Miss North Carolina 2008. Her crowning moment came Saturday evening before a crowd gathered at Raleigh's Memorial Auditorium.
Accident on I-40 west near Garner
A vehicle accident has the left lane of I-40 westbound blocked at mile marker 309, according to N.C. Department of Transportation.
2 elementary schools' openings delayed
A divided Wake County board of commissioners voted 4-3 today to delay the opening of two new elementary schools in order to pay for renovations at Wake Forest-Rolesville High School.
Grieving family spurs search for killer
Tears fell uncontrollably from Kevin Blaine's face as he addressed the audience at a leadership convention in Greensboro two months ago.
14-year-old boy shot and killed in Raleigh
Police say a 14-year-old boy has been shot and killed near downtown Raleigh. The News & Observer reports that officers responding to a call about a shooting Friday evening found the boy.
Inmates arrested for fight in Wake County jail
Wake County sheriff's deputies arrested seven inmates at the county detention center Saturday night after a fight broke out, authorities reported.
Wake Forest Police Search For Missing 12-Year-Old Girl
WAKE FOREST, N.C. Police are looking for a missing a 12-year-old girl who was last seen Monday morning.
Leesville gets four on all-state team
Leesville Road, the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4-A girls soccer champion, has four players on the coaches' all-state team.
More drivers running out of gas
A lot of people are gambling that they can make it to a cheaper gas station or to work even though their tank is empty.
Holly Springs Budget Cuts Officials' Travel Benefits
Garner - Fuquay-Varina - Holly Springs Reporter HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. Town officials won't have an annual travel budget in the new fiscal year.
Truck Runs Local Motorist into Ditch
A local driver swerved to avoid colliding with a truck on May 23 and inadvertently slid into a ditch flipping the vehicle onto its side.
Vermont City Marathon runner recovers from collapse
When Vermont City Marathon competitor Hardin Watkins woke up early Monday in the Intensive Care Unit at Fletcher Allen Health Care, he wanted to know only one thing: "Did I finish?" His wife, Liz Jackson, who ...