Environment
Debating the rules for Raleigh’s water supply
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Jennifer Wig unpacks the issues over cleaning up Falls Lake, Raleigh’s water supply.
Environment
Raleigh’s ahead of the curve as state bans electronics in landfills
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Legislation passed in the last General Assembly session added computers and televisions to the list of items no longer welcome at local landfills. But Raleigh residents can already recycle most electronics.
Featured
Pig pickin’ fundraiser Sept. 19
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UPDATE: We reached our fundraising goal! Thank you to everyone who joined us on Sunday and to our sponsors.
City Council
Sealed rail corridors to close streets, build bridges
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City Council members are getting close to a decision on where they stand on an early plan to update local rail lines and crossings in advance of high-speed train service from Raleigh to Richmond.
Police Blotter
City crime stats Aug 9-15
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Starting this week, the Record will begin bringing you the crime statistics released by the Raleigh Police Department each week.
Oak City Portraits
Competing gay marriage demonstrations
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Demonstrators for and against gay marriage rallied downtown Tuesday.
News
Romancing the Train: A Ride from Raleigh to Charlotte
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Record writer Jennifer Wig takes the train to Charlotte.
News
‘Sharrows’ to make city more bike-friendly
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Drivers hitting a street in North Raleigh this week should start seeing a 9-foot-long reminder to share the road. Maintenance crews are scheduled to begin applying “sharrows,” this week on Northclift Drive. They’re just one part of a decades-long plan to make the city more bicycle friendly.
City Council
Council acts on two sets of bike lanes, $50 million in bonds
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Councilors gave final approval for the Hillsborough St. bike lanes and started thinking about another set. They also passed $10 million in bonds for solid waste facilities and got a $1.3 million stimulus grant for a geothermal system.
City Council
Raleigh counts its greenhouse gas emissions
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City councilors learned Tuesday just how much greenhouse gas emissions they’re putting into the atmosphere. Three years ago the city council set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent, and a new emissions inventory sets 2007 as the baseline for making those reductions.
