Spotlight Duke is moving its major collection of plant life to UNC. Here’s why Jane Winik Sartwell The News & Observer (Raleigh) Sep 3, 2026 Sep 3, 2026 Updated Sep 13, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save They may be rivals on the basketball court. But in the herbarium, Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill are putting down roots together.kAmsF<6 2?5 &}r 2C6 >6C8:?8 E96:C 4@==64E:@?D @7 AC6D6CG65 A=2?E DA64:>6?D[ @C 96C32C:2[ E@ 4C62E6 E96 E9:C5\=2C86DE DF49 EC@G6 2E 2 F?:G6CD:EJ :? 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NC has found a temporary placement for Dolly the bear. So where is she? Here she comes again. And there she goes. Dolly, the bear with a penchant for breaking into homes, continues to elude the N.C. Wildlife Resour…
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Duke Blue Devils want to keep Victory Bell ahead of game with North Carolina Duke coach Manny Diaz has gotten used to having the Victory Bell around the Yoh Football Center the past two years. The Blue Devils won it aga…
Trash-eating bear cub spent days with its head stuck in a jug, NC rescuers say The dangerous part was trying to separate the cub from its fiercely protective mother, state officials said.
