The "Dueling Dinosaurs" exhibit opening this weekend at Raleigh's North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will feature what's believed to be the most complete T. rex skeleton ever discovered.

'Dueling Dinosaurs:' One-of-a-kind dig, laboratory access at Raleigh science museum

DinoLab at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Athens Drive Magnet High School and Conn Magnet Elementary School won national awards Saturday at the Magnet Schools of America's annual conference.

Top two magnet schools in the US are in Wake County

Athens Drive High School

Preparations were underway Friday for downtown Raleigh's French-themed First Night celebration. Festival organizers worked to transform Fayetteville Street into a Paris boulevard, complete with a 90-foot Ferris wheel dubbed "La Grande Roue de Raleigh."

Raleigh preps for First Night