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Full text of the Wake County Sheriff’s Department’s new agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, plus thoughts from the ACLU and Wake Sheriff Donnie Harrison.
The Raleigh City Council’s Budget and Economic Development Committee voted today to move forward with incentives for residential water cisterns and drought-resistant landscaping. The ideas will go to the city’s Water Conservation Task Force to firm up the recommendations and then to a public hearing.
Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker, who chairs the committee, said during Tuesday’s meeting that he hoped to have something in place early next year.
Returning to your daily dose of Raleigh pot busts, drunk drivers and shoplifters. Lots of all three last weekend.
A man robbed the BB&T at 611 Oberlin Rd. Thursday just before 1:30 p.m. A Raleigh Police Department spokesman said the man gave the teller a note that implied he had a gun. The teller met the robber’s demands and then the man left on foot. The RPD is looking for public help to identify the thief.
A report from Raleigh Police Chief Harry Dolan about changing the police districts in the city and getting ready for construction of the new Lightner Public Safety Center.
Awash in blinking lights, airbrushed scenery, and faux-food, it is easy to become swooned by the fantasy of the State Fair. It is a carefully executed promised land flowing with milk and honey (not to mention fried pies, over-sized meat portions and an unholy amount of sugar). In this temporary microcosm of smoke and mirrors, the real personality can be difficult to see.
Brier Creek sued Raleigh and the city council late last week after the city rejected an application to build a new Firestone Complete Auto Care center near a residential neighborhood. The suit says election-season politics got in the way of the approval and the Raleigh City Council did not follow the rules when it refused to allow the Firestone at the corner of T.W. Alexander Drive and Sporting Club Drive. Photo: A Brier Creek resident holds a sign opposing the Firestone at the Raleigh City Council’s September 15 meeting.
Going to the State Fair this year? You’ll find plenty to eat, drink, ride and play, but a closer look reveals the fair’s efforts to green up the state’s largest annual event and its visitors, too.
The Raleigh Police Department released its initial report today on the standoff near the corner of Hillsborough Street and Blue Ridge Road. Read the full-text report here.
Live blogging from election day. See results, reporting and photos from throughout the day.
