North Hills retailer closed. New store will open first Triangle location there
A North Hills retailer closed, but a new store will open in its place this year. Mattress Firm has shut down its location in the Main District, next to Lens Crafters. The furniture store Design Within Reach is expected to open there toward the end of summer or early fall , Dina Rosenberg, senior public relations, events and social manager at parent company MillerKnoll, told...
North Carolina school district adds optional teacher workday after rally prompts wave of leave...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) - A Western North Carolina school district will offer an optional teacher workday next month after a rally prompted a wave of leave requests. Asheville City Schools announced on Saturday, April 18, that it will implement the workday on Friday, May 1, for teachers to attend the “Kids Over Corporations” rally in Raleigh.
The Legendary North Carolina Burger Spot Where You Can Still Eat Like A King...
Ten dollars used to buy you a decent meal, a tank of gas, and maybe a movie ticket if you were lucky. Sean’s Shack in Raleigh, North Carolina, is keeping that spirit alive by serving food that makes you feel like royalty without requiring royal treasury funds. This Capital...
Walker & Dunlop Arranges $105 Million Loan to Refinance Luxury Raleigh Community
BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 20, 2026-- Walker & Dunlop, Inc. announced today that it arranged a $105 million loan to refinance Maeve, a newly delivered 297-unit luxury high-rise community located in an opportunity zone in the heart of Raleigh’s Warehouse District. The Economic Opportunity Zone census tract is a program established by Congress through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017...
Brier Creek church carries on as power outage darkens the area
With no power, church members opened the sanctuary curtains to let in sunlight. Some used phone flashlights to help illuminate the room.
The Best Brisket In North Carolina Can Be Found At This Unassuming BBQ Restaurant
Sometimes the best things in life come in unexpected packages, and Prime Barbecue in Knightdale is living proof of that timeless truth. This modern barbecue restaurant is serving up brisket so phenomenal that it’s rewriting the rules about what North Carolina barbecue can be. The Tar Heel State has...
17-year-old bicyclist killed in North Carolina crash
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — A seventeen-year-old boy has died in a crash in northwest Durham on Saturday night. The wreck happened before 9 p.m. along Cole Mill Road at Nancy Rhodes Drive, just south of the Sparger Road intersection, police said. They said a vehicle traveling north on Cole Mill Road struck a 17-year-old boy […]
17-year-old killed in bike-car collision at Cole Mill Road and W. Wyndham Lane,...
It happened Saturday night at the intersection of Cole Mill Road and W. Wyndham Lane.
NCSU students add sensors, weather station to whirligigs
N.C. State engineering students are expanding sensor monitoring and adding a real-time weather station at Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park to better track wear on the park’s kinetic sculptures.
UNC alum puts a fellow former Tar Heel on a poster with a jaw-dropping...
The former classmates at North Carolina met at the rim for an epic showdown at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.

















