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Aug. 18, 2025

Your favorite ACC team can make more money if you watch them on TV. Will it make them perform better?

College football season kicks off soon. And if your team is in the ACC, you can make them more money, just by watching them on TV. Those behind the move say its not just a way to help make teams more money, but also make them...

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Aug. 15, 2025

Wake County schools hope to expand therapy resources despite losing federal grant

Wake County school leaders hope to expand student access to therapy to all campuses by the end of the upcoming school year, desptite the district losing most of a $14.1 million federal grant to do so earlier this year. Accord...

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Aug. 14, 2025

What hundreds of dollars spent at a Smoothie King can tell teach us about data breaches

A Garner teen is facing charges after allegedly using someone else's Smoothie King account to order nearly $600 of food items. Authorities say the account was compromised during a 2023 data breach, impacting thousands of cust...

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Aug. 13, 2025

What's next for the Heritage Square development in Durham

Heritage Square is a 10-acre former shopping center in Durham, located in the middle of the historic Hayti community. Sterling Bay, a real estate development group, purchased the site in the summer of 2022 with plans to devel...

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Aug. 12, 2025

How Wake County students want to modernize their school's HVAC systems

Wake County Public School System has a $200 million dollar maintenance backlog affecting heating and cooling its classrooms. Students have been pushing for new HVAC technology but the district says it's not ready for that kin...

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Aug. 11, 2025

How Wake's school system is trying to improve special education

The Wake County Public School System is taking a deep look at how it serves students with disabilities. District leaders are evaluating how to better utilize staff and tweak processes to improve special education services, an...

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