Triangle News

North Carolina's average teacher salary is ranked below neighboring states, and is about $14,000 less than the national average.

Nickel joined the WUNC Politics Podcast this week to talk about how he plans to take on incumbent Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, the prospects that former Gov. Roy Cooper could enter the race, and what he thinks Democrats should do differently to fight the Trump administration.

The two top administrators of the fast-growing Wake County town of Zebulon resigned in the same week, as the town seeks to resolve a legal battle with a housing developer whose plans were rejected by Zebulon commissioners.

Pope Francis was the world’s first Latin American pope and he particularly touched the heart of those from his continent.

Planners have come up with four options to relieve congestion on Capital Boulevard between Interstate 540 and Wake Forest. Drivers would have to pay tolls on all of them.

Thousands of North Carolina teens are getting a head start on college by taking community college classes in high school at no cost to them.

The leadership of the Pauli Murray Center says it's another attempt from the Trump Administration to censor their work.

The three major research universities of North Carolina have all now announced that the U.S. government has terminated the visas of some of its international students.

Duke University is the second Triangle university after NC State to have students whose visas were terminated by the U.S. State Department this year.

The city of Raleigh announced a new music festival that will take the place of Dreamville Fest starting in 2026.

The North Carolina Theatre was housed within the Martin Marietta Performing Arts Center. It’s Raleigh’s largest professional theatre company that produces live musical theatre.

J. Cole grew up in nearby Fayetteville and uses this music festival as an opportunity to shine a light on the place that helped shaped him as an artist.