Petopia was allowed to operate under Raleigh’s downtown zoning because selling puppies is an acceptable type of retail, ...

Many shelters and rescues across the state are overrun with dogs. Many protesters said that Raleigh does not need a pet store ...

Many protesters said that Raleigh does not need a pet store selling puppies when shelters often have to euthanize healthy ...

Chances are you or someone you know owns a doodle. While the poodle mixes have been around for nearly 100 years, they exploded onto the pet scene in the 1990s and early 2000s, and continue to ...

Anna Roman covers Raleigh and Wake County for the News & Observer. She has previously covered city government, crime and business for newspapers across North Carolina and received many North ...

Each cost thousands of dollars. Even before it opened, however, a petition, “Halt Petopia puppies from initiating a puppy ...

Did you know that the city of Raleigh, North Carolina is home to 1,349 black-owned businesses as of 2022? That rank Raleigh at the 13th spot for the highest number of black entrepreneurs and business ...

Raleigh police are investigating a deadly shooting Saturday afternoon in a parking garage in Raleigh. Police said they found Damien Smith with gunshot wounds around 3:28 p.m. Saturday in the ...