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Orange County/Chapel Hill reporter at newsobserver.com

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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A bill announced Thursday in an NC House Committee hearing could force districts to remove LGBTQ-friendly books from elementary school library shelves. FREE LINK
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NC lawmakers could restrict LGBTQ+ books in elementary school libraries
The bill would include elementary school libraries in a state law that restricts teaching about gender identity in grades K-4.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Superintendent Rodney Trice shot back at Republican lawmakers in a House committee hearing over library books and the Parents' Bill of Rights in Raleigh. FREE LINK
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Chapel Hill schools put on notice: ‘Compliance isn’t voluntary,’ NC House leader says
House majority leader targeted Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools and policies after a board member’s comments in October.
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The News & Observer @newsobserver.com · 23/03/2026
The Texas-based travel center is still laying the groundwork for construction, which could take a year or more.
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Buc-ee’s delays opening of 1st NC travel center. More stores are planned.
The Texas-based travel center is still laying the groundwork for construction, which could take a year or more.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
“This is not some frat boy who’s just had a couple of beers," said State Rep. Brian Turner, a Buncombe County Democrat. N&O higher ed reporter Jane Winik Sartwell looked into who sent a vulgar response to Turner's campaign email.
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Vulgar email targets NC lawmaker on Iran war. The surprise was where it came from
“This is not some frat boy who’s just had a couple of beers.”
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Ground work has progressed since November at the future Buc-ee's site in Mebane, but no building permits issued yet. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
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Buc-ee’s delays opening of 1st NC travel center. More stores are planned.
The Texas-based travel center is still laying the groundwork for construction, which could take a year or more.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
What may seem like harmless fun to some car enthusiasts can actually get your ride seized by police. N&O writer Lexi Solomon talks with a Triangle man who saw it happen. FREE LINK
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Are some car meetups and street takeovers getting worse in Raleigh?
After the Raleigh Police Department seized six cars in one weekend, we checked in with them to get their perspective. Here’s what we found.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Paula Floyd had just showed up for work at a housecleaning client's house Friday in Hillsborough NC when her family's life was shattered. FREE LINK
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Woman killed in Hillsborough stabbing was ‘a precious soul,’ her sister says
Paula Floyd had arrived at the home on March 6 for her regular housecleaning gig. The homeowner was arrested.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Jonah Garson and Allen Buansi have faced each other before in the race for state House District 56. Now, they are competing for a higher office. FREE LINK below
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Democratic leaders from Chapel Hill want vacant NC Senate seat. What comes next
A Senate 23 district committee from Person, Orange and Caswell counties will choose the new senator in April.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
More homes planned for Pittsboro will be within walking distance of the county library and a senior center.
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Developer bringing 55+ homes to Pittsboro pledges plan for traffic, barred owls
Corbinton is the latest in a slew of subdivisions popping up around the town as it plans for explosive population growth.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
They fled deputies, hit a Highway Patrol stopstick, and continued through traffic and fields, but 2 people were arrested Wednesday after the driver stopped for one last hit.
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Driver found smoking drug pipe after ramming patrol cars in Orange, Alamance chase
The Durham driver and his passenger were charged and are being held without bail in the Orange County jail.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Chapel Hill pens a letter to UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts outlining its vision and concerns about the future Carolina North satellite campus.
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What does Chapel Hill want at Carolina North? Council puts concerns in a letter.
Carolina North could drive the growth of Chapel Hill’s Martin Luther King Jr. corridor and affect housing, traffic and businesses.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Eats2Seats has grown from a UNC student's startup to a company with over 38K employees in 13 states.
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Chapel Hill gives parking to land high-paying jobs and keep UNC startup in town
Eats2Seats could bring 41 jobs to Chapel Hill, and the council considers helping developer preserve affordable housing.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Mama Dip's Kitchen in Chapel Hill is gone, but her daughter Spring Council is keeping the stories of the restaurant and its community alive. Plus 100 Southern recipes to try!
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Southern Roots, food and family stories: Mama Dip’s daughter publishes cookbook
Chapel Hill author Spring Council grew up shaped by family kitchens, the art of setting a table, and the push for equal rights.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
N&O reporter Lexi Solomon has a knack for finding stories that might fly under the radar. In this case, she found a Durham woman being held for a year on murder charges, even though she might have been framed.
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NC woman’s spent a year in jail on a murder charge. Why both sides want her out.
Patricia Ayers, 32, was arrested in 2024 in her boyfriend Mikel Johnson’s death. But Durham police may have charged the wrong woman.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
N&O reporter Josh Shaffer's behind-the-scenes look at the Duke professor's emails with Epstein is actually more fascinating than his desire to find a redhead he recently met.
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Duke professor named hundreds of times in newly released Epstein files
The professor asked Epstein to help contact a “redhead” and arrange a private tour of Ferrari factory, according to the documents.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
If you live in the country, you quickly learn the sun will do more to clear your road than the NC Dept of Transportation. N&O reporter Richard Stradling asked the NCDOT about its timeline.
