The Wake County school board is set Tuesday to vote to ask the commissioners for a $63.2 million increase in school funding. The request is largely to maintain existing operations but with a few significant changes.

$49M more should go to Wake schools, county manager proposes in new budget

The damage and deaths wreaked by these storms in the past 60 years has become legendary in North Carolina's history. Where are the worst hurricanes in North Carolina?

Count down the most destructive hurricanes in NC history

Hurricane Hazel

On average, women gain 5 to 10 pounds in the years before menopause, when reproductive hormones are fluctuating as the body prepares to stop ovulating.

How to manage weight gain during menopause

Weight loss

State lawmakers have approved legislation to help small, rural towns struggling to maintain their aging water and sewer systems.

Shrinking NC towns can't keep up with ballooning water, sewer bills