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Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 14. Remember to "spring forward" one hour.

Project could make spot safer

The state might build a roundabout at the intersection of Vandora Springs and Buffaloe roads, as long the town agrees to cover most of th...

Coalition helps food closets serve more

Until recently, needy folks were out of luck if they needed a food pantry on a Tuesday.

County manager: we'll look at other options

Wake officials will consider more than a dozen cost-cutting options before they would close the Southeast Regional Library, the county ma...

Johnston might aid Wake subdivision

In Hialeah subdivision, people live in fear of contaminated water while state fines threaten to put their ancient, indebted communal well...

Gift could help reshape downtown

A gift from ConAgra Foods to build a community center could jumpstart plans to revitalize downtown.

Garner looks beyond ConAgra

Some town leaders want to turn the ConAgra Foods site into a business park that could bring hundreds of jobs.

Mystery shrouds Garner killing

Minutes after Daniel Jonathan Powell, 52, apparently shot to death Doreen Powell, 46, at their Garner home late Thursday morning, he di...

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Two anonymous donors have made challenge pledges to kick off the last month of Triangle Land Conservancy's Our Water, Our Land fundraisin...

In Garner, hens need an acre

Chickens aren't welcome here.

Garner wants a farmers' market

A group working to bring downtown Garner to life hopes to start a farmers' market this spring.

Community center will open soon

After months of delays, the Clayton Community Center is showing signs of life.

No prisoner to Parkinson's

Eighteen months ago, Ronnie Williams was visiting Vandora Springs Elementary School when a second-grader asked a question Williams had be...

Work begins on library mural

Local illustrator Jim Brown has begun work on a mural celebrating Clayton's history, the town's second public art project in as many years.

Garner in good financial health

Despite falling revenue, the town finished last fiscal year with a surplus of about $1 million in its daily operating fund, the town's fi...

Consultant will study proposed project

Facing a 3-year-old lawsuit, the town will hire a consultant to study a proposed residential and retail project outside the town limits.

Mobile Waiters launches in Garner, Cleveland

Mike and Julie Collins say the phone rings off the hook at their home in the Cleveland community.

The infamous Aunt Irene

For decades, Sherry Altman's family spoke little of Aunt Irene. They had put away the newspaper clippings, hushed the old stories and ign...

Bakery to bring 84 jobs

Northeast Foods, which supplies buns to McDonald's, plans to create 84 jobs and invest $25.4 million to build a bakery in Clayton.

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James Overman, principal at East Garner Elementary, is leaving his post to become senior director of elementary education programs in Wak...