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A review of school resource officers — police officers who patrol middle and high schools in Wake County — was presented at last Tuesday’s School Board meeting. Administrators deemed the program a success, but members of community groups are concerned the evaluation wasn’t thorough enough.
A new contract with a transportation provider for people with disabilities could put some taxi drivers out of business.
Councilor Nancy McFarlane’s small business initiative stalled in the Budget and Economic Development committee Tuesday.
Wake County is partnering with UNC Health and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to produce a study of behavioral health needs in the area. Image: The WakeBrook Recovering Center, courtesy of Wake County.
Filing for Raleigh City Council and Wake County School Board candidates began on July 25 and will end at noon Aug. 12. Here are the candidates who have filed as of Friday.
Wake County will save $1 million during the next 12 years by outsourcing its accounting system, eliminating seven positions in the process.
City Councilors received an update Tuesday on the new zoning code from the Planning Department. Councilors originally hoped to pass the code this year, but now the public hearing has been pushed back to the end of the year. In other business, the Council approved bonds for the Oct. 11 ballot and condemned sidewalks for repair.
Members of a local organization are hoping to turn a vacant lot on North Blount Street into a small urban farm.
Downtown-bound cyclists now have their choice of 222 spots to lock up bikes that aren’t trees and sign posts. Photo by Karen Tam.
The recent leak from NC State’s nuclear reactor isn’t the first time the reactor has made headlines. The reactor has done that several times since 1953, when NC State became the first campus since World War II to have its own nuclear reactor.