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Some NC roads may remain covered with ice and snow for days, NCDOT says
Interstates and other main highways are in good shape, but many two-lane secondary roads in the Piedmont and near the coast will take longer.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The sledding hill rarely sees this kind of snowfall, but when it does, everybody gets pumped for some fun! Check out this cute slice of life from N&O reporter Virginia Bridges
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The healing balm of sunshine and a snowy Sunday
A hill near a golf course in downtown Durham is just the place to leave the world behind.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
An Orange County jury could resume deliberations in a 2022 double murder of two teenagers on Wednesday, Jan. 28. N&O reporter Virginia Bridges recounts the story so far.
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Orange County jurors must weigh conflicting stories when double murder trial resumes
As jury deliberations extend from hours to days, the fate of defendant Issiah Ross is not clear.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The pricetag is a little shocking, especially when UNC-Chapel Hill has an army of students in marketing classes on campus.
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UNC ditches Old Well logo. Here’s how much it’s paying for the branding refresh
The interlocking NC logo, once primarily used for athletics, now represents the entirety of the university. That decision didn’t come cheap.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Meet Jane Sartwell, our new higher education reporter at The News & Observer, and learn more about what's happening at UNC-Chapel Hill, including how the university is attempting to define academic freedom.
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What exactly is academic freedom? UNC System tries to define it
It’s “essential to the university’s mission,” yet has no comprehensive definition. What does academic freedom actually protect? What does it leave out?
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Roads are still dangerous in some parts of the Triangle, despite significant melting on Monday.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The Triangle prepped for the storm of the decade, but it turned out to be a few inches of ice. N&O reporter Josh Shaffer asked why
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Why wasn’t the Triangle’s winter storm worse? There’s one big reason
The Triangle woke Sunday morning to an underwhelming winter storm: an inch or so on the ground after expecting worse.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Helpful info for NC residents still navigating black ice
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Reports of the iceberg drew skeptics in 1940, but N&O reporter Josh Shaffer learned that glaciers up to 1,000 feet thick once drifted past the Outer Banks on the way to Florida.
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Think this is cold? In 1940, a boulder-sized iceberg floated past the NC coast
Accounts of the meteorological rarity appeared in newspapers across the state, and it hearkens to an ancient past when icebergs were common
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
N&O reporter Anna Roman found similar efforts to address a loophole in indoor smoking rules are underway in Charlotte and could begin in Durham.
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What Raleigh’s new smoking ban means for vaping indoors
See what fines people and businesses that break the rules could face, and when the new rules take effect.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Chris Palmer and his dog Zoey went missing as they both faced their final days.
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Heartbreaking twist revealed in case of missing man and dog on NC’s Outer Banks
The man was facing a terminal illness when he vanished, relatives say.
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The News & Observer @newsobserver.com · 23/01/2026
The 2,200-mile Walk for Peace stretches from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., with Raleigh and the Triangle roughly three-quarters of the way
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Monks welcomed in Pittsboro on walk for peace, bringing tears, flowers and hope
The 2,200-mile Walk for Peace stretches from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., with Raleigh and the Triangle roughly three-quarters of the way
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
It's the latest in several changes over the last few years aimed at making it easier for developers to meet Chapel Hill's critical housing need.
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How Chapel Hill is changing rules to streamline development, build more housing
Homeowners and builders can now add bigger duplexes and houses on smaller lots in some existing neighborhoods.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Evidence, including a note left behind after Austin Thompson killed his older brother in Wake County, will remain sealed until his February sentencing, N&O reporter Josh Shaffer reports.
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Teen pleads guilty in Raleigh's Hedingham mass shooting. Motive remains unknown.
On Tuesday, his attorneys said Austin Thompson can’t explain why he shot and killed his older brother and four other people in a 2022 shooting rampage.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Details are thin at this point, but it looks like Carolina North -- UNC's long-planned campus in Chapel Hill -- will finally break ground in 2027. What would you like to see there? FREE LINK
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
N&O reporters Lexi Solomon and Virginia Bridges report Durham Public Schools officials are also investigating, and the 3 administrators arrested were suspended with pay.
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Durham school principal and 2 district administrators indicted on criminal charges
Superintendent Anthony Lewis shared the news with families in an email Wednesday morning. Here’s what we know.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Trial gets underway in Orange County double murder trial. Defense attorney claims suspect Issiah Ross shot Devin Clark in self-defense in 2022 after Devin shot 14-year-old Lyric Woods over an argument.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
A NC vineyard owner won part of his fight to create an agritourism destination in rural Orange County. But his plan to build an outdoor amphitheater was rejected in June. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Orange County farm still wants amphitheater, but drops planned inn, cottages
Union Grove Farm had put in sheep and acres of grape vineyards with plans for a distillery and regenerative farming destination.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
N&O intern Amber Hazzard reports an App State team is developing an AI tool that could help reduce disease, cut testing costs and support North Carolina agriculture. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
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Tracking parasites in farm animals is tricky. AI microscope developed in NC may help
The AI microscope will automate the tedious job of fecal egg counting, which is used to identify parasites in farm animals.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Many shark species have declined in numbers over the past 50 years, but the top predators remain vital to a healthy ocean ecosystem. N&O intern Amber Hazzard reports on a UNC researcher trying to help. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
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Former shark fishermen now work to protect the animal. A UNC shark expert helps.
