3+ hour, 36+ min ago  (521+ words) For most parents, a diagnosis brings answers. For Linda Pearce Griffin, it came after years of questions. Her son Alex was not diagnosed with autism until he was 16, long after she had first raised concerns. "I said to the pediatrician…...

30+ min ago  (162+ words) The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor has been recognized by the National State Auditors Association with an Excellence in Accountability Award for its performance audit of the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles. The NSAA's performance audit awards…...

5+ hour, 11+ min ago  (711+ words) Weeks before North Carolina's primary election, pundits were murmuring about Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger's future. Could the Rockingham County Republican actually lose an election to the local sheriff? If so, would he fight the result? Would he leave…...

8+ hour, 27+ min ago  (437+ words) Ten years ago, at age 19, our son Matthew experienced a manic episode that landed him in the involuntary psychiatric unit at Stanford Hospital for 10 days. He was diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder with psychotic features, prescribed powerful antipsychotics and spent half…...

8+ hour, 26+ min ago  (502+ words) It was 22 years ago, in 1994, when five mostly rural eastern North Carolina counties sued the state for failing to live up to North Carolina's constitutional obligation to deliver a "sound basic education." For decades, the case that would come to…...

4+ hour, 20+ min ago  (375+ words) In the wake of Cole Tomas Allen's alleged attempt to assassinate U. S. President Donald Trump and/or other political officials, journalists and general-purpose celebrities come the usual calls for "gun control" because that's just how things work. My preferred argument against…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (492+ words) Our Constitution, an embodiment of Enlightenment principles, established America as a secular nation. A few generations ago, Democrats and Republicans alike honored their oath of office and recognized the Constitution as the supreme law of the land. Religion was viewed…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (282+ words) During the most recent 12 months for which we have full data, February 2025 to February 2026, American employers added 149, 000 net new jobs, a growth rate of only 0. 1%. By comparison, our state's 0. 7% rise in employment looks healthy. It's not, though. In a normal,…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (112+ words) The Wake County Sheriff's Office has arrested and charged a man with a sexual assault against two juveniles. On April 6, deputies received a report of an alleged sexual offense against juveniles that occurred in the southern part of Wake County....

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (58+ words) The Wake Weekly Wake Sheriff's Office coping with growing population at detention center Wake County Sheriff's Office plans detention annex renovation and jail expansion to add hundreds of beds as it manages a fluctuating, growing detention population. Man charged in…...