2+ hour, 13+ min ago   (636+ words) On July 20, the Trump administration made quite an admission. In his proclamation to “adjust imports” into the United States, Trump confessed that his secretary of commerce has informed him that “despite the benefits from the aluminum tariff regime, the domestic…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago   (593+ words) The valuation trends up and down, but one thing’s for sure: Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire this summer. At the height of the SpaceX IPO, he was briefly worth around $1.45 trillion. Then SpaceX stock tanked, rallied, then tanked…...

7+ hour, 13+ min ago   (460+ words) North Carolina’s new commission on teacher compensation has an opportunity to move the state beyond the familiar debate over pay raises and rankings and build an entirely better pay system. A pay structure that rewards effectiveness, leadership, hard-to-staff assignments and…...

20+ hour, 24+ min ago   (367+ words) The Wake Weekly NCDHHS announces NCRHTP Advisory Committee membership The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services this week announced the formation of the NC Rural Health Transformation Program’s Advisory Committee. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (281+ words) The town of Wake Forest and several local veterans’ organizations will continue their monthly flag-raising ceremonies in Town Hall’s Centennial Plaza on Monday, Aug. 3, at 11 a.m. The 69th Wake Forest Memorial Flag-Raising Ceremony will honor Craig Skeffington, who served the…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (603+ words) Can you remember the name of the last whole book you read? How long ago was it? If you can’t remember, you aren’t alone. An American Time Use Survey of 236,000 by The National Endowment for the Arts revealed that only…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (585+ words) It was 40 years ago this week that I wrote my first column for North Carolina newspapers. Still in journalism school at UNC-Chapel Hill, I was interning that summer at two outlets based in Nash County: the Spring Hope Enterprise, which…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (188+ words) A 25-year-old man drowned Sunday evening after disappearing beneath the water at Lake Royale, according to the Lake Royale Company Police Department. Police said the man entered the water near the community pavilion around 6 p.m. and swam beyond the designated buoy…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (93+ words) During the 2026 National Association of Counties annual conference in Louisiana, Wake County Commissioner Shinica Thomas was appointed to serve in key leadership roles on four committees. • Chair of the Telecommunications and Technology Policy Steering Committee. • Vice Chair of the Large…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1434+ words) Concerned residents of Wake County met at a Raleigh Church this week to express reservations and skepticism in regard to the proposed ‘strategic partnership’ between WakeMed and Atrium Health. The Wake County Board of Commissioners in May placed a 90-day…...