Former shark fishermen now get paid to protect the animal. A UNC shark expert teaches them how.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The fact that we need a law for this is just astounding. N&O writer Virginia Bridges finds out why. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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NC may ban police from having sex on duty or in uniform. Here’s why.
“We want to be clear so folks can stay out of trouble,” said Chris Blue, chair of the commission that decides on officers’ certifications.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
N&O intern Twumasi Duah-Mensah reports the employees were concerned about safety, unpredictable hours and lower raises. Workers United now represents over 600 of 17,164 locations. www.newsobserver.com/news/busines...
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Triangle Starbucks becomes coffeehouse chain’s seventh store in NC to unionize
The staff at the store in downtown Chapel Hill had noted concerns about scheduling, reduced raises and safety.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
It's been almost eight years since 3-year-old Michael died, and nearly as long since his sister Olivia, 2, was also found dead. An Army court-martial stalled twice. Now their adoptive parents are in a Harnett County NC jail. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Fort Bragg officer and ex-wife accused of murdering adopted children now behind bars
The U.S. Army sought to court-martial Anthony Rivera twice, but the cases were withdrawn. An attorney says the investigation continues.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
“I’m not interested in selling a book to a guy in Cleveland I’ve never met. I want to sell a book to a guy (that) will come back in a month to tell me how he liked it." N&O writer Josh Shaffer chats with Pittsboro bookshop owner. www.newsobserver.com/news/busines...
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Pittsboro’s only bookstore sells a jumble of favorites — but never online
Circle City Bookstore is the place for signed copies, first editions and weird surprises in an intimate and lovingly curated mix of literature.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Hillsborough publisher and podcaster Elizabeth Woodman was determined to give life to the story of Rachel Crook, the murdered original owner of Crook's Corner in Chapel Hill. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Podcast revisits life and brutal murder of Chapel Hill restaurant founder
Rachel Crook was “an enigma,” but “very well liked,” says podcast creator Elizabeth Woodman.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Carrboro High School's principal has been on paid leave since June 2, while the district looks into student, staff and parent allegations of a toxic and unsupportive school culture. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
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NAACP demands due process for Carrboro principal put on leave after student walkout
Carrboro High School Principal Helena Thomas is accused of fostering a toxic culture, lacking transparency and support for teachers.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
New report shows NC charter schools are becoming more racially and economically diverse @keunghui.bsky.social reports www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
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More NC students are attending charter schools. But not all counties benefit
Charter schools added more students at the same time the state’s traditional public schools saw an enrollment drop this school year.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Hope Renovations has trained 159 women and nonbinary folks to work in the construction industry, but this week, the nonprofit learned it doesn't meet the Trump administration's goals. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
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NC program trains women, nonbinary people for construction. DOGE cut its funds
Almost 160 women and nonbinary people have completed the Hope Renovations program, which has received national acclaim.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Raleigh police arrest 2 in shooting at Big Ed's on Mother's Day. N&O reporter @solomonlexib.bsky.social has details about what happened. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
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2 arrested in Mother’s Day shooting at Big Ed’s restaurant in North Raleigh
Here’s what arrest warrants reveal about the Sunday morning incident.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Sunday brunch at Big Ed's was interrupted when an argument ended with 3 people hit by bullets. Raleigh police are investigating. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Raleigh police respond to fight with gunshots that injured 3 at Big Ed’s restaurant
Raleigh police report no serious injuries, but have not said if there were arrests.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
His family says Alfredo Ahilon-Mendoza was the oldest of six brothers and fell in love with NC when he moved here about 20 years ago. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Durham man fatally struck while walking on U.S. 15-501. Police did not charge driver.
Alfredo Ahilon-Mendoza was a painter and general contractor from Guatemala, his family says.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
“We all are here for a reason, and we’re all mothers, and we’re all just thankful so much for the gift of life,” says Lela Brantley. N&O reporter Josh Shaffer attended the Mother's Day tea party Saturday at Healing Transitions in Raleigh. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
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A Mother’s Day tea for the struggling, strong and recovering women in treatment
Healing Transitions held a holiday gathering for women in residential treatment for addiction, some of whom no longer see their children, reminding them “We are all mothers.”
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Happy Mother's Day! ❤️ N&O reporter Martha Quillin advises getting an early start on your celebrations. Flooding is possible for central NC tonight into Tuesday. www.newsobserver.com/news/weather...
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Weekend forecast: Will rain and storms affect your Mother’s Day plans in Raleigh?
The best Mother’s Day gift in central NC might be an umbrella.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Police say the Durham woman was over twice the state's legal limit for intoxication after the crash. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Durham woman charged with hitting Spectrum employee while driving drunk in Cary
The Spectrum employee was working on the side of the road and is now in the hospital.
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Tammy Grubb @tammygrubb.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
The deputy is recovering while NC Highway Patrol troopers investigate what happened. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Wake County deputy injured in crash while chasing driver at high speed on I-40
Wake County Sheriff’s officials say the driver of the speeding car did not stop after the crash.
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