Here’s a roundup of top stories from The News & Observer for Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026.

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A Cary WCPSS teacher had a bond hearing Tuesday morning to determine whether she’d be released from ICE custody in Georgia.

In Dolly Parton’s rural Appalachian home, life was as “peaceful as a baby’s sigh.” She would sing this line in one of her ...

State lawmakers required school districts to eliminate DEI offices as part of a new state law that bans DEI in K-12 public ...

Just 17 counties will have Sunday voting — a sharp decrease from 40 in the last midterm election. But that’s just one way to ...

The colorful interactive experience invites the community to move their feet and watch as glowing squares illuminate from ...

Raleigh’s mayor pushes back on death rumors, Scott Mason’s exit from WRAL: See what Triangle readers were talking about last ...

Michael Vick will face a familiar foe in Tory Woodbury when Norfolk State takes on Winston-Salem State in the season opener.

North Carolina experienced a rare earthquake in the Appalachians, a ‘70s rocker whiffed at celebrity golf and the Page family ...

The business, owned by Evan Bush, has operated a gallery at 111 Old Williamson Road in Raleigh for three years. While keeping ...

The school is now phasing in the change following parental complaints about the late notice about the backpack ban.