Category Archives: Triangle/Local
Judge OKs settlement in North Carolina voter registration lawsuit by Justice Department
BY GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A federal judge on Monday approved a plan to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump's Justice Department that demanded North Caroli...
Sep 08, 2025
Bottlebrush blooms, fall color make Clethra a versatile shrub
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend GardenerI have many different species of plants in my landscape. However, I do not own a "Clethra alnifolia" or "sweet pepper bush" or "summersweet". I bet if I were to ask ...
Sep 07, 2025
Bottlebrush blooms, fall color make Clethra a versatile shrub
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener I have many different species of plants in my landscape. However, I do not own a "Clethra alnifolia" or "sweet pepper bush" or "summersweet". I bet if I were to ask...
Sep 07, 2025
Duke University pilot project examining pros and cons of using artificial intelligence in college
LUCAS LIN and ANANYA PINNAMENENI/The Chronicle The ChronicleDURHAM, N.C. (AP) - As generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT have become increasingly prevalent in academic settings, facult...
Sep 05, 2025
Joseph McNeil, who helped spark a protest movement at a North Carolina lunch counter, dies at 83
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Joseph McNeil, one of four North Carolina college students whose occupation of a racially segregated Woolworth's lunch counter 65 years ago he...
Sep 04, 2025
Fayetteville State University sets record enrollment, retention gains
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WPTF) – Fayetteville State University is experiencing another year of record enrollment while also posting some of the strongest academic gains in its history, school leaders...
Sep 03, 2025
Fayetteville State University sets record enrollment, retention gains
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WPTF) - Fayetteville State University is experiencing another year of record enrollment while also posting some of the strongest academic gains in its history, school leaders annou...
Sep 03, 2025
Find zen in your garden with zinnias
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend GardenerMy mother-in-law, Jean Reeves, was smart, hard-working, industrious, caring and pretty. She loved gardening, and taught her equally pretty daughters about vegetables...
Aug 24, 2025
Find zen in your garden with zinnias
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener My mother-in-law, Jean Reeves, was smart, hard-working, industrious, caring and pretty. She loved gardening, and taught her equally pretty daughters about vegetable...
Aug 24, 2025
Hurricane Erin still stirring up dangerous waves while it moves away from the East Coast
By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated PressRODANTHE, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Erin kicked up big waves Thursday along the mid-Atlantic coast and began a slow march out to sea after pelti...
Aug 21, 2025