The Raleigh News & Observer local newspaper app is faster and easier to use. Read or watch daily local news coverage, investigative reporting, national headline news, crime, sports, local business, and more from Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and communities across the Triangle region of North Carolina.
The Raleigh News & Observer local newspaper is your trusted source for local, daily news and stories from Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and the Triangle area in North Carolina. Our newsroom reports on issues affecting residents across the Triangle including local government, crime, business, weather, and community developments alongside statewide coverage and national headline news.
LOCAL NEWS
• Daily local news and stories from Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and the Triangle area in North Carolina.
• AI generated summaries on all articles reviewed by our newsroom.
• The Raleigh News & Observer local newspaper opinions, editorials and columns you love.
• Edition, a digital destination for the latest news, features, and insights. Like the printed newspaper, it is intended to be a complete report of the day’s news compiled by our editors overnight.
LIVE VIDEO
• Watch live video of local news stories and national news coverage.
• View stunning photos and videos of local news and community events.
LOCAL SPORTS
• Full coverage reporting on local, pro and college sports teams
• Stay connected to your favorite teams and favorite sports writers.
PERSONALIZATION
• Stay informed on the topics and articles that matter to you.
• Favorite topics to get personalized feeds. • Search for news articles, videos, games and more.
• Bookmark news articles to read later.
• Read articles your way with full support for dark mode and light mode.
Other Features
• Browse articles by category.
• Share articles on Facebook, X Twitter or by email.
• Comment on news articles.
• Access and download previous issues of our newspaper.
• Recharge and unwind with our puzzles and games.
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The Raleigh News & Observer covers North Carolina like no other media in our area. Wherever you go, stay connected to news that’s important to you. Download our local newspaper app today to stay informed on local daily news, crime, sports, national headlines, and more.
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I have been patiently trying to work with the new News and Observer app to understand its features and controls, but have reached a point that it is almost not worth it. I like to read the full page format, but this is now so annoying. Specifically..-a large advertising bar has significantly reduced readable space-ads on that bar change every 30 seconds causing a distraction to draw attention-every time the ad changes, the article text blurs to draw your attention to the ad and you must touchthe text to clear it-can’t highlight and print an article without going to a crop function which barely works.This online edition is very inexpensive, but I would rather pay more and get a workable newspaper. My wife has already given up in frustration. It is sad that the only Triangle newspaper is discarding the readers is has left due to very poor app design or more likely an extreme focus on on advertising revenues. Even the online single article format is so interspersed with large flashing advertising that is is not enjoyable to use. Wake up N& O!
I’d give it a zero if I could
I'm about done with the N&O
I have been using the N&O digital app for some time. My wife reads the actual paper and I read the digital version. In the past the app worked fairly well. With the most recent updates however it has become totally useless. We pay for our full subscription and now every time I try to log on it tells me I need to log on because it freezes all the stories and will not let me proceed. I enter the proper information and it still gives me the same message. I am paying for something that is totally useless. When it was working what I didn’t care for is that in the past you could see what the actual printed paper looked like and read it digitally. Now that option does not exist plus I don’t see on the digital version where you can read the funnies. There is not much that I care to read in the N&O because they have become so slanted in their reporting and they have an obvious agenda but I could read the funnies without their interpretation of what’s funny.
Digital disaster
Fixtrot Alpha
We subscribe because we like to read the paper - on paper. We do not subscribe so the carrier may deliver when he/she wishes, forcing us to read the paper online. If we were regularly to read it online, we would not need the print edition. And in fact we are not really sure we need the print edition anymore anyway, since more and more print edition copy has already appeared online by the time we see it in print. Also what happened to your commitment to the communities you serve? Who in Raleigh cares to read extensively about Charlotte or even Durham? We subscribe to the Raleigh paper. Give us coverage of Raleigh - thorough coverage, including arts and culture in our city - and not just bus-&-truck shows and presentations by your remaining big advertisers. Service should be the name of your game.
Finally an App Worth Opening Every Day
NCNewsreader
I’ve been a long time subscriber to the N&O, and this new app is a major leap forward. The updated design is clean, modern, and much more pleasant to use. I’m especially glad to see dark mode finally supported. The improved search is a true game changer. It’s fast, accurate, and makes it easy to find for stories that I care about. The edition experience is also noticeably better and feels more integrated into the overall app instead of being an afterthought. For the first time, this is an app I genuinely want to open to read local news. Great work to everyone involved.
Developer Response
Thank you so much for this amazing feedback—it truly means a lot! 🎉We’re thrilled to hear you’re enjoying the new design and that using the app now feels rewarding instead of stressful. Knowing that your anxiety about opening the app is gone and that you’ve decided to stick with it is exactly the outcome we hoped for.If you ever have ideas or suggestions to make it even better, we’d love to hear them.
• Video enhancements including support as lead media on article pages and vertical video display
• Enabled app store rating prompts
• Support for iOS 26
• Improved Welcome screen (optimized copy and new image)
• Improved support for BeOp poll embeds
• Improved support for inline vertical images
• Updated article byline to remove the word “to”
• Added publication nameplate to Edition front pages
• Updated ‘Manage Subscription’ button in account settings to read ‘Manage In-App Purchases’
• Other bug fixes and performance enhancements
Version 11.1.11
The developer, The McClatchy Company, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
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Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
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Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
